Childhood asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease that manifests recurrent cough, stridor and dyspnea, accompanied by reversible airway hyperreactivity, obstructive respiratory disease, and seriously endangers the health of children. If it can be detected early and standardized treatment, it can be well controlled and no longer occurs. Therefore, parents must cooperate with the doctor and follow the doctor's instructions for long-term standardized treatment.
Childhood asthma is an allergic disease, and immune factors play a very large role. The etiology is complex, and it is generally divided into two aspects: internal causes and external causes, which refer to children's allergic constitution and relatively low immune system, and external causes have environmental factors, such as air pollution, dust mites, bacterial infections, etc.
Asthma in children can be triggered by different triggers.
Genetic factors: Asthma heritability is about 80%, if one parent has asthma, the child's chance of asthma is 2-5 times higher than other children; both sides have asthma, and the child has about 50% of the incidence of asthma.
Factors such as dust mites, mold, pollen: More than 80% of cases in children with bronchial asthma are considered to be allergic asthma. Among them, dust mites are one of the most important related allergens in children with asthma in China. In addition, animal fur, poultry feathers, cotton fiber, fluffy toys, wool carpets, etc. are also easy to cause asthma attacks in children. Mold allergy to June to September as the peak of the incidence of the disease, pollen allergy is more common in spring, can induce children's allergic rhinitis, and even asthma acute attack.
Climatic factors: asthma occurs all year round, autumn and winter, the temperature difference between day and night is large, children's physique is weak, it is difficult to adapt to the environment of drastic changes. In addition, smog weather and air pollution are also one of the causes of asthma.
Dietary factors: Most children with asthma will have attacks after eating cold drinks and sweets. In addition, there is milk, eggs, peanuts, fish and shrimp.
In addition, if the child is emotionally stimulated, such as crying and laughing or extreme fear, the probability of triggering acute asthma will also be significantly increased. Therefore, as a parent, you must pay attention to protecting your baby and do not let your baby's mood swings be too large.
In addition, infection is also a problem. Infections such as viruses, bacteria, and mycoplasma can also induce asthma in children, with viral infections being the main factors that cause allergic inflammation of the airways and induce asthma attacks. Early control of symptoms of infection and reduction of the number and extent of viral infections are important for the future occurrence of wheezing and asthma.
Life & Psychological Protection
Especially in the winter season, parents should pay attention to avoiding contact with allergens, less exposure to pollen, no smoking in the family, less use of sprays, carpets and bedding are cleaned weekly, and do not keep pets. Keep indoor air circulation, humidity
If your child has the following symptoms, be alert to asthma.
1. Cough, persistent or intermittent cough, but not all children with asthma have cough symptoms every day.
2, easy to fatigue. When active, it slows down, stops playing or becomes irritable.
3. Asthma or wheezing. When exhaling, you can hear the chest or make a "squeaking" sound, which is medically called "wheezing".
4. Shortness of breath or shortness of breath, which may occur when exercising or not exercising.
5. Chest pain or chest tightness.
6. Babies may have feeding disorders and make a "grunting" sound when sucking.
Learn about asthma, stick to treatment, asthma is not terrible. Help your child build confidence in overcoming the disease. Under the premise of good asthma control, encourage children to participate in physical exercise, enhance physical fitness, avoid colds, and reduce the number of asthma attacks.