Genetic incidence of bronchial asthma Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways involving multiple cells and cellular components. This chronic inflammation is associated with airway hyperresponsiveness and usually presents with widespread and variable reversible airflow limitation, resulting in recurrent episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and/or coughing, which tend to flare up and worsen at night and/or early in the morning, with most patients relieving on their own or with treatment. Do children of asthma patients always get asthma too? Bronchial asthma is a polygenic disease, but its development is also greatly influenced by environmental factors. The prevalence of asthma in children of asthma patients is about 5 times higher than in the general population.
The rate of asthma in children of asthmatics is about 5 times higher than in the general population. The more asthmatic people in the family, the more severe the disease, the more likely their children will develop asthma. Therefore, premarital counseling should be done to minimize the prevalence of asthma in children by avoiding having both people with atopic disease. Of course, not all offspring of asthma sufferers have asthma, and the role of acquired factors should be emphasized.