Do children outgrow asthma?
Asthma symptoms may disappear in adolescence, but can come back in adulthood. By managing asthma well in childhood, there may be a greater chance that it doesn’t return in adulthood. The more your environment is controlled, the better the chances are that the symptoms of asthma will stay away. However, the genetic tendency to have asthma remains.
Many children with asthma gradually outgrow their symptoms. Their asthma symptoms become less severe and may disappear. Some children do not outgrow asthma completely, but the asthma becomes milder and easier to control. In most children asthma gets better as the child gets older. Withholding treatment in the hope that your child will outgrow asthma is not realistic and can be dangerous.
