What to do if your child has repeated asthma attacks

Asthma is a disease caused by allergic inflammation of the respiratory tract, which may be caused by the patient's allergic constitution. Especially for some children, the chance of suffering from asthma is relatively high, and it is difficult to treat, and the recurrence rate is very high. Some parents are very troubled by their children's repeated asthma attacks, which have a great impact on their children's physical health. So, what should we do if children have repeated asthma attacks?

Treatment options for recurrent asthma attacks in children

Asthma is a disease that requires long-term, systematic treatment. It is a very wrong idea to take medicine when the disease occurs. Many hospitals have professional asthma clinics or professional dry breathing doctors. Patients should take medication systematically under the guidance of doctors. They must take medication for a long time, inhale some corticosteroids and use anti-allergic drugs for a long time. The course of treatment must be long enough and regular check-ups are required to ensure: First, control the symptoms. Second, avoid recurrence.

The prospects for curing childhood asthma are relatively optimistic, because with the continuous improvement of immune function, clinical control can be achieved at different stages (we now call it clinical control instead of cure). If there is no recurrence within three years, it is called clinical cure. Now 80% of children have undergone systematic treatment and can achieve clinical control at different stages.

Will childhood asthma recur in adulthood after it is cured?

In response to parents’ questions, Director Wang Jun said that asthma itself is a chronic inflammation, and it is closely related to genetics and physical constitution. But the more this is the case, the more systematic treatment is needed. Some children have this tendency to heal themselves. They can recover during the ages of three, six, or adolescence, and will not relapse after that. The proportion of such cases is relatively high. There is a difference between children's asthma and adult asthma. If this type of asthma recurs after adolescence, it is difficult to cure and usually occurs during certain seasons. Children's immune systems are not very complete, but they have their own regulatory functions. Plus, with a boost from systematic treatment, children's recovery is much more optimistic than adults'.

Differentiating shortness of breath from asthma in newborns

Many parents, especially parents of newborns, are often very sensitive to their children's abnormalities. Director Wang Jun said that many children have heavy breathing, which usually means their respiratory tract is not very smooth, usually manifested in poor breathing in the upper and lower airways. For example, if the upper airway has nasal congestion or nasal obstruction, these children also have heavy breathing. For example, if there is laryngitis in the throat, the breathing may also be rough. The trachea is not in good condition and the breathing is rough. I don't know what the problem is, so I went to the hospital for a stethoscope to help with the diagnosis.

Sometimes, if you simply have a sore nose, taking some cold medicine or applying some drops to your nose may quickly get better. This symptom is not necessarily asthma.

If you find that your child is coughing for a long time, parents should take the child to take a chest X-ray to see if there is a problem with the bronchus or the lungs. Under the guidance of a doctor, if children can take antibiotics correctly, the infection can be eliminated and cured. In short, parents must use the most correct treatment method, which is the key to treating childhood asthma.