Inhaled steroids may not be all for every asthmatic child
There may be times in the lives of young asthmatic patients when inhaled steroids may failed to deliver the expected results, as per a study that was presented at the American Thoracic Society.
The study went on to reveal that steroid treatment for asthma may not work for some children because of the fact that some children may be less responsive than others to steroids, a fact that was brought into notice by Gregory Sawicki, M.D. of Children’s Hospital in Boston.
From News-Medical.Net:
“The majority of children with mild asthma are less likely to have symptoms as they get older and may not need to be on daily steroids,” Dr. Sawicki said. “The flip side is that if a child has poor asthma control, the parents and doctor need to make sure the child is adhering to their inhaled steroid treatment. But variation in response to inhaled steroids, as other medications, is well described.”
The data comes from the Child Asthma Management Program Continuation Study (CAMPCS), one of the largest groups of children with mild to moderate asthma in the nation who have been followed over 10 years. “This study gives us a good sense of real-world practice in asthma management,” Dr. Sawicki says. “The children’s care is not directed by anyone in the study; it’s an observation of what goes on when the children’s care is directed by their own physicians.”
An extensive usage of inhaled steroids has already proved to be ineffective by studies in the past as per Dr. Sawicki when it comes to ensuring well-controlled asthma in every adult asthmatic patient.
It is considered that these study findings will be crucial for medical practitioners while recommending for treating young children with asthma and to control asthma in other patients with little or no success.
