On 2016 Aug 27, Santosh Kondekar commented:

Its nice to note that medical fraternity globally is getting aware that childhood asthma is getting over diagnosed. By all means, it says that Asthma should not the diagnosis that is made empirically but should always be a diagnosis by exclusion. It may not sound easy but an attempt has been made to separate OTA[other than asthma] . So if we could exclude OTA, what remains is most likely asthma. Thus giving a refined knowledge/criteria to help in diagnosis of childhood asthma.Weinberger M et al had published such cases as pseudo asthma. I have enumerated criteria for OTA diagnosis at following link. http://childasthma.weebly.com/ota-other-than-asthma-or-asthma-like-illnesses.html

On 2016 Aug 27, Santosh Kondekar commented:

Its nice to note that medical fraternity globally is getting aware that childhood asthma is getting over diagnosed. By all means, it says that Asthma should not the diagnosis that is made empirically but should always be a diagnosis by exclusion. It may not sound easy but an attempt has been made to separate OTA[other than asthma] . So if we could exclude OTA, what remains is most likely asthma. Thus giving a refined knowledge/criteria to help in diagnosis of childhood asthma.Weinberger M et al had published such cases as pseudo asthma. I have enumerated criteria for OTA diagnosis at following link. http://childasthma.weebly.com/ota-other-than-asthma-or-asthma-like-illnesses.html