World Asthma Day, asthma baby need to pay attention to what problems?

Childhood asthma is one of the most common respiratory diseases which seriously affect children's physical and mental health, and there are as many as 10 million asthmatic patients in China. Childhood asthma is difficult to cure, and the more easily relapse, but as long as appropriate treatment, the prognosis is very good. Therefore, parents must cooperate with the doctor active treatment. Asthma baby's treatment, may need long-term medication, in giving asthma baby need to pay attention to what problems? Let's take a look at the expert's answer.

Does asthma baby need medication for life?

Asthma is a chronic disease that, although not terminally ill, requires long-term medication. Some parents will worry, once the baby has asthma, need to use medication for life? Sun Lihong, deputy chief physician of respiratory Medicine at the first affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, said that when the child arrived at the early stage of youth, that is, the girl 22 years old, the boy to 44 years old, 60–70% asthma child may no longer asthma. Although the current can not cure asthma, but most of the children asthma are intermittent or mild sustained, as long as the combination of treatment, the prognosis is very good, do not need lifelong medication. Therefore, if the baby is suffering from asthma, parents must actively cooperate with the treatment.

Parents can not stop the drug without permission

Some parents are not aware of asthma, only focus on the treatment of attack period, after the child medication, the condition of a slight improvement on the disease has been controlled, they stopped the drug. Guangdong Maternal and Child Health care Department of Pediatrics deputy chief physician Guo Suhua said, asthma treatment focus can not ignore the remission period, because this period of childhood asthma has not yet attack, no obvious respiratory symptoms, treatment can be targeted at the patient's physique, immune regulation, in principle, can use less drugs to achieve the best control effect. If the child's situation is better, stop the drug, after the asthma will be renewed, and have to start treatment again, and the illness repeatedly easily damage the lung function of the child. Therefore, the treatment of asthma in children needs the parents to cooperate, and under the guidance of the doctor, especially to pay attention to the drug can not be stopped without authorization.

Long-term medication in asthmatic infants does not affect development

Treatment of children with asthma will use hormone drugs, some parents worry about long-term use of hormone drugs will affect the child's growth and development? In this respect, Guo Suhua director said, parents do not worry too much about this problem, because the child inhaled hormones only in the local, and the amount of inhalation is very small, even if a small amount through the respiratory tract into the body will soon be catabolism, so will not cause very serious systemic adverse reactions. Guo Suhua remind parents, do not because of concern about the development of medication and do not give the baby medication treatment.

Do not use "Traditional Chinese medicine prescription" to the baby casually

In order to treat the baby, some parents exhausted various methods, and even easy to listen to the so-called "Traditional Chinese medicine folk prescription." Sun Lihong director reminds parents, do not casually to the baby use "Traditional Chinese medicine folk prescription." Some folk remedies used in the medicinal herbs are not marked, sometimes just a packet can not identify the ingredients of the powder, do not rule out some are containing hormones. There is a drug called ephedrine, which contains ephedrine has a role in the relaxation of the trachea, if a long time to take a large number of these drugs, can bring certain side effects. There are also some thought that can "improve the physique" of Chinese medicine is effective for asthma, there is no clear what kind of curative effect, parents can not blind blindly follow.

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