Nearly a quarter of children with recurrent wheezing have 'silent' lung infections that would be better treated with antiviral medications than commonly prescribed steroids that can carry lifelong side effects, new research reveals.
Nearly a quarter of children with recurrent wheezing have 'silent' lung infections that would be better treated with antiviral medications than commonly prescribed steroids that can carry lifelong side effects, new research reveals.
After screening more than 800 children and teens with severe wheezing, he and his collaborators determined that 22% had undetected lung infections that did not display typical cold symptoms.
Further research is needed, the scientists say, to better understand the cause of this immune malfunction and find ways to remedy it. In the meantime, doctors should rethink how they treat recurrent wheezing, Teague says. Before prescribing powerful corticosteroids, doctors need to ensure that children have inflammation that will respond to the steroids rather than lung infections that would be better treated with antivirals.
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