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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.
Hi, Dr. My name is Shubha I have one son name venkatrammanna of 4yrs. Always he has severe cough cold fever. Dr. Said that bronchitis astham rpt attacks allopathy treatment. After every 15 days he will suffer with same pblm. Even me I am 36yrs old. What to do is there any permanent treatment. Thank u
Cough come regular at night when he sleep. During cough he feel hard breathing. This condition not regular but now created after 2 months.
I’m 22 years old have asthma problem since birth how can you cure it?
Sir I am frequently attacked by asthma, It mostly occurs at sudden change of temperature or dusty situation s . It continued from my child hood and now I am 17yrs old . can I have your suggestion.
Hi
My son is now 3yrs &7months.From last 3 months freqently(means 15 days or 1 month gap) he was suffering from drycough i.e started coughing for continuiously 30 mins then very fast breathing,
then we consult doctor ,consulted nibulisation daily 3 4 times 4 hr duration,for 3 days& other medicine also ,is that the symptom of asthma. If yes & if homeopathy can help plz suggest me
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Hi Dr……sir my daughter is 4yrs and is suffering from frequent cold and cough problem since birth……she catches cold almost every month……doctor suggested nebulization every time….pls advise me homoeopathic treatment for the problem…..she is getting very cranky also…..pls help….Thanks
Sir my wife and me suffer from wheezing problems and we guess our 2yrs old child is also having such problems. I need to talk to u directly by any means. I am in trichy, tamilnadu. How can I contact u. My no 09443921717
Dear Doc.
My 7 year has been suffering from intermittent ashthama from last 3-4 years . Once he a had amjor attack 3 years back and was hospitalised for the same. He is admistered nebuliser/ inhaler. The medicines that are admintered are combination of Asthalin&beudecort and some time Levolin. But he wheezing and coughing reappears after the medicine effects finishes. I want him get rid of the problem. How can you help my son to recover from intermittent asthama.
regds
snigdha
My son have cough after plAying.docter given foracort 200 singular and nasal spray.now we want to take homeopathy treatment for him
Dr.
My son DOB – 12.09.12 is having wheezing problem around 4months admitted becoz of cold & motion problem at the age of 6 months . cold was in control but continous motion problem till he was 10months was cured by homeopathy treatment for 1 month . but cold was not clear contnious episodes were there . 11 months i tried for homeopathy for cold but it got sever next day and had to take to allopathy dr. he was admitted last dec for acute bronchitis that time he was 1 year 3 months that time contnious cold & wheezing was there but no coughing . after that from the month of february he started getting dry cough evening time daily and i had to put cough syrup brozeet LS sometime in addition junior alex also . and continious 7 months i had put molev 5ml every day. but not much improvement then i tried ayurvedic for some days it was ok but again same but from august suddenly coughing was sever he could not breath nebuliser was given & allopathy medicine . suddenly form nov he got sever attack of coughing he used his full stomach to breath again neb & anti biotics was used but three episodes of anti biotic did not work . once anti biotic would finish again same problem would start . dec i went for homeopathy treatment for one week he was ok again he got same sever couging and i had put allopathy cough syrup at night . but every alternate day i went to homeopathy dr. no improvement then homeo dr, told to go to allopathy dr. since his medicines were not working . at last i had to admit him since it was sever and stopped eating food. after some days again i went to homeo dr. but again same problem it is getting worse . within week two episodes of sever coughing & crying breathless . one day at night 12.30 i had to take him for nebuliser budecart & duolin . still he is on homeopathy but it is getting worse.
plz suggest.
he also has heart murmur but ECHO is clear two time we hav done when he was 9 months & again when he was 1 and half year
My child 11 Years old having breathing issue and during playing football & Running he feels breathless so kindly suggest & Guide how to it take forward,
And kindly give any contact dtls available in Banagalore…
Regards,
Mohd Zakir Hussain
we can use nebuliser and homeopathy at a time for my son,he had broncolites, now we are using homeopathy.
sir,i am a 23 year old boy.i suffer from asthma at times.when i go to a doctor during my illnesss,doctor tells me this.but when i visit him for checkup,he says that it is cured.for e few days i suffer from this disease,hear little wheezing sound when i breath.but it is not not permanent.how can i cure it completely?
Dear sir
my son 2.3 year old having regular cough and when cough their is problem breathing and rapid . Also his weight not increasing as per age now his weight is 9 kg at 2.3 year.his over active in movement but back in speech.
Please suggest asthama permnant solution.
Tushar 9223276922
hello dr.sharma.my son 3.6 years old hvng frequent cough twice in a month…i hv consultd pediatrician she is tellng its a weezing n she is gvng montair lc kid tablet n levolin syrup bt i want to cure this permanently so planning to take homeopathy medic can u help me out…
Dear Sir,
I like to take your help in curing my child (11 yrs Boy) who is suffering from asthma.
kindly provide your Phone no to take an appointment for the same.
Regards
Rupesh Srivastava
AGRA
9897405185
Respected Dr. Sb i ,ve a kid 4 years old from the date of birth he is suffering from bronchial asthma . Now a days he is also facing tonsils problem regularly. I have used Ant. Tart 30, Lycopodium 30, Natrum Sulph 12x, Drosera 30 but there is no result. He is continuous facing intense cough with nasal problem like flu which is increased in the night and after awakening also tonsils are swelled plz prescribe me some suitable homeo medicine so that our problem will be solved permanently. I shall be highly grateful to u. Regards
M.S Malik
Hi;
My kid is 22 months old. Recently he was hospitalized for whizzing. Again now he coughs a bit. By homoeopayhy can the problem be iradicated completely?
Hello sir,
My 10 year old son is suffering from the problem of cold and wheezing from last 6 years
please suggest me
Sir,
My son Sayantan Chakraborty in the age of 21 yrs. old has been suffering from cough-cold last 7-8 years mainly in the winter season as a result he has to face asthmatic problem and hampering his night sleeping for feeling obstruction to take free oxygen.
In almost every season changing of years mainly in starting winter season he has to face cold cough & asthmatic problems.
Previous years he has under Aliphatic treatment by a MD Doctor prescribing “Ascoril” cough-syrup, amniotic & advice to take inhaler – “SALBAIR” “Lupin” brand.
This year not gone to doctor but taken cough-syrup “Ascoril” & inhaler of above. No such good result is seen.
It will be a grate help for me if you please advice for full curable method.
With best regards,
S.K.C.
Hello Dr. Sharma,
My son has bronchitis n once had an attack of acute bronchitis n was hospitalised as well.his medicine are still going n has to take inhaler also.so can you please help me out with his treatment.