Therapy of bronchial asthma in childhood

: The aim of the study is to summarize the up-to-date therapy of bronchial asthma in childhood. Many children in the world (1-30%) suffer from this disease. The essence of it is the special allergic inflammation of the bronchi, so the chief aim of the therapy is the diminution of this inflammation and the ceasing of the actual symptoms. The therapy is based on three possibilities: diminution of the causative allergens and trigger factors in the environment, drug therapy, and allergen vaccination (immunotherapy). The drug therapy is considered on the four step severity criteria of the WHO. The study makes known the basic properties of the important drugs and the practice of the therapy; gives a list of elimination possibilities and mentions the chief features of immunotherapy.