Epidemiology of Asthma Among Patients Attending Al Shaab Teaching Hospital and Gaafar Ibn Auf Children's Hospital

Abstract

Asthma contributes substantially to morbidity, mortality,and healthcare cost . Asthma is generally regarded as a multifactorial condition whose expression depends on a number of genetic and environmental factors. The three most important, known, predisposing environmental factors include allergens, tobacco smoke, and viral illnesses. The social and economic burdens associated with the increasing prevalence of asthma.