Asthma in children, do not be subjective!

During the changing seasons, the large difference in day and night temperatures is also the time when the number of children hospitalized for asthma or asthma attacks increases dramatically. Asthma attacks often occur from night to early morning.

How to detect asthma in children?

Asthma is a chronic inflammation of the airways, causing bronchial spasms and increased mucus secretion, making it difficult for the patient to breathe.

Common symptoms of asthma are: Persistent cough in children, especially worse at night. Wheezing, labored breathing. Chest heaviness in older children.

In children, bronchospasm often manifests itself as coughing fits similar to whooping cough, but without the noise of inhalation, sometimes mixed with a whistling sound. Unlike asthma in adults, asthma attacks in children do not begin and end abruptly.

Causes of asthma attacks

The cause of this disease is due to many factors, especially the combination of genetic factors and environmental factors that promote the development of the disease, when the weather changes during the transition from autumn to winter... Asthma attacks can also appear when children inhale dust, smoke from coal stoves, cigarette smoke, dog and cat hair, pollen or when children try to run, jump, play; or after eating some foods that are easily allergenic such as shrimp, crab, sea fish... Severe asthma attacks often appear after a respiratory infection caused by viruses or bacteria.

How to deal with asthma attacks in children?

When children have an asthma attack, take them to a ventilated place with fresh air; give them plenty of water or let them inhale steam to thin the phlegm and make it easier to breathe.

If the asthma attack is mild, use fast-acting bronchodilators such as ventolin, atrovent, bricanyl... These drugs can be used in aerosol form, metered-dose inhalers, tablets or syrups. The dosage depends on the age and weight of the child, as prescribed by the doctor.

If the asthma attack is severe, give your child a quick-acting bronchodilator, Ventolin inhaler or spray, as directed by your doctor, and take your child to a specialist immediately.

Complications of bronchial asthma are extremely serious.

Asthma is a chronic disease that often progresses in acute episodes when there is a respiratory infection, after each episode, the disease becomes more severe and more dangerous. Bronchial asthma in children can lead to collapsed lungs, multilobular emphysema, pneumothorax, chronic cor pulmonale, respiratory failure, even respiratory arrest with brain damage... Therefore, to avoid dangerous complications caused by bronchial asthma, early diagnosis, treatment and timely management when children have asthma attacks are extremely important.

How to prevent the disease and avoid making it worse?

Factors that trigger asthma attacks should be avoided: Do not use carpets in the child's bedroom, do not raise animals, do not smoke, do not leave fresh flowers; do not let children use toys made from cotton, fur, fibers, stay away from pollen... Keep the living space cool. Limit giving children industrial foods containing preservatives, foods that can easily cause allergies such as shrimp, crab, sea fish...

Asthma is not hereditary, usually, parents only pass on to their children the genetic factors that make them susceptible to asthma. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid the factors that trigger asthma attacks as mentioned above. It is necessary to monitor children to detect which foods, fruits or flowers... often cause children to develop asthma attacks so that they can avoid them.

It is necessary to increase children's resistance by getting enough flu vaccines according to schedule. In addition, parents can also give their children Broncho vacxom, a lyophilized lysate of some bacteria, which when taken orally has the effect of enhancing the body's natural defenses against recurrent respiratory infections, which are the cause of severe asthma attacks.

According to Dr. Nguyen Huu Truong, Center for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Bach Mai Hospital: "Children who often have recurrent respiratory infections or children with respiratory allergies such as bronchial asthma, sinusitis, allergies should use Broncho Vacxom. Because these children are at higher risk of infection than other children. Some recent scientific studies have shown that Broncho Vacxom, if used in sufficient doses, will help reduce 30-50% of acute respiratory infections in young children. The usual way to use it is 1 month of 10 consecutive days, 1 treatment course is 3 consecutive months." Take good care of and prevent asthma for children to start a new winter!./.

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