Recently, many parents are asking me, my child's cough has been bad over and over again, will it become asthma when coughing and coughing? So does repeated coughing really turn into asthma?
Today by the Lian's Chinese Medicine Pediatrics for parents to answer this question, first of all, let's look at what cough? What is asthma?
cough? asthma?
Cough is a sudden, common respiratory symptom caused by inflammation, foreign body, physical or chemical irritation of the trachea, bronchial mucosa, or pleura.
Due to different primary diseases, the symptoms of cough are also different, including fever, chest pain, sputum cough, hemoptysis, sneezing, runny nose, pharyngeal discomfort, shortness of breath and other different symptoms.
Asthma, also known as bronchial asthma, is a chronic airway inflammation involving a variety of cells and cellular components, often with recurrent episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and cough, mostly at night or in the early morning.
Most people with asthma are allergic and may be accompanied by allergic rhinitis or atopic dermatitis, or allergic to airborne allergens such as mites, pollen, pets, mold, or to foods such as nuts, milk, peanuts, and seafood.
Will your child cough repeatedly turn into wheezing?
Through the above terminology explanation, it is estimated that many parents can understand that it is not asthma caused by long-term coughing, but asthma can cause long-term coughing.
In other words, there is no scientific basis for repeated coughing into asthma.
Will asthma follow for a lifetime?
Onset within 3 years of age is manifested by recurrent wheezing, which is often induced by respiratory infections.
After the age of 5-6, the child's immune system gradually improves, the ability to defend itself against diseases increases, and these respiratory viral infections gradually decrease with age, so the induced cough and wheezing will gradually decrease or ease.
That said, most children's asthma will gradually ease after the age of 5-6, so parents should not worry too much.
But that's not to say that all the kids cough and gasp when they grow up.
Some children have asthma after the age of 3 years, infancy eczema is obvious, accompanied by rhinitis, cough and asthma are not associated with respiratory infections, have a family history of asthma, these children asthma symptoms can be prolonged for a long time.