If your child coughs for more than 4 weeks, it is possible that he has cough variant asthma

If the child has a long-term cough (cough duration > 4 weeks) or repeated wheezing (> 1 attack per month), and there is regularity, such as often at night, early morning attacks, exercise, after encountering cold air, the cough is aggravated, and the effect of antibiotic treatment is not obvious for a long time, parents should be wary of whether the child has cough variant asthma.

Cough variant asthma is a special type of asthma in which cough is the only or primary clinical manifestation, with no signs or symptoms such as significant wheezing and shortness of breath. Some children have persistent or recurrent coughs, and the cough does not heal, and the final diagnosis is cough variant asthma.

Three characteristics of cough variant asthma

◆ Persistent cough for more than 4 weeks.

◆ Regularity, such as frequent attacks at night and early in the morning, exercise, cough aggravation after cold air.

◆ After a long period of antibiotic treatment, the effect is not obvious.

Some parents mistakenly think that children's asthma is not serious, and after a while they will be better and do not need treatment, in fact, it is just the opposite. Since the condition of children's asthma is mostly mild, it is the best time to treat asthma, if children's asthma is not actively diagnosed, the serious condition may induce pulmonary heart disease and emphysema, respiratory arrest and respiratory failure, pneumothorax and mediastinal emphysema, heart rhythm disorders and shock and other complications, directly threatening the child's life.