12 Sameer, a cheerful eight-year-old boy, was brought to my clinic by his mother Priya. He came with a complaint of cough that had persisted for the past six months. He was quite eager to tell me that his mother never allows him to play with his friends due to his cough. Priya explained his condition, “He has intermittent (occurring at regular intervals) coughs that occur mostly at night, sometimes even during the day, ones that often induce vomiting.” I could gauge Priya had gone through a lot in the past six months. She had witnessed Sameer making unusual sounds during his sleep due to breathing difficulties. She knew something was not right as her husband also suffered from wheezing. The Story of Sameer Uncontrolled asthma can certainly be responsible for poor growth in children. – DR. MARK LEVY general practitioner with expertise in asthma
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