Childhood colds and asthma ‘red flags’ for adult rhinosinusitis: Aussie study
Professor Peter Wark says early treatment of allergic rhinitis may help prevent chronic rhinosinusitis.
Kids with asthma or frequent URTIs could have a higher risk of chronic rhinosinusitis as adults, according to an Australian study that followed participants from 1968.
Melbourne University–led researchers found that seven-year-olds with asthma or multiple head colds a year had double the risk of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) in middle age.
Data on childhood conditions relied on parents being asked questions such as “Is he prone to colds in the head (that is, more than two or three colds a year)?”, according to methods published in the Medical Journal of Australia in 1969.
Respiratory physician Professor Peter Wark, who was not involved in the study, said research was needed on how childhood illnesses influenced diseases later in life.
