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Review
. 2023 Aug 30;11(9):2429.
doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11092429.

Current Approaches in the Multimodal Management of Asthma in Adolescents-From Pharmacology to Personalized Therapy

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Current Approaches in the Multimodal Management of Asthma in Adolescents-From Pharmacology to Personalized Therapy

Vasile Valeriu Lupu et al. Biomedicines. .

Abstract

Asthma and adolescence are two sensitive points and are difficult to manage when they coexist. The first is a chronic respiratory condition, with frequent onset in early childhood (between 3 and 5 years), which can improve or worsen with age. Adolescence is the period between childhood and adulthood (12-19 years), marked by various internal and external conflicts and a limited capacity to understand and accept any aspect that is delimited by the pattern of the social circle (of the entourage) frequented by the individual. Therefore, the clinician is faced with multiple attempts regarding the management of asthma encountered during the adolescent period, starting from the individualization of the therapy to the control of compliance (which depends equally on the adverse reactions, quality of life offered and support of the close circle) and the social integration of the subject, communication probably having a more important role in the monitoring and evolution of the condition than the preference for a certain therapeutic scheme. Current statistics draw attention to the increase in morbidity and mortality among children with bronchial asthma, an aspect demonstrated by the numerous hospitalizations recorded, due either to an escalation in the severity of this pathology or to faulty management. The purpose of this article is to review the delicate aspects in terms of controlling symptoms and maintaining a high quality of life among teenagers.

Keywords: asthma; eosinophils; interleukin; multimodal therapy; teenager.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Physiopathological cascade in asthma.
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Individualized therapy of the asthmatic adolescent.

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