Many parents of asthma sufferers mistakenly believe that physical education and sport are dangerous in this disease, and restrict their children.

As noted by American doctors who told about the revealed error, physical activity is an indispensable element of the child's development, including with bronchial asthma.

This work was conducted by scientists from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore. They interviewed parents of 137 children with asthma and 106 healthy children. It turned out that one-fifth of parents agreed with the statement that exercise can be dangerous for a child-asthmatics. One in four feared that his child's condition could deteriorate from physical education.

The survey also showed that the free time of children with asthma, including those who received basic treatment, was less likely to be associated with a high level of physical activity.

"The results are appalling," said study author Dr. David Lang (David Lang). "Despite advances in medicine and a better understanding of asthma, we found that there is a perception that exercise is dangerous for children with asthma and that they should not perform them. In fact, physical activity is important for all children, including those with asthma ".

The authors, who published the results of their work on the pages of the April issue of the journal Pediatrics, stressed that it is important that pediatricians discuss the benefits of physical education with children and their parents.

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