What are some home care methods for childhood asthma?

Childhood asthma is a relatively common childhood lung disease. Childhood asthma will not only cause great harm to the child's physical health, but also cause great harm to the child's lungs and trachea. When an asthma attack occurs, it may even endanger the child's life. Children with asthma should be treated in time and receive some care at home. Bacteria can be controlled by taking medication.

Childhood Asthma Care

1. Medication care

If asthma is not accompanied by bacterial infection, the treatment should be based on a combination of traditional Chinese medicine and antiasthmatic drugs. If the fever reaches 38 degrees or above, take antipyretics as prescribed by your doctor and cooperate with physical cooling. During the period of remission, long-term inhaled corticosteroids and immune enhancers should be given to prevent recurrent asthma attacks and reduce the chance of respiratory infections.

When your baby has an acute asthma attack, you should immediately use various types of bronchodilators to quickly relieve asthma. Therefore, bronchodilators should always be available at home and placed in a conspicuous and easily accessible place. During the remission period of the attack, traditional Chinese medicine treatment should be carried out for a long time. Chinese herbal medicines are mostly plants and have relatively few toxic side effects on the human body.

The correct way to use bronchodilators is: let the child exhale first, then take a deep breath, and prolong the inhalation time. After getting used to it, inhale the medicine at the same time when inhaling, and hold the breath for 5 seconds after inhalation. When the heart rate exceeds 140 beats/minute, the therapeutic effect becomes increasingly poor and the drug should be discontinued. Pay attention to oral care when using hormone aerosol to prevent fungal infection.

Asthma is a disease that is prone to recurring attacks. You must follow the doctor's instructions during medication and must not stop, reduce or increase the dosage on your own. Only in this way can there be hope of cure. Do not seek medical attention or medication immediately when your baby is wheezing, and do not stop taking asthma drugs too soon as the condition improves. In fact, the baby's bronchi are still in a spasm state, and if you are not careful, it will relapse. Repeated wheezing attacks will not only make the baby very painful, but also easily turn into bronchial asthma.

2. Avoid allergens in life

In daily life, parents should carefully observe substances that may cause acute asthma attacks in babies. Once identified, they should eliminate them from their lives, avoid contact with their babies, and take appropriate desensitization treatments. Strengthen exercise in daily life, such as taking cold water baths, wiping your body with a dry towel, etc. Avoid colds, overwork and excessive mood swings. Possible allergens in life include:

1. Daily necessities: cigarette odor and ashes, wool and mites shed from bedding, smoke from coal stoves, air fresheners, spray smoke, dust flying up from sweeping the floor, furry animals, car exhaust, pollen from trees and flowers, strong odors and aerosols, etc.

2. Bacterial infection: Pathogenic bacteria and the toxins they produce, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, mycoplasma, etc. and the toxins they produce may cause asthma attacks. Be aware that colds and flu are often triggers of asthma attacks. Baby's asthma may occur simultaneously with rhinitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, pneumonia, etc.

3. Foods that are prone to allergies: overcold or overheated food and drinks, greasy food, desserts, seafood, eggs, milk, various heavy-tasting spices, etc. may also be allergens.

4. Allergenic organisms: pollen, animal hair and feces, bacteria, mites, flies, cockroaches, fish, shrimp, crabs and other foreign proteins.

5. Extensive exercise and fluctuating emotions: Extensive physical activity, watching horror movies or comedies, being frightened, being overly sad, etc. may all cause asthma attacks in children.