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Researchers say children exposed to traffic pollution outdoors and indoor endotoxin, are at increased risk of asthma.

Endotoxin, a component of the bacteria believed to trigger an immune response in humans, found in the dust.

Researchers at the School of Medicine, University of Cincinnati found persistent wheezing (a warning sign of asthma and other lung problems) in 36 percent of children aged three years who had been exposed to high levels of traffic pollution and endotoxin indoors when they were babies. (more…)

Except for diving with air bottles, a child with asthma can play sports. But there are a number of sports less “asmógenos” than others.

The free running, which is the basis of the running, athletics, and sports like football or basketball, is the activity which can produce bronchospasm. As there is usually a refractory period of 2 to 4 hours’ duration in the exercise-induced asthma during which no bronchospasm occurs again, however much they continue to exercise, so running causes an intense and continuous more bronchospasm that perform the exercise intermittently.

Activities that cause exercise-induced asthma. In order of severity are:

• Free Race
• Career treadmill
• Cycling
• Swimming

In addition, sports like swimming in warm pool (hot and humid air), gymnastics, walking, golf, hiking and biking on level ground are much less asmógenos. The tennis and ball games, but require much free running, usually take the form of intermittent heavy exertion, so are also good, like the martial arts (judo, karate, taekwondo), fencing, etc..

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Exercise is necessary for all children, and provide moments of happiness while preparing to teach a healthy lifestyle as adults, therefore, the child with asthma should not be an exception, and should make physical exercise a manner “adequate”.

Benefits of exercise in children with asthma:

• Improved child development
• Improving physical fitness and exercise tolerance itself
• The attacks caused by stress are reduced or are less strong
• The crises are best controlled
• It helps to reduce the nervousness caused by the attacks.

But keep in mind that at least 80% of children with asthma may have a bronchoconstriction with sports, unless appropriate measures are taken). However, given the benefit of sport psycho and integrator, is a great error overprotect the asthmatic child and prevent a normal level of exercise.

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