Asthma is a disease of children, isn’t it?

Asthma affects people of all ages and a diagnosis of asthma can be made in a child
as young as 2 years of age. Asthma is the most common
chronic disease of childhood. Asthma is not, however, a
disease limited to children. It is a myth that asthma is
only a disease of childhood, and that all children with
asthma will outgrow their asthma with time as they grow
into adulthood. Many people newly diagnosed with asthma are adults.
Although
some adults with asthma may have experienced asthma
as a child, others develop the condition the first time as
an adult. Asthma can thus develop at any age.