Early and reliable asthma diagnosis in young children
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In young children, asthma is sometimes not recognised in time and therefore not treated properly. The problem is that there is no reliable test to determine whether a child has asthma or not.
That is why Edward Dompeling (CAPHRI) and his team developed a breath test. They collect children's breath in a balloon and examine the chemical substances which are present in the exhaled air. This way, they can reliably determine whether a child has asthma or not. In this video, Edward explains how this works.
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