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How can you help your child suffering from juvenile asthma?
Juvenile asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that reduces airway patency and leaves the patient gasping for air. The mortality and morbidity rates of asthma have decreased to some extent with increasing awareness and advanced medical facilities. What causes an asthma attack has not been clearly confirmed, but every patient reacts differently to the allergens. Sometimes these triggers are manipulative, making it very difficult to prevent an asthma attack. Nocturnal asthma, which occurs in the early morning, has no trigger; rather, slow breathing during sleep shocks the airways, causing an attack. A child who...
How can you help your child suffering from juvenile asthma?
Juvenile asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that reduces airway patency and leaves the patient gasping for air. The mortality and morbidity rates of asthma have decreased to some extent with increasing awareness and advanced medical facilities.
What causes an asthma attack has not been clearly confirmed, but every patient reacts differently to the allergens. Sometimes these triggers are manipulative, making it very difficult to prevent an asthma attack. Nocturnal asthma, which occurs in the early morning, has no trigger; rather, slow breathing during sleep shocks the airways, causing an attack.
A child suffering from asthma can have a very difficult time because their innocence prevents them from understanding the seriousness of the situation. They generally want to run around, jump, dive, and engage in other physical activities, but are unaware of the impending attack.
What causes asthma in a child?
Allergens such as pollen, dust mites, dander or mold, airborne irritants such as cigarette smoke, perfumes, chemicals, respiratory infections such as pneumonia or sinusitis that affect the circumference of the trachea. Exercise can also cause chest tightness, wheezing, and coughing in some children. Emotional factors are also triggers of asthma, such as overexcitement or anxiety. Medicines such as NSAIDs can trigger an attack. Finally, weather conditions such as cold air, high temperature and excessive humidity.
Some of the commonly prescribed medications for asthma include:
Preventive medications:The preventive medication should be taken long-term throughout your life. These medications are available in the form of inhalers or nebulizers. Corticosteroids (Budacort), leukotriene modifiers (Singulair), beta agonist (Serevent Diskus), generic cromolyn nebulizer solution, immunomodulators (Xolair)
Emergency medication:These are also considered as rescue tools that help the patient cope with the asthma attack. These include Proair inhaler, Ventolin inhaler or Proventil HFA.
These drugs work by reducing airway inflammation and dilating the bronchial muscles so that the trachea is more patent.
Prevention is better than cure. This is an old saying that also applies to today's world. It is always better to prevent an asthma attack as an attack can severely affect the entire body. Researchers have found that an asthma attack can damage more than just the respiratory system. An asthma attack is linked to a variety of conditions such as pneumonia, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, psychiatric illness, obesity and heart disease. Asthma is therefore more than a respiratory disease.
Therefore, regular monitoring of the disease works better for the patient. The hospital visits, medical advice and therapist advice can keep the safety level high. There are many apps that help patients keep track of triggers, attack intensity, feeding types of medications used, medication reminders, etc.
The child should be made aware of the diseases and their significance. Treating an asthmatic child is not easy when the age is tender and difficult to analyze. A parent should give endless support, guidance and love to keep the child's self-confidence higher.
Inspired by Poornima Manohar Malagi