"Healthy" children may still have poor lungs Many apparently healthy pre-school children may have poor lung function, even though they show no signs of asthma, according to the results of a UK study. Researchers from the National Asthma Campaign (NAC) Manchester Asthma and Allergy Study Group at Wythenshawe Hospital discovered that children prone to allergies because their parents are allergic were more likely to famous people with asthma asthma information center suffer from asthma even though they had shown no outward symptoms such as wheeze. The team studied almost 900 pre-school children, monitoring them from birth until they were three years old, when they measured their lung function.Commenting on the findings, lead researcher Professor Ashley Woodcock said, "It is possible that the airways are ''pre-modelled'' in early life for subsequent asthma development." He added, "If a child''s lungs are tested asthma homeopathic asthma information center at an early age, perhaps we can detect lung damage before asthma symptoms develop and in time when appropriate preventative measures can be taken."Jack Barnes, National Asthma Campaign''s director of research, said, "This is an important study, which will add to our understanding of how asthma manifests in young children and provides hope for parents of children who are at risk of developing asthma. It may help doctors give cures dog asthma information center a more accurate diagnosis of asthma in young children, which will ensure the appropriate treatment can be given as early as possible to prevent any further lung damage."However, the particular lung function test used is not widely available and, therefore, the NAC is calling on the government to invest in the equipment necessary to improve accuracy in asthma diagnosis, particularly for children under the age of three. asthma information center asthma information center