Asthma is a common chronic airway disease, with a certain degree of heredity, so asthma in children is also very common. For a family, if the child has asthma, it will not only make the child suffer, but also bring serious financial and mental burden to the parents. In addition, many parents do not pay enough attention to children's asthma. They believe that "children's asthma will heal itself in the process of children's development", which delays the best treatment period and causes children's asthma to become more and more serious. So what should parents do if children get asthma? How can we better control children's asthma? Today we will talk about these problems.

1、 Determination of Asthma in Children

Many people think that asthma is asthma plus cough. In fact, it is not completely the case. Asthma can be divided into two different forms in terms of symptoms. One is that we are familiar with coughing and wheezing. When the attack occurs, we can hear the wheezing sound in the breath, which makes it difficult to breathe. In addition, when asthma attacks, chest tightness and shortness of breath will occur. When this happens, most parents can realize that the child may have asthma, so they can take the child to see a doctor in time. However, there is another condition called "cough variant asthma", which is characterized by severe cough, but no dyspnea, and no typical asthma wheezing during breathing. Therefore, this kind of asthma is not easy to be found, and it is not easy to attract parents' attention. In the process of diagnosis, it may also be misdiagnosed as bronchitis. It can be seen that no matter whether the child has typical asthma symptoms or frequently repeated cough symptoms, parents should pay attention to it and take the child to the hospital for careful inspection, especially in families with asthma history. After finding the above symptoms, parents should take the child to see a doctor in time.

2、 How to do with infantile asthma?

(1) Parents should correct their attitude, seek medical treatment in a timely manner and treat them as early as possible

Some parents relax their vigilance when they hear that children with asthma will recover naturally when they grow up. In fact, this is a common and very dangerous cognitive misunderstanding. Indeed, studies have shown that with the increase of the age and physical development of children with asthma, their body resistance is also increasing, and puberty is an important remission period for children with asthma, but this does not mean that children with asthma do not need treatment. If they completely rely on the natural remission of asthma, it will not only adversely affect the development of children, but also may cause asthma to lose the chance of self-healing.

(2) Treatment of acute asthma in children

In the acute attack period, we should pay attention to the early control of the disease, and it is better to choose the aerosol inhalation method of administration. This method of administration has a quick effect, and the inhalation volume is relatively small, so it will not produce too many side effects affecting the growth and development of children. At the same time, this method of administration is relatively convenient, and will not cause children to cry loudly to induce asthma. The commonly used aerosol inhalation drug is mainly glucocorticoid. When giving drugs to children, parents should strictly follow the operation requirements recommended by doctors.

(3) Treatment of Asthma in Children in Remission Period

Asthma attack is greatly affected by the environment and climate, so there is a remission period of asthma. Generally, asthma is not easy to attack in summer. In the remission period, treatment is also important. Some parents relax their vigilance after finding that their children's asthma attacks are infrequent or almost non-existent, which results in more serious illness in the winter asthma season. Therefore, in the remission period of asthma, we still need to adhere to treatment, not only that, but also to ensure the standardization of treatment.

(4) Do a good job of prevention in daily life

To avoid asthma attack as much as possible, we should start with the factors that lead to asthma attack and control these factors. First of all, most children with asthma will be allergic to dust mites and animal hair. If these substances in the living environment exceed the standard, asthma will occur. Therefore, in order to avoid children with asthma, parents must pay attention to indoor hygiene, mop the floor frequently, use air humidifiers to increase air humidity, and prevent too much dust floating in the air from entering the children's respiratory tract to induce asthma. At the same time, pets that are prone to hair loss, such as cats and dogs, should be avoided to avoid asthma induced by pet hair. Moreover, the sheets and bedding at home should be cleaned and ventilated frequently. A cold can also induce asthma and aggravate cough. Therefore, children are not allowed to go out during the high incidence season of influenza. In addition, parents should be careful not to give their children too cold food.

(5) Desensitization treatment

Desensitization treatment is mainly aimed at desensitization treatment of dust mites. At present, other desensitization treatment methods are still lack of research support in China. Desensitization treatment refers to the planned exposure of patients to dust mites, which will eventually achieve the desensitization effect of patients to dust mites, that is, dust mites will not induce asthma attacks. For children with asthma who have less allergens and are mainly allergic to dust mites, this treatment can be chosen. However, it should be noted that if the condition of children with asthma is relatively serious, this treatment may not have a good therapeutic effect, and it also has certain risks.

3、 Precautions for medication of children with asthma

For children with asthma, it is better to choose the treatment method of atomization inhalation. In the process of atomization treatment for children, we must pay attention to the standardization of operation, and also note that not all atomizers can be operated at home. Parents need to consult the doctor carefully before choosing atomization at home, and operate in strict accordance with the doctor's instructions. First of all, try not to give the medicine when the child is crying, because the medicine will be sprayed into the child's mouth by mistake during the crying process, which will adversely affect the child's esophagus and also affect the treatment effect. In order to minimize side effects, children should rinse their mouths or drink more water to reduce drug residues in their mouths after drug treatment. In order to reduce the absorption of drugs by the skin, pay attention not to apply oily face cream on the child's face before operation. Finally, during inhalation treatment, care should be taken to avoid drugs entering the eyes.

To sum up, childhood asthma is very common, which seriously affects the growth and development of children. Therefore, once childhood asthma is found, we must take an active attitude and means of treatment to intervene in children's diseases as soon as possible. In addition to daily medication, parents should also pay attention to isolating their children from asthma triggers and the environment to avoid asthma attacks as much as possible. If the child is already capable of self-care, parents need to guide the child to deal with the disease correctly.