When treating children's asthma, parents should first consider the condition of the disease

Most childhood asthma is caused by congenital, pathological, and hereditary factors. Parents should pay attention to childhood asthma and choose appropriate treatment methods. If asthma patients are not treated in time, it will cause many serious harms. However, parents should also pay attention to giving their children asthma tablets. It is necessary to understand in advance and judge whether the child really has asthma. Making decisions on your own will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Asthma knowledge:

1. First of all, we need to make a clear diagnosis to see whether the child has asthma. Because the diagnosis of childhood asthma is not easy, it may be confused with other diseases, especially viral-induced wheezing. Parents should not arbitrarily diagnose their children with asthma. They must do so under the guidance of a professional doctor. Even professional doctors sometimes find it difficult to make a clear diagnosis of a child and require dynamic evaluation.

2. When should you consider asthma? The following information is helpful: If parents have a history of asthma, pay attention, because asthma has a certain genetic tendency (but not always inherited); if the child has atopic dermatitis and an allergic constitution, pay attention; if there has been a history of sensitization to inhaled allergens.

3. The earlier asthma is controlled, the better (you can refer to my previous article). The principles of long-term, continuous, standardized and individualized treatment should be adhered to. This sentence comes from our authoritative guidelines and is also the clinical operating standard. It is even more necessary for the parents of the sick children to fully understand and cooperate with the treatment. In particular, do not do such foolish thing as being afraid of hormones and not daring to use them, unless the doctor believes that the child has contraindications to the use of hormones. Long-term studies have not shown that low-dose inhaled hormones will affect the growth and development of children and other adverse reactions. In other words, moderate amounts of ICS are safe. At least compared with the harm caused by not using it and allowing asthma to develop, its adverse reactions are insignificant.

4. Currently, children with asthma are divided into two groups (under 5 years old and over 5 years old). There are some slight differences in treatment, such as the timing of using long-acting β2 receptor agonists, but parents of children with asthma can ignore these details. But you must know: for the long-term treatment of childhood asthma, the most effective drug is inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). When the condition is severe, other drugs (such as long-acting β2 receptor agonists, leukotriene receptor antagonists, sustained-release theanolide, etc.) can be used in combination.

5. How long should the treatment last? This question refers to how long the controlled treatment should last. Not very clear! It is currently recommended that long-term use of control medications should continue after the condition has improved, and the lowest effective dose of ICS should be used to maintain the condition. If such a low dose of ICS can effectively control asthma (requires doctor's evaluation) and there is no symptom recurrence within 1 year, you can consider stopping the medication!