Asthma of the child: the first chronic disease
Posted on July 23, 2008
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Asthma of the child remains the chronic disease most common of the child. A child with asthma not taking appropriate treatment will be hampered in their daily lives, will be limited in its sports activities and risk of frequent absences to school.
More than 10% of children affected
First because of truancy
25% of 3 million asthma sufferers are children and adolescents
50% of children with asthma have a severe crisis every yearAn asthmatic child is born every ten minutes
A child with asthma on two presents his first respiratory discomfort before the age of two.
The lungs of children are growing…
Appears increasingly early: a child who is more than 3 bronchiolites before two years can be considered as an asthmatic
Manifestions of asthma in children
The manifestations of asthma in children are the same as in adults, but they are even more difficult to diagnose because the child is experiencing more difficulties to describe his discomfort.
Crisis with typical hissing
Dry cough, night, occurring at night
Cough after exertion
Bronchitis repeated
Shortness of breath
Fatigue
Difficulty in walking, the effort …
Make the diagnosis as early as possible in order to adapt the treatment.
We should not wait months or even years before starting treatment.
Although asthma of newborn heals in about 2 / 3 cases, asthma and that the child evolves favorably in 30 to 50% of cases, we must implement all means to enable the child to live normally.
A child with asthma followed and treated well
Participates in all activities
Practice sports activities
Do not lack the school more than its peers
East integrated normally.
Attitude to adopt if the child has an asthma attack
Parents are well informed reassured knowing what attitude to adopt and what gestures carried out, if their child has an asthma attack and they can easily reach the doctor who follows it.
Give him his medication bronchodilators he can resume at an interval of several minutes if the crisis has not ended.
The reassure remain at his side, relax and take in a quiet
Consult emergency, take 15 or 112 if mobile phone, in case of aggravation of events and the emergence of signs of urgency.
The sport and child asthma
A child must be followed to practice all sports activities within a number of rules.
The IBP: the host project individualized
It allows children with asthma be allowed to take their medication if they are hampered in their school.
It is advised parents to meet the teaching staff at the beginning of the school year to make contact with them, reassure them and show them the medicines that their child takes. Even if these recommendations are carried out under the PAI, the fact remains that it is better to move.
The teachers also need to know how therapeutic.
The repeated bronchiolites
A child who is more than 2 to 3 bronchiolites before the age of 2 should receive care equivalent to that of an asthmatic child and especially as there is a ground allergic family.
Children who are episodes of cough or bronchitis repeated
It is necessary to conduct a review to seek an asthma in a child who coughs frequently (at night or during efforts) or where they have many bronchitis.
Asthma infant
An infant asthma is a baby who presented 3 episodes of wheezing before the age of 2.
l etraitement of asthma infant is identical to that of the Child Asthma
This asthma disappear a few years later with a majority of babies.
But among some of them, asthma will develop asthma to a child.
Risk factors for asthma see evolve towards an infant of asthma enfantPrésence of eczema
Land famililal allergic
Bilan allergic positive
baby male
Mother asthmatic non eshaustive List …
Asthma does not systematically puberty
40 to 50% of children with asthma will no longer be hampered by this disease in adulthood and nearly 50% of children with asthma will not eliminate their disease after puberty.
It is therefore essential to treat respiratory first manifestations of a child to give it every chance to no longer be bothered to adulthood.
Schools of asthma
The meetings conducted in schools of asthma allow asthmatic children, and adults, to learn more about their illness, to have less fear, learn to use their salaries, to measure their breath, better manage crises…
The association asthma and allergies is closely involved in the establishment of schools of asthma.
Sessions of free education for asthmatics, children and adults, are held during days or half days, most of the time in hospital services (pediatrics, chest…)
The workshops, skits, educational posters, puppet shows, CD Rom, are intended for young children and adolescents.
To learn more about the list of schools asthma, visit the Association Asthma and allergies: http://www.asmanet.com/
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