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Article: Home dust mites may lead to asthma in some children
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 20, 2000
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WASHINGTON - As doctors struggle to understand why asthma is
rising at an alarming rate, a report released Wednesday concludes
microscopic dust mites that lurk in carpets and bedding can push
children who are susceptible to asthma - but don't yet have it - to
develop the disease.
Some 17.3 million Americans have asthma, a respiratory disease
that leaves sufferers coughing, wheezing and gasping for air.
Cases of asthma have risen about 75 percent since 1980,
particularly among blacks and poor, inner-city populations, says the
report released by the prestigious Institute of Medicine that
studied just how big a role the air inside people's homes can play
in the disease.
Doctors have long warned ...