Spring is the peak of acute exacerbations in children with asthma. Pollen, catkins, and the dust of the north all increase the likelihood of exposure to various allergens in children. Children with allergies or a history of asthma are more likely to trigger asthma if they are allergic. Parents should pay special attention to preventing respiratory infections in such children.
Qi Wenxiang, a child who lives in Dexing City, Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, has recently been unable to breathe smoothly, which has affected his normal classes.
Patient's family: Asthma attacks 3-4 times a year, and when the attack is very sad, I see that he is out of breath.
Feng Zhanhua, Director of the Department of Child Health Care of Dexing People's Hospital, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province: Asthma is actually a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, which is more common in clinical symptoms of wheezing and coughing, shortness of breath and chest tightness, often at night or early in the morning. It is mostly related to contact allergens such as air, pollen, mold, and animal fur.
Guan Kai, Director of the Department of Allergy, Peking Union Medical College Hospital: Asthma will cause us to lack oxygen, and hypoxia will increase the load on the heart, so many patients slowly develop asthma and even heart problems.
Xiang Li, Director of the Department of Allergic Reactions, Beijing Children's Hospital: Children have allergic cough attacks, asthma attacks, and many cases are induced when they have colds. Some children may have no symptoms when they are quiet, and when they have a sports meeting or military training, they will have a rapid allergy attack, coughing and wheezing attack. Therefore, the speed is fast, the evolution is also fast, and the characteristics of symptom changes are more prominent.
Parents should be aware of the occurrence of occult asthmaAccording to experts, the typical symptoms of asthma are wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dyspnea, and shortness of breath, which are difficult for parents to find, but there are also some symptoms that are more insidious, which are different from what we usually know.
If your child has a frequent cough at night, a cough that lasts for more than 10 days, or a recurrent respiratory infection, you should go to the hospital for examination to rule out childhood asthma.
Xiang Li, Director of the Department of Allergic Reactions, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Children's Medical Center: During the process of his repeated respiratory infections, he was cured with medicine for almost a period of time, and he may not have relapsed in a week or two, and the duration of his illness was relatively long. Even if this type of child does not show obvious wheezing or shortness of breath, but this kind of cough, we have a characteristic and type of cough asthma, which is called cough variant asthma.
According to experts, 90% of children with timely treatment of allergic asthma in children can be very well controlled, and the incidence of refractory severe asthma is very low. It is worth noting that during the treatment process, individual parents did not follow the standard treatment, which eventually led to a small number of children with allergic asthma showing gradual aggravation.
Xiang Li, Director of the Department of Allergic Reactions, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Children's Medical Center: If the inflammation of the allergic reaction is continued, and it is not diagnosed, treated and managed early, then it will recur, and the lung function will become worse and worse, which will affect the growth and development of the child.
Be wary of food allergies triggering asthma in childrenAt the same time, experts also remind parents to be vigilant about the foods that cause children's allergies and manage their lives scientifically.
Xiang Li, Director of the Department of Allergic Reactions, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Children's Medical Center: For example, if this child is allergic to wheat, I will let the child not eat wheat or pasta. However, during the operation of the kitchen, the sol of the flour will volatilize into the air, and some children may inhale it through the respiratory tract, and he will have asthma attacks. In other words, he may not have been exposed to food through the mouth or gastrointestinal tract. Some common sense of management can neither be excessive nor underestimated, so that allergy management can be done without affecting the growth and development of children, and can be safely introduced into the food that should be introduced.