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  • Women's Health
  • Endocrinology

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  • Asthma presents unique challenges for women across different life stages, including premenstrual, pregnancy-related, and menopausal phases.
  • Premenstrual asthma is under-diagnosed, affecting approximately 20% of women with asthma, particularly those with severe disease.
  • Asthma during pregnancy requires careful management due to potential maternal and fetal complications, though medications are generally safe.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the distinct clinical presentations and management considerations of asthma in women throughout their lifespan.
  • To emphasize the role of sex steroids in asthma pathogenesis and their complex interactions.
  • To underscore the importance of personalized asthma management strategies, considering environmental factors.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on asthma in women, focusing on premenstrual, pregnancy, and menopausal asthma.
  • Analysis of the influence of sex hormones (estrogen and progesterone) on airway and immune cells.
  • Discussion of diagnostic and management approaches for specific asthma phenotypes in women.

Main Results:

  • Premenstrual asthma is prevalent, especially in severe asthma cases.
  • Asthma medications are safe for fetal development, necessitating continued and adapted treatment during pregnancy.
  • Sex steroids have complex, often ambivalent effects on asthma, complicating understanding of their role.

Conclusions:

  • Asthma management in women requires a life-course approach, acknowledging hormonal influences and specific phenotypes like menopausal asthma.
  • Early diagnosis and tailored management, including environmental assessment, are key to optimizing asthma control in women.
  • Further research into the precise mechanisms of sex steroid action in asthma is warranted.