What should I do if my child has asthma?

Asthma is a very common respiratory disease. Many children suffer from asthma. This condition is mostly caused by genetic factors. Childhood asthma is a little more difficult to treat than adult asthma and requires more company and care from family members. Although asthma is quite harmful to the body, if it is well taken care of in daily care, the incidence of asthma will be greatly reduced, so it will not have much impact on the patient's life. So how should children's asthma be treated?

Asthma is the most common chronic inflammatory respiratory disease in children, with approximately 150 million children suffering from the disease worldwide, and the incidence rate is growing rapidly. According to surveys in some parts of the country, the prevalence of asthma among children in my country is 0.5% to 3.33%, and in some areas it is as high as 5%. Asthma can occur at any age, but most patients develop the disease before the age of 5, and 50% of pediatric patients develop the disease before the age of 3.

Typical asthma attacks are sudden, mostly at night or in the early morning. They are often caused by inhalation of pollen, dust mites, cold air or irritating gases before the onset of the disease. When the disease occurs, itchy nose, runny nose, sneezing, and dry cough appear first, followed by chest tightness, wheezing, and difficulty breathing. Wheezing can be heard in both lungs. In severe cases, people are often forced to sit up straight with their shoulders hunched, their heads bent forward, wheezing hard, and sweating all over. Attacks can last for dozens of minutes or hours. Mild cases may resolve on their own, while severe cases may require comprehensive treatment such as oxygen and nebulization to be relieved. After relief, there may be no symptoms, just like normal people.

Asthma is more common in children with weak spleen and stomach, and seafood is mostly cold. For young children, the coldness of seafood is most likely to damage the spleen, stomach and lungs. Damage to the spleen will aggravate the impact on digestion and absorption, leading to anorexia, weight loss, abdominal distension, diarrhea, abnormal water metabolism, and excessive sputum. Damage to the lungs will cause lung qi obstruction, lung qi upward flow, aggravate cough, thus forming spleen deficiency and lung heat, inducing or aggravating asthma, making it difficult to heal for a long time.

In addition, children with recurrent asthma often have allergic constitutions and are prone to allergic reactions, such as rashes, after eating seafood. Therefore, it is best for children with asthma to eat less seafood. Children with asthma are forbidden to eat seafood, as seafood can easily induce asthma in children.

The above introduces some treatments for children's asthma. In addition to these treatments, daily care is very important. There is no specific medicine to cure asthma, so you need to carry anti-asthmatic drugs with you to help the patient breathe quickly when an asthma attack occurs. Asthma patients cannot engage in strenuous exercise, such as running, playing ball, etc.