Asthma in Children

Respiratory problems are most commonly experienced by most people is asthma. Not only adults can suffer from this disease, but also in children. Asthma that occurs in children, due to interruption of air flow in the small airways for air in and air out. 

Asthma Symptoms in Children 
Asthma can be regarded as a chronic disease that enough so that symptoms alone usually begins in infancy. Here are the signs:

•     The shorter the child cries

    If your child is crying, then crying the longer will be getting shorter. This is caused by a disturbance in the respiratory tract so that the child becomes resistant to tears with a long cry.

•     difficult to eat

    Asthma was also influential in a child's appetite. Therefore parents should really pay attention to this because if children do not eat constantly, then your child will be even thinner.

•     breath whistled

    During breathing, usually will hear the sound or whistling breath of every child. Breath normally will also be faster than normal due to the narrowing of the airways.

•     Chest movements look stiff and as restrained

    Asthma can cause breathing becomes short so it looks at the movement of his chest. Children will not be visible sigh of relief as a result of oxygen that can be received only slightly.

•     Cough at night

    Other symptoms appear in children due to asthma are coughing at night. This cough usually also be experienced after the child crying and exhausted playing jog.

•     Suffering from respiratory tract infections

    Respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis and peneumoni would often experienced by children who suffer from this disease.

Prevention and Treatment of Patients with Asthma in ChildrenAsthma can be prevented by :

•     Reduce strenuous activity in children, such as exercise
•     Child away from a dirty environment, pollution, foods that can cause allergies and eating too sweet.
•     Making a child's weight is ideal to avoid shortness of breath, also avoiding complications with other diseases.

As for the treatment up to now there is no cure for asthma directly. However, the disease can be reduced by treatment. The first thing that must be done to reduce asthma in children is to keep him away from the things that can cause a recurrence of the disease. When the disease began to recur, then the parents can provide appropriate controller medication or inhaled dose has been set by physicians.Thus the presence of symptoms of asthma in children. In this case, parents should really give special attention to children. Although not curable, most parents do not have to reduce the symptoms arising from chronic disease this one. Hopefully this can give you the information that is you need.