US doctors at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, state that if all treatment recommendations are followed bronchial asthma Neither domestic animals nor passive smoking will play a fundamental role in improving or worsening this process.
The study involved 395 children and adolescents aged 2 to 17 years. They all had a diagnosis of “uncontrolled bronchial asthma”. For several years, patients with their loved ones visited the pediatric department, where every 3-6 months they were questioned about the development of emergency conditions and control over the manifestations of the disease.
25% of children from the project participants were exposed to passive smoking at home. And 55% had any pet. Scientists compared the results from different groups: children in contact with cigarette smoke and not, in contact with dogs and cats or not, and for how long these contacts were observed.
It turned out that if patients and their families carefully and carefully follow all recommendations for controlling asthma and preventing attacks, the presence or absence of pets and smokers does not play a significant role in improving or worsening the condition of patients.
Scientists conclude that the treatment of asthma is more important than certain external influences.