Pandemic Brings Dramatic Drop in Asthma Hospitalizations, Study Finds

 

The pandemic kept many local children with asthma out of hospitals, according to a study by Children’s National Hospital in D.C.

There’s been a 75% drop in emergency room visits and hospitalizations among local children with asthma this fall, the study found.

“It is very stressful to have a child with asthma even when you have access to great hospitals and doctors and resources and (are) able to manage it,” said Kate Davidoff, whose 3-year-old son Andrew used to rely on a nebulizer and steroids to control his asthma when he got sick. “It is a lot of stress on parents and the children to be sick all the time.”..

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