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Hopkins Health
Put Nighttime Asthma to Sleep
If your child suffers nighttime asthma attacks, his school performance and your job may be at risk, according to a recent study by Johns Hopkins asthma researcher Gregory Diette.
“If asthma disrupts the amount of quality sleep, the children don’t function as well the next day,” says Diette. “And parents may suffer when the lose sleep to care for their sick children.”
Diette surveyed 400 parents whose children suffered asthma and were treated by doctors at clinics. During the month leading up to the survey, nighttime asthma attacks awakened 56 percent of the children one or more nights, and 30 percent missed one or more days of school because of their asthma. Thirty-six percent of the parents felt nocturnal asthma interfered with their child’s school performance. Also, 30 percent of parents reported missing work or other important activities on days following nighttime attacks.
One reason for the nighttime asthma attacks may be triggers like dust mites. Treatments that work overnight, such as long-term anti-inflammatories, may be the answer.
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