Asthma
Asthma is a chronic, long-lasting, and progressively developing disease that involves the bronchi and upper airways.
It is the most frequent chronic disease during childhood. It is easily recognized because it causes a tightening of the airways, leading to difficulty breathing and breathing problems.
Dry coughs, especially at night, wheezing, trouble breathing, and tiredness, are among the symptoms of asthma, usually triggered by the cold or after physical activity.
Is Asthma The Same As Bronchitis?
No. Asthma is a progressive disease, which is sustained over time, while bronchitis is acute, with rapid onset, often caused by infection. Asthma triggers are different from bronchitis.
Can Asthma Be Curable?
Asthma cannot be cured, but its symptoms can be preventable. While many children go years without asthma episodes, this does not mean that the disease is gone. Medical control will allow more time between attacks and less severity of the attacks.
What are the symptoms of asthma?
As mentioned above, dry coughs, tiredness, and wheezing are common symptoms, as are shortness of breath, either during exercise or after strong emotions, chest pain when breathing in, and dry coughs after waking up or at night when sleeping.
Identifying and avoiding the situations that lead to an asthmatic crisis is a decisive factor in control.
What Causes Asthma?
Animal dander or fur, dust mites, and medications such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are among the known triggers. Also, gastroesophageal reflux, strong chemical odors, mold, pollen, physical exercise, or weather changes are recognized.
Asthma crises are known for recurrent episodes of dry cough, which do not improve and instead get worse if treatment does not start promptly.
Can Kids With Asthma Play Sports?
How Is Asthma Treated?
It is controlled by preventing attacks of breathing problems. Treatment consists of avoiding triggers and taking medication.
Controller treatment includes both fast-acting and slow-acting medications. The fast-acting medication relieves the symptoms of the attacks to avoid respiratory complications, while the long-acting ones seek to control the disease and prevent the recurrence of the attacks.
When parents help their child adhere to long-term treatment, the chances of an asthma attack decrease and the child’s quality of life improves significantly.
The big goal of controller treatment is to allow the lungs to function as close to normal as possible, to reduce inflammation, to allow the child to play, run, and jump without any problem.
