What to do if children have bronchitis and asthma?

Asthma is a heterogeneous disease characterized by chronic airway inflammation; presenting with a history of respiratory symptoms of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and cough, with variable expiratory airflow limitation, which can vary in intensity over time. Asthma can occur at any age, but most cases begin before the age of 4 to 5 years. Therefore, parents should pay attention. When children suffer from bronchial asthma, they must be sent to the hospital in time. So, how should the doctor treat it?

1. Treatment principles: Asthma control treatment should be started as early as possible. We must adhere to the principles of long-term, continuous, standardized and individualized treatment. Treatment includes: ① Acute attack period: rapid relief of symptoms, such as antiasthmatic and anti-inflammatory treatment; ② Chronic persistent period and clinical remission period: preventing symptom aggravation and recurrence, such as avoiding triggering factors, anti-inflammatory, reducing airway hyperresponsiveness, preventing airway remodeling, and doing a good job of self-management. Emphasis should be placed on the combination of drug treatment and non-drug treatment, and the role of non-drug treatments in the long-term management of asthma, such as asthma prevention and treatment education, allergen avoidance, treatment of psychological problems in children, improvement of quality of life, and pharmacoeconomics, should not be neglected.

2. Treatment of acute asthma attacks

(1) β2 receptor agonists

(2) Systemic glucocorticoids

(3) Anticholeretic drugs

(4) Short-acting tea alkaloids

(5) Magnesium sulfate

3. Treatment of chronic persistent asthma

(1) Inhaled glucocorticoids (2) Leukotriene modifiers (3) Sustained-release theophylline (4) Long-acting β2-receptor agonists (5) Mast cell membrane stabilizers (6) Systemic glucocorticoids (7) Combination therapy

Therefore, when children are sick, parents should not rush to give them medicine. They must send their children to the hospital in time. After examination by the doctor, parents should follow the doctor's advice and take the medicine on time. This is the only way to cure the disease and give children a healthy and happy childhood.