Children are more likely to stay asthmatic if they live in a damp home, according to new research.
Previous studies have always been contradictory, but the new research is extensive, involving 5,000 Munich school children over a three-year period. The researchers, led by Dr Thomas Nicolai, of Munich University, studied children when they were 10 and then again when they were 13. Some 234 had asthma at age 10. Around a third still had symptoms at age 13. Children with more severe asthma at age 10 and those with allergic triggers for the condition were most likely to still have symptoms when they were 13.