A proposal of a preventive strategy for bronchial asthma

Authors

  • Eddy Llobany González Ungo Especialista de Segundo Grado en Pediatría y Cuidados Intensivos. Asistente. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.
  • Migdalia de las Mercedes Peña Abraham Especialista de Segundo Grado en Ginecología y Obstetricia. Profesora Auxiliar. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.
  • Carlos Romero Díaz Especialista de Segundo Grado en Ginecología y Obstetricia. Asistente. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.
  • Martha Valladares Hernández Especialista de Segundo Grado en Ginecología y Obstetricia. Asistente. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.

Abstract

Bronchial Asthma is a chronic disease with multifactorial inheritance that constitutes a health problem all over the world, having an increasing morbidity and mortality rate. Aimed at suggesting a strategy for the prevention of this disease an epidemiological, analytical and cross-sectional research (about bronchial asthma and twins) was conducted and included as a part of the program for the development of Medical Genetics in Cuba, Pinar del Rio municipality (Cuba). This research allowed making a clinical-epidemiological and genealogical characterization of this disease, with at least one member affected as well as to identify that genetic factors contribute with 72% of the disease origin in this environment, determining it by means of the studies of concordance and inheritance; taking into consideration that the majority of the twins share the same environment. During the research a Health Strategy was created aimed at preventing and improving the quality of life of people who suffer from Bronchial Asthma, supported on the resources of the Cuban Health System and the organization of the society.

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2010-03-19

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González Ungo EL, Peña Abraham M de las M, Romero Díaz C, Valladares Hernández M. A proposal of a preventive strategy for bronchial asthma. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2010 Mar. 19 [cited 2025 Sep. 13];14(1):200-14. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/612

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2010)

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