4 million children under the age of 18 suffer with asthma. In the 5-17 age group, asthma causes an annual loss of more than 10 million school days per year.
Asthma accounts for more childhood hospitalizations than any other childhood disease.
Children with asthma spend approximately 7.3 million days per year restricted to bed rest. In 1990, there were 7.1 million physician visits for asthma. More than 5,200 Americans died from asthma in 1991. With the above statistics, we can see the seriousness of this condition, and the toll its taking on our children's lives If you have ever seen a child struggle for breath because of asthma, you can agree it is a frightening experience for both the child and observer. The helpless feeling causes parents to seek out treatments to relieve the symptoms and establish a somewhat normal lifestyle for their child.