Dorsalgia in adolescents with bronchial asthma: prevalence, structure, treatment approaches

Back pain (dorsalgia) in adolescents associated with bronchial asthma is an urgent interdisciplinary problem in modern medicine that attracts the attention of scientists and practitioners. The aim of the work was to study the frequency and structure of back pain in adolescents with bronchial asthma, substantiating the need for their correction to improve the controllability of the disease. The article analyzes differences in the frequency and structure of back pain of various localization (in the cervical, thoracic, lumbar spine and their combinations) in adolescent patients of the pulmonary allergy center with bronchial asthma (controlled, partially controlled and uncontrolled). The results of our own research revealed the features of asthma in patients, depending on the severity, phase of the disease and severity of respiratory failure. Comparability of the frequency of recurrent dorsalgia among patients with and without asthma has been established, a high incidence of cervical and combined pain localization in patients with uncontrolled asthma, pain in the thoracic spine in patients with controlled asthma, and lumbar pain localization in patients with partially controlled asthma. Conclusion. The authors conclude that it is necessary to continue scientific research on the prevalence and structure of dorsalgia in adolescents with asthma, and the validity of their pharmacological correction to increase disease control, improve treatment effectiveness, and improve prognosis in this pathology.