Hospitalization

• Childhood asthma attacks lead to approximately three million visits to physicians and 200,000 hospital stays in the U.S. every year.
  
  

Bronchial Tube Damage

• Childhood asthma can cause a narrowing of the bronchial tubes, which cannot be corrected and can cause lifelong breathing problems.
  
  

Medication Side Effects

• Oral corticosteroids, used to reduce the swelling, can have side effects such as slowing the child's growth rate, dizziness, nausea, indigestion, increased appetite, weight gain, weakness and sleep disorders.
  
  

Severe Cough

• Childhood asthma can lead to a persistent, chronic cough .
  
  

Adult Asthma

• Once you have asthma, you have it for life, but in about 50% of children with asthma, the symptoms lessen as they grow older. However, about half of these children will see the symptoms re appear when they are between 30 and 40.