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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.
Sir,
My nephew has eight month’s old. when even he feeds milk either from his mother or by bottle, he breath’s heavily feels troublesome. It is symptom of asthma or what? please suggest suitable homeopathic medicine at the earliest.
Dear doctor,
My son is twelve years old and has the symptoms like wheezing and often midnight cough.
will you please suggest any medicine for him
My son is 7, chronic asmatic problem. Xray report shows pleural inflammation.can it be cured, what’ your suggestion?
Dr.
My son he is suffering from childhood asthma he is 5yrs old his problem started when he was 4yrs old. We use asthlin on sos basis and beducort on ragular and 1tab of montair daily.
I just want to knw can I start homeopathy treatment along wid allopathy.because I m sacred what will be my son response if we stop allopathy immediately.
Please tell me can homeopathy cure asthma and control acute condition
Please reply me
My son he is suffering from childhood asthma he is 2 yrs old and was detected last year. We use asthlin and beucort on when he has an attack.
I just want to know can I start homeopathy treatment along with allopathy. I m sacred what will be my son response if we stop allopathy immediately.
Please tell me can homeopathy cure asthma and control acute condition
Please reply me
My son is 2yrs old and Hebert often gets bad cold n cough, every time he catches normal cold or cough it prolongs for days and I go crazy and consult 2 or 3 pediatrics possible and I keep nebulizeing
till his wheezing is fine.. I was giving him homeopathy for 3 months but then stopped since I moved to Chennai from Hyderabad and I dint know which homeo Doc to consult for toddlers..so confused n worried plz help Me finding the best homeopathy doctor for toddlers
Hello sir,
My name is gaurav. My child is asthmatic and have allergy with fragrance related things, dust, pollution and he also can’t have chocolate/ toffees which leads to produce infection with cold and cough in his body. Please advice how homeopathic treatment will helpful in permanently removing asthma as we do not know much about this.
My son is 5 year 6 months old .
Chief complaints: suffering with mild wheezing(difficulty in breathing)not fast breathing for past 3 days during evening time, abdominal muscle contraction on lying during breathing difficulty. Family history of wheezing. Is there any permanent cure for this breathing difficulty? how homeopathy will help him for re occurence.
Respected sir,
My son is 12 years old. he is suffering from cough & difficulty in breathing when whether condition is cold .
No family history . this is not in regular .
please suggest homoeopathy treatment .
Thanks & Regards
Ajit Kumar singh
Ranchi , Jharkhand
Hi dr i am 17year i have a wheezing and breathing problem every time am getting tired if i run or do work or left weight i get wheezing and breathless i have taken many treatment from 3 to 4 years but no result so i heard about .. So please help me how to cure
hi dr sharma can i consult you regarding my sons asthma.could u please send me ur tel no and address
Hi Dr sharma, this is anu.my baby is 3 yr.she WS having asthma episode 2 times last year and WS hospitalized for 1 or 2 days.after that we start homoeopathy treatment to her which has so positive effect.BT if climate changes then she have coughing sneezing very fast.now my question is that we r having opportunity to travel Netherlands….and I’m not understanding what to do due to her health.plz suggest me what to do.
Wheezing proplem
My son aadit he is now going to become 3 yrs
He is asthamatic how homeopathy can help him
Dear Sir,
My 3 year old son is diagnosed with asthmatic bronchitis. He has continuous cough and he not even able to sleep. We are already undergoing allopathic treatment but we are not getting very positive response. Please suggest us how Homeopathy can help us to deal this problem.
hello sir,yr
My son was 3.7 old.From the month of october he suffers from cough and cold. i gave medicines it will cure for 10 days,but again the cough repeats.Doctor says he has wheezing problem and gave puff for 8 weeks.In between 8 weeks he suffer from cough.Is this permanent one or not .pls give me the medicine
Dear Sir,
I am 49 years old male. Since last 8-10 years I am suffering from asthma – my symptoms are tighness in chest, breathlessness espeicially during excercise, slight irritation in throat without producing any mucouss or any thing. Allopathic doctors have advised me beclate 50 and ashthalin inhalers for temporary relief. I am forced to take 2-3 puffs of each every day to keep myself in control. This only temporarily relieves the problem. I otherwise maintain a regular life style consisting of regular morning walk, staying away from alcohol and non veg food.
If you feel you can offer some permanent treatment to my problem, please indicate your fees and the mode of payment and we will start right away on it.
Thanks.
Respected sir,
my daughter aged 10 years ,recently we came to know through diagnosis she is suffering with bronchal asthama and we live in hyderabad i kindly request you to give us your valuble suggestion to cure my child .
thanking you sir
y.prabhaker
Dear sir,
my son he is 6years old… who is suffering from asthma… sir he was hospitalised 1s due to seviour attack.he make whistling sound while breathing. .. he is suffering from cold very frequently. ..plz kindly held if u have any medicine which can cure his problem.
Thank u
megha
Hello doctor whenever my child gets cold he has wheezing cough . I want him to cure from the root without reoccurring… I trust homeopathy… Could u tell me homeopathy remedy
My child is two years and she us suffering from wheezing sound and cough already three times she is got admitted.but right now I am using homeopathy medicine from two monts the result was good but again she is suffering from thhat sound still the treatment is going on but I had to use neblaizer also with the treatment is it safe using like this…