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Dr.Fawzia abo ali
Prof. of int. medicine & clinical immunologyFaculty of medicineAin shams university
 
Asthma is a chronic inflammatoryairway disease that has a higher prevalence in boys than in girlsbefore puberty and a higher prevalence in women than in menin adulthood.
Because of the complexity of thedisease, no single straightforwardmechanism can explain the gender differences found in asthma.
 
 Asthma & Gender 
Before puberty, asthma occurs more oftenin males, but after adolescence, it appearsto be more common in females.
At adolescence, girls have greater likelihood of new onset asthma, while manyboys “grow out” of asthma
In adults with similar cases of actualairway obstruction, women are likely toreport more severe symptoms than menare.
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