World Asthma Day, what are your misconceptions about childhood asthma?

The first Tuesday of the year of May is World Asthma Day, the theme of the 2014 World Asthma Day is "You can control your asthma", the theme is "control asthma, imperative".

about childhood asthma you may have doubts


Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood, with data showing 2 asthma per 10 children. Asthma in children is different from normal adult asthma, because the children's lungs in the growth stage, coupled with recent advances in medical research, children's asthma can be controlled or even reversible. However, in the treatment of asthmatic children, many parents have misunderstandings and doubts, coupled with the lack of timely correction or active treatment, children with asthma in the 1/3-1/2 of the people will be protracted to adulthood.


"You may have doubts and misconceptions about childhood asthma"


children grow up, will asthma naturally be good?


will be deferred to adult


in the process of treatment of children with asthma, parents need to actively consult the doctor, and according to the changes in the child's condition, the development of appropriate treatment for children, can make the symptoms of children are well controlled, or even completely disappeared, like a healthy child learning, life and activities.


specifically remind those who think that when children grow up asthma can self-healing parents, childhood asthma can not be despised, must not think as the child's growth and development of asthma can heal, so easy to miss the treatment time, affect the child's present and future quality of life.


has asthma, symptoms, no treatment?


needs to be "confrontational" with asthma for a long time


Some parents only in the child asthma attack, only then comes to the hospital to look, eats the medicine, the daily control treatment almost does not have, or intermittent. In this way, asthma control and treatment of children is very unfavorable, asthma treatment must pay attention to daily continuous, standardized treatment.


Many parents think that long-term maintenance treatment from the economy is also not a small expenditure, so long as no attack on the child to stop the drug, but from the economic point of view, do not attack the time of prevention and control treatment is more economical. The treatment attitude towards asthma is actually a miniature and portrayal of the current people's understanding of disease and treatment of diseases--not paying attention to the prevention of disease, and then treating the disease with heavy weight.


about childhood asthma you may have doubts


child sensitive rhinitis can treat as cold?


to induce bronchial asthma


Experts pointed out that many children with allergic rhinitis is treated as a cold, the result is first sneezing, runny nose, and then it is cough and asthma, leading to bronchitis. Experts stressed that all have allergic rhinitis and asthma patients, not only to treat cough, but also to treat rhinitis, it is possible to control the disease, do not think that rhinitis has no life risk and ignore it.


about childhood asthma you may have doubts


allergic rhinitis = asthma?


60% of patients with allergic rhinitis or end up with asthma


Beijing Children's Hospital said to the doctor, the common people said nose or throat, in fact, are part of the body's respiratory system, can affect each other, that is, allergic rhinitis and asthma also exist in the relationship between the induction of influence.


according to the relevant data, in clinical, allergic rhinitis patients about one-third combined with asthma, and asthma patients with allergic rhinitis patients are reached 70% to 80%. The international medical community has put forward the concept of "an airway, a disease".


"In a sense, protect the nose, avoid allergies, to a certain extent, is in the prevention of asthma, the Children's Hospital explained to the doctor, because for the children who have not yet developed asthma allergic rhinitis, to find allergens, appropriate to avoid, is in the prevention of asthma, and for patients with asthma has been combined , to avoid allergic factors induced rhinitis is also in the control of asthma attack.


Hormone side Effect convention affects child development?


low dose inhaled hormones in children with no inhibition


at present, the international asthma community is unanimously recognized that inhaled hormones is the most effective control of asthma recurrent attacks, is the first choice for long-term control of asthma in all age groups of drugs. The inhaled drugs can reach the target cells of the airway, with rapid onset and low body absorption. A large number of long-term clinical studies have shown that low-dose inhaled hormone therapy has no inhibitory effect on children's growth and development.


on the contrary, oral or intravenous, the hormone will reach the whole body, and the amount of the bronchial tube is very small, so need a large dose, systemic side effects are also large.


Plus especially if children with asthma do not maintain treatment at ordinary times, asthma attack, often need intravenous high doses of hormones to rescue, not only the dosage, but also the whole body medication, although at that time the effect is fast, that is equivalent to a few years of hormone inhalation, not only side effects, And the inhibition of immunity will also cause children's recurrent infection, this point parents must recognize.


about childhood asthma you may have doubts


Extension: More knowledge about asthma in children


"TIPS: Child asthma prevention is better than cure"


for children, the chances of a cure are higher if they receive formal treatment in the early stages of an asthma attack. But if you can prevent the disease before it happens, you can protect the child from the pain. So the spring child asthma prevention is the root.

Attention should be paid to
indoor hygiene.


dust mites are a major cause of allergic symptoms, usually in the interior of the dust, so parents have to regularly clean children's clothing supplies, when the sun is good to bask in the quilt. Perfumes, paints, aerosols or other things that have strong odors should be avoided; parents at home, the best not to smoke, in addition to reducing the possibility of asthma, but also to prevent other family members of second-hand smoke, after all, second-hand smoke for people's harm or more than a smoke.


about childhood asthma you may have doubts

The
were crowded and less close.


less to take the children to some crowded public places to reduce the chance of infection;

Do not eat more
food.


if the child is allergic physique, then aquatic product and so on FA as far as possible lets the child eat less. Diet attention light easy digestion, rich in vitamins, encourage children to drink more water, to avoid eating xin, acid, hemp, spicy, fried and excessive protein and other induced asthma attack food;


about childhood asthma you may have doubts


exercise is not less.


movement can enhance immunity, can with the child to develop the movement plan, usually can insist to participate in jogging, swimming and so on, in the process of movement, according to the child's physical condition in time to adjust, not excessive movement. However, if you encounter the spring wind, fog and other bad weather, do not let children go out to exercise, can be indoor exercise.