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Asthma In Kids
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sthma is the leading cause of chronic illness among children and the third leading cause of hospitalization among children under the age of 15. Unfortunately, it is very common that the parents of young ones are not able to recognize the early signs of asthma and usually overlook them as a routine ailment which usually results in wastage of an effective time when asthma could have been easily controlled.
What exactly is asthma? Asthma is a disease that affects the lungs and results in chronic, inflammation of the airways. That means, the small tubes that bring air in the lungs are swollen and inflamed and at times clogged with mucus. This swelling and clogging makes it difficult for air to move freely in and out.
Asthma is characterized by repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, coughing, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing.
Why does asthma go undiagnosed in children?
Asthma usually goes undiagnosed for a number of reasons including the fact that there are other respiratory diseases that have overlapping symptoms. Another major factor is the fact that some children can stay free from the symptoms for long-periods before going through another asthma attack and also many kids only show subtle signs of the disease initially. Poor information about the true symptoms of asthma also reduces the chances of diagnosing it as most parents identify asthma with wheezing and this misconception usually makes them overlook other symptoms as just simple cold or just an infection in the chest. Chest congestion is another symptom that’s sometimes overlooked as an infection such as bronchitis. In infants asthma is all the more difficult to identify as wheezing may not be heard until they are at least 18 to 24 months old , so one must look for clues such as a rattling cough, rapid breathing and frequent chest colds. Small children may have difficulty in verbally expressing the discomfort felt in the chest so there are chances that the parents might not be aware of it.
How Is Asthma Diagnosed?
Although diagnosing asthma in children below the age of five is not so easy, but regular visits to a physician can help you in identifying the disease. After going through important information for e.g. Time of the cough, periodicity and recurrence of the problem, family history, symptoms such as wheezing, tight chestedness, signs of allergy etc. and the physical examination , the physician will be in a position to ascertain whether the child has asthma or not.
Testing of lung function with spirometry or a peak flow meter can also help in assessing the degree of obstruction in the air passages. However these tests are not effective for very young children and assessment is based on clinical examination and symptoms.
Identifying Asthma
Make sure you consult a physician if your child experiences any of the following signs and symptoms
- Coughing that is constant or intermittent.
- Wheezing or a whistling sounds audible when your child exhales.
- Shortness of breath or rapid breathing. This may or may not be associated with exercise.
- Chest tightness.
- Repeated respiratory infections such as pneumonia or bronchitis
- Identifying asthma in infants and the very young is usually difficult. The symptoms might only show up when the child exerting e.g. Coughing after running. Or your child may cough at night or during sleep. Coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath also may accompany crying, yelling and laughing. Infants may have problems feeding and may grunt during suckling.
dear sir
i have a 30 months old daughter who have eczema from past 18 months. she is allergic to milk earlier she is getting rash on her body but now when she ate milk products she vomit and get wheezing cough.in every 10-15 days she is getting wheezing. in the night she do not want to cover. she had a disturb sleep because of itching. she love to drink coconut water and mango flavor
soya milk. in fruits she is eating only fresh pomegranate juice. I want medicine for eczema and wheezing cough. My doctor told me she have Asthma. Her father is also had sneezing and cold in his childhood. I am also allergic to dandruff. I got red eyes and irritation in my eyes because of dandruff.
my daughter had chd by birth like ASD,VSD, PDA. her open heart surgery done on april 22, 2013. but after surgery she had ashthma problem. her age is at present 1 year and 1 month. surgery done at her 5 months of age.
sir,
i am having a child of 2 years old,she will suffer from cold and cough when climate changes frequently,she will cough frequently in morning and night times rearly in day time,presently iam using inhealers as doctor prescribed,so sir is there any permanant solution for my child from this problem,give us the better solution
thanking u sir,
yours sincerely
M.PAVAN KUMAR
KURNOOL
ANDHRA PRADESH
INDIA
09908447758
My duaghter is severly afftected the whizzing. I am residing in Tiruvannamalai. I am plannig to visit ur clinc on tomorrow. give ur appointment and how to reach ur clinic
my son is 5yrs old suffering cough variant asthma.he currently using inhaler puff and zarditen can he use allopathy medicine and homeopathy medicine together.
Hi,
I am debashish,25 years old.I am suffering in asthma from about 5 years.It is not severe.It appears with dust and cold and be severe at mid night to early morning.sometimes it appears with heavy working,running,laughing.At morning and evening laughing be severe.It appears of my mother from about 1 year.I am now treating with homeopathic but has no effective result. so, it is needed to take broncho diletors sometimes.Can you give me any suggestion?Please reply me.
