Asthma is a disease that is often found in children. Incidence of asthma increased in almost all over the world, both developed countries and developing countries, including Indonesia.
kids with asthma..Although based on clinical experience and various studies of asthma is a disease that is often found in children, but the clinical picture of asthma in children vary greatly, even the severity of the attack and often-rare attack change from time to time. what are symptoms of asthma in children...As a result of this disorder is sometimes not diagnosed or misdiagnosed resulting treatment is not strong.
children and asthma..Generally clinical symptoms characterized by shortness of breath and wheezing (breath sounds). Groups of children suspected of asthma are children who exhibit coughing and / or wheezing arising episodic, likely during the night / early morning, seasonal, after the event, as well as a history of asthma and atopy in patients and their families.
Is it asthma?
By definition Godfrey Scadding and clinical experience, childhood asthma is a disease characterized by wide variations in time periods shorter than the resistance of airflow in the lung airways that manifests as recurrent cough or wheezing attacks separated by symptom-free intervals.
What changes occur in the network?
Shrinking airway diameter
Changes in airway muscle response
Impaired autonomic innervation in the regulation of airway smooth muscle
Damage to the airway mucosal epithelial cells
Trigger factors of asthma in children:
Emotional factors; emotional disturbances can cause constriction of the airways
Factors immunological / allergic; currently has a lot of evidence that allergy is one of the important factors of asthma development. Atopy is a real risk factors that can cause asthma symptoms.
Non-allergic factors; infectious viral / bacterial and irritant substances / pollutants.
Is that atopy?
Atopy is the origin of disease caused by allergy / immunological reaction. Some of the commonly encountered allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, urticaria, allergic to the weather and food / certain substances, and others. Must be traced the history of the disease over the entire extended family.
Efforts to prevent
Efforts to prevent asthma in children can be done in two ways, namely in children whose asthma has yet to manifest and manifest.
Precautions in children not manifest:
• Preventing sesitisasi in children; although genetic factors are important factors, but the manifestations are influenced by environmental factors. Avoidance of foods that have high levels of alerginitis both pregnant and nursing mothers as well as the child.
• Parents, especially mothers are advised not to smoke.
• Prevention of respiratory tract infection and its consequences.
• Providing Exclusive ASI will provide immunity and immunological effects in children.
Precautions that have been manifest in children;
• Avoid trigger factors; alergan foods, inhalants, irritants, viral / bacterial, avoid strenuous exercise, weather changes and emotions as a trigger.
• The use of drugs, to cope with an asthma attack.
The things to be aware of the child's asthma
• Avoid eating foods containing cola, soda, nuts, cold drinks / ice, fried.
• Avoid dust mites are often found in mattress dust, and kapok pillows, blankets, floors, carpets curtains, home furnishings. should drawer / shelf cleaned with a damp cloth, curtains and blankets are washed every 2 weeks, rugs, magazines, toys, books and clothes that are rarely worn outside the bedroom placed and the floor mopped every day.
• Avoid substances that irritate; hair spray, perfumes, cigarette smoke, smoke mosquito coil, the pungent smell of paint, the smell of chemicals, polluted air, cold air and water,.
• Before engaging in physical activity should not do strenuous physical activity, before engaging in physical activity should warm up first, and if necessary medication before activity.
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