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Keyword: Infant asthma
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Identifying and Treating Infant Asthma
If your child seems to be continuously coughing, even long after the
cold has healed, then it is time to bring your child to a doctor
immediately. He or she may be having first traces of infant asthma
which is common in children between 5 to 12 years old. There are
particular cases in which this form of asthma affects children that
are even younger.
Asthma is a serious lung ailment leading to an allergic inflammation
of the lungs. There are many reasons of how a child may be a victim of
infant asthma. Asthma attacks among children are generally triggered
by dust mites, pollens, certain type of molds, animal and soft toy
furs, open-fire smoke, cigarette smoke, flour kept open in the
kitchen, paints, certain chemicals, vigorous workout or excessive
movements, sudden room-temperature changes, indigestion of food and
many more.
But how do see if your child is having infant asthma? Basically there
are a few symptoms for you to identify, and immediately take action by
treating it before it gets worse. Infant asthma can be a serious
condition if left untreated.
Identifying the disease
If you see your child having cough for an abnormal period, especially
more than two weeks after the cold have healed; then it is time to
act. Seek medical treatment immediately, and besides that clean your
house of dust mites or any other reasons that you possibly suspect
would be the cause of the asthma.
Besides that, according to research children who are exposed to even
one course of antibiotics during their first year of childhood may be
more at risk of developing infant asthma. Check for this in the
child’s medical check-up reports and see if this can be a cause.
If you realize that your child seems to have coughing fits and
shortness of breath while playing, or wheezes frequently at night and
wakes up with coughing fits, or every time he catches a cold it turns
into several days of wheezing or occasional complaints of tight chest
and difficulty of breathing, or can't tolerate active sports, or the
chest sucks in below the ribs or below the neck when your child
inhales, then the child should seek a medical check-up immediately.
Treating and curing
An asthma treatment is done to aim one of the types of attack, either
to counter inflammation which is the swelling of the lining of the
airways and soreness, and blocks the air passage, or bronchi-
constriction in which the actual narrowing of the muscles due to the
muscles that wrap around the air passage tightens up.
When you suspect your child of having infant asthma, consider watching
over these few things. First, decide what type of asthma it may be
according to the symptoms and types of attack given above. Second,
check how long the symptoms last for at least 6 months to see the
symptoms’ persistence. Third, if you think your child has infant
asthma visit the doctor to check for wheezing immediately.
Once confirmed, there are several treatments available. Depending on
the type of the infant asthma you can take allergy prevention action,
or give the child infant asthma medicines such as steroids oral
liquid, tablet medicines, steroid inhalers, Cromolyn inhalers,
Leukotriene Inhibitors, nebulizers, and also dry powder inhalers.
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