Respected Sir,
her i am requesting you, I am from bangalore i have three childrens two daughter and one son ,my son age is two year seven months, since two years he is sufferinging cough frequently every in month and climate changes time we are treated with so many doctors they are saying it is allergy caough some times they are given nebolisation , and some times they are giving puffs but he is not using properly is there any comportable treatment for my son. please reply me sir. I am waiting for your valuable reply.
Regards,
Padmanabhaiah.D
Hello Dr,
My Self Mrs. Pushpa Richard (21) years old & I am struggling from asthma, wheezing & coughing even some time shortness of breath. I have used asthlin inhaler currently i’m using Airtck. But i want permanent treatment. Please help me & send me your contact details.
Hi Doctor,
I am a mother of a asthmatic child (22 months old). She has being having this wheezing episodes from her 1st b’day. Since then, it has been at least one episode every month. Now, I am using the Albuteral Sulfate neb whenever the symptoms show up. But I want to put a fullstop to this at the earliest. I am not able see her suffer so much. Please help me with this. Let me know your contact number with date& time to discuss on the same.
Thx.
asthema problem from chilhood. is it parment qurable ? Please inform about your treatment details.
My son’s age yr five yr six month. can i consult you regarding my son suffering from severe dry cough,running nose mainly during season change.
my son is 41/2 year old i had to get him nebulised twice in 2 yeras time first nebulisation was done at 2 years age for 5 days and then i put him on homeopathy treatment which decreased his cough and cold attacks for 1 year . i’ve just shifted to pune recently and he suffered from cough and cold for which i ‘ve to now get him nebulised for 10 days . please advise the treatment.
Dr. My daughter of 6 year old is having asthma problem.
whenever she is running,she get vomitting sometime or getting tired lot of.
She is having cough & cold always.
Also she is not eating too much.
Pl.give suggestions.
Dear Dr. Sharma,
I am from south India mailing this letter. My son age 2yrs 8 months has attacked with Asthma.
Now, he is presently undergoing treatment. How far homoepathy can help him to get completely cure. please give some precautions regarding this.
Best regards
Sudheer babu. k
My daughter is 5 years old and she is suffering from child asthma from last 2 years .I m now fed up to give her inhalers and steroids every day.Need permanant solution to problem.Please guilde and share ur contact number
Dr.Sharma,
My son is 8yrs old and he is getting repeated dry coughing specially in evening and in night.
and doesnot stops even after giving any antiiotic or and syrup. It stops by giving citrizine base cough syrup. Is this a symptoms of asthama? kindly suggest good homeopahty medicine for Him.
PL.NOTE SOME THREE YEARS BACK ALSO HE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEM BUT IT WENT OFF AFTER SOME TIME AND NOW IT IS COMING BACK.
Thanking you,
regards,
P.M.BENANI
Hai Dr.
My name is Manjunath H age 36 years. 1 year back I gone for Madurai on business stay upto 5 to 6 months at that I used cold mineral water bottle. After I come to bangalore cough starts from that day to till now I am facing gap by gap same. When I taken medicine it get qured for somes not permanent. My problem is” I have cough.I am not possible breath. Nose get blocked. Cheast burning. Sweezing. Night time it gets double in all this detail i have a gastriest and i have blood is 6.6% in bady. I am not at all sleep from few months. Please help me.otherwise please mail you hospital address in Bangalore
hi dr. my son is 22months old he is having asthma, the frequency is twice in a month he get severe asthma problem. he is on inhaler fluticasone 50 inhaler and the dose is 2 puffs twice a day. im very tensed because of longer use of such medi. can cause verious health problem. so i started homeopath dr tratment from last 20 days but 3 days before he again started asthma problem . when i called homeopath dr. he told me some house hold med. which wont work so i have taken my child to alleopath dr. now he has prescribed him monteculast tab. so i want to ask you is my child asthma get cured by homeopath and how much time it will take?
Thanks & regards
Sachin Rasal
Respected Sir,
I already sent you a mail regarding my child (SON) aged about 4 years & 7 months. He is frequently suffering from cough during going to bed/sleep, after running or playing or laughing etc. His left side of chest vibrates frequently. He was under treatment of Alopathy since 9 months and was taking Montelukast 5mg, Levosalbutamol etc. I am worried about his health . I want your suggestion, sir, that if I go through the treatment of Homeopathy this kind of disease will be cured permenantely? Please guide me Sir.
Waiting for your favourable reply,
Thanking you,
KAJAL KUMAR GHOSH.
Hi Dr. Sharma,
Are you still in North Cyprus? My husband is an asthma sufferer of many years and he is 63 years old. He is having trouble breathing especially in this hot weather. I am trying to get him to see a doctor here in North Cyprus to check to see if his medication etc; is still ok.
Thank you
Lynn