What are the symptoms of neonatal asthma?

Nowadays, many newborns suffer from asthma, which has a great impact on their physical health. There are many factors that cause neonatal asthma. Genetic factors or certain substances in the air may cause neonatal asthma attacks. If a newborn baby suffers from asthma, parents must pay attention to it and take the baby for treatment in time. So, what are the symptoms of neonatal asthma?

Asthma is a common disease among infants and young children, and there are many causes of asthma in babies, including the baby's internal genetic allergic constitution and external environmental factors. Baby asthma is related to respiratory tract infection, weather changes, excessive exercise, fatigue, food and drug allergies, etc. In addition, it is also related to the fur of small animals, indoor dust mites, mold, outdoor flowers and pollen, etc. Among them, respiratory tract infection is the most common factor causing baby asthma.

During the acute attack of baby asthma, the main symptoms include coughing, sputum or sputum sound, wheezing, dyspnea, chest tightness, etc. The most typical clinical manifestation is expiratory dyspnea accompanied by wheezing. When asthma attacks severely, it will manifest as irritability, flaring of the nostrils, cold sweats all over the body, and even intermittent speech due to severe wheezing. During the intervals between attacks, a few babies may feel chest tightness and discomfort, but wheezing is no longer heard when auscultating the lungs. Most other babies have no obvious symptoms and signs.

Wheezing is a common symptom of lower respiratory tract diseases in infants and young children. The pathological basis of wheezing is due to inflammation of the bronchioles, mucosal congestion, edema, increased mucus secretion, and mucus embolism causing airway narrowing. Since infants and young children have difficulty expectorating, coughing and wheezing often exist at the same time when they suffer from lower respiratory tract diseases.

Infant asthma refers to asthma in children under 3 years old, which accounts for a large proportion of childhood asthma. Compared with general childhood asthma, the clinical manifestations of infant asthma are often atypical and are easily misdiagnosed or missed, which affects targeted treatment and leads to repeated asthma attacks. The disease should be diagnosed and treated as early as possible according to its characteristics, otherwise the chance of cure will become smaller and smaller as the child grows older.