Asthma In Children

Kids with stubborn cough, asthma symptoms can be a .......

Asthma is a condition in which certain stimuli trigger recurrent airway narrowing for a while so that makes breathing difficult. Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways that are chronic . Though asthma can occur at any age, but is more common in children, particularly in children from the age of 5 years.

Asthma is taken from the Greek word "asthma" which means 'hard to breathe'. Asthma is characterized by three things, including wrinkle airways, swelling and excess mucus in the airways.

asthma and children..This disease is one of the manifestations of allergy. If one or both parents, or other relatives (grandparents, uncles, aunts) allergy, then the child has a great talent for allergies. A child with one parent with asthma have a 25% risk of having asthma, if both parents have asthma, the risk increases to 50%. In the family history, usually encountered asthma, as well as other forms of allergic diseases, such as eczema, colds or allergies, or drug or food allergies.

Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy are more likely to develop asthma. Children in urban environments are more likely to have asthma, particularly if they come from lower socioeconomic groups. Although asthma affects a high percentage of black children compared with white children, the role of genetic influence on the increase of asthma is controversial because black children are also more likely to live in urban areas. Children are faced with high concentrations of allergens, such as dust mites or cockroach droppings, at an early age are more likely to suffer from asthma.

The majority of asthma in children disappearing in adulthood. Some are carried into adulthood.

CLINICAL SYMPTOMS OF ASTHMA IN CHILDREN

Kids with stubborn cough, can be a symptom of asthma. Stubborn cough is a cough that lasts a long time (two weeks), poor healing, repeatedly arise in the short term, or better yet arise again briefly.

asthma and children..Clinical symptoms of asthma vary from mild to severe. Typical symptoms of asthma is the presence of recurrent breathlessness accompanied by wheezing sound. Dry cough is an early symptom that usually occurs at night and by the next morning cough with thick sputum. These symptoms are often accompanied by a cold, runny nose (allergic rhinitis). These symptoms usually occur after 4-8 hours of contact with the trigger.

Things to support the direction of asthma include:

Coughing occurs if exposed to a lot of factors that shape and stuff. Cough asthma in children characterize heavier at night or early morning. Sometimes, the difference in intensity of coughing on day and night, so extreme. Noon, no cough at all, and the night it was great until the child can not sleep. Certainly parents disrupted his sleep. Consequently sleepy kids at school, and his parents were sleepy at work.

Another thing that the diagnosis of asthma is a good response to asthma medications. Often due to undiagnosed asthma, patients with recalcitrant given cough cough suppressant, but actually getting into shape. Patients with asthma should not be given the drug did earlier. Patients will ease the cough if given asthma medication.

To confirm the diagnosis of asthma, need a special examination in the form of pulmonary function tests. To do this, patients need to take a stance that is quite complex. Typically, children under seven years old have not been able to do it so that the examination is limited to use in young children.

CAUSE

Until now the cause of asthma is unknown. There have been many studies conducted by experts in the field of asthma to explain the causes of asthma, but not a single theory or hypothesis that can be accepted or approved by all the experts.

Children with asthma have hiperresponsif nature, having excessive response to a trigger for children without asthma did not result in a response. All of these trigger similar reactions; certain cells in the airways release chemical substances. These substances cause the airways to become inflamed and swollen and stimulates muscle cells to contract airway walls, increased mucus production in the airways .. Each reaction is triggered reduction of airway suddenly (asthma attacks). In most children, the airway back to normal in between attacks of asthma.

Triggers of asthma

► Dust home

► house dust mites

► fur animals

• Dogs

• Cats

• Chicken

• Birds

► Cockroaches

► Kapok

► Food

    Cold
    Brown
    Peanuts
    Tomatoes
    Rambutan
    Preservatives and food coloring
    And that contain MSG

► Excessive physical activity

§ Ride a bike

§ Run

§ Other physical activity

► Increased gastric contents into the esophagus / gastroesophageal reflux (GER) occurs when a child's bedroom flat

► Psychic

► Stress

► Combination

► Smoke

    Cigarette
    Insect repellent
        Burnt
        Sprayed
        Electrical / Electronic
    Kitchen
    Hairspray
    Deodorant
    Pungent smell
    Air freshener
    Burning garbage

► Acute respiratory infection (ARI):

        ARI-Up, (Flu, Sinusitis)

        ISPA - Bottom



PREVENTION



1. PREVENTION EFFORTS

        Avoidance of trigger factors. Including early prevention began in pregnant women, infants, nursing mothers, and so on.

        The use of drugs.



2. EFFORTS TO TREATMENT

§ The use of drugs to dilate the narrowed airways.

§ The best treatment for the long term can only be achieved if in addition to the use of drugs also avoidance of factors.



The role of parents



    Identification and control of asthma attacks and the things that can be aggravating asthma.
    Provision of drugs and proper drug delivery.
    The introduction of the early signs of an attack.
    Knowing when to bring their children to the doctor, hospital, emergency room.
    Maintaining health in general.
    Fostering family atmosphere.
    Monitoring progress / regress state of childhood asthma.