Do children outgrow their asthma?

Yes for majority: The majority (60-70%) of children who had recurrent wheezing episodes in early childhood "outgrows" by 6 years old.

Perhaps: This is an area of controversy in medicine. Statistically, there are many children with childhood asthma who grow up to not complain of symptoms; however it is not clear if they are just avoiding activity that incites asthma or are used to the symptoms and don't seek treatment. So, it is possible to be an adult who had childhood asthma and be relatively symptom free.

Maybe: When they get older adolesent and teen it often becomes quiet(no asthma symptoms) but they can recur again later. So you don't really grow out of it. It becomes latent.

Difficult label: Roughly 70-80% of recurrent wheezing in infancy is gone by mid childhood and never seen in the adult.I don't accept that as true asthma, with its genetic features, since there are so many infectious agents that trigger recurrent wheezing in younger kids.Until we have a reliable genetic marker for true asthma, we will be left with many labeled that way that grow out of it.

Yes But Not All: Asthma is a complex disease. If you look at statistics, there are more children with asthma than there are adults with asthma and so one would assume that some do outgrow it. However, some do avoid triggering activities and exposures and so go undiagnosed while others see a return in their asthma later in life.

Asthma management: Aggressive asthma management in the childhood years can help prevent remodeling in the lungs, which is a major predictor of continued adulthood asthma. Prompt recognition of symptoms and use of the rescue medication albuterol is key. Inhaled steroids are often used in people with frequent albuterol needs, to stabilize the lungs and reduce flare ups. Get an Asthma Action plan from your doctor!

Yes: Some children do outgrow asthma as adolescents or adults. If their asthma was associated with other " atopic" conditions like allergies and eczema or if the asthma was particularly severe, then chances are higher that the asthma will be around for longer.

Can be asymptomatic: You do not "outgrow" asthma, but can become asymptomatic- not have symptoms. The asthma can potentiaaly come back at a later date. Think of it as an iceberg. If below the surface no symptoms. Once about the water line symptoms return.

Depends: Much (50-60%) of what is labeled asthma in infants and toddlers disappears by school age. These wheezing episodes are often triggered by respiratory viruses and may need to receive treatment we would use in asthma.When these kids have no asthma related conditions like eczema or allergies, I find it hard to accept that they truly had asthma.They might have a very mild genetic varient