Media Advisory: Asthma Exacerbations Coincide With Back-to-School Season

For most children, heading back to school this fall means heading back to an environment filled with new friends, teachers and opportunities. However, for the more than one in every 20 children affected by asthma (1), a new school year means exposure to triggers that may aggravate asthma symptoms. Recent studies show that asthma attacks increase in the back-to-school months, and that asthma emergency room and hospitalization rates spike in September.

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Filed under: Respiratory on July 16th, 2008