Can chronic cough be asthma? How can we stay away from this disease?

We all know that asthma is a chronic disease that is very difficult to treat, whether in our life or when browsing the news online, but now some people question that chronic cough may be asthma. How can we stay away from this disease? Now let's talk about it.

First, let's learn what asthma is. Asthma is also called bronchial asthma. Bronchial asthma is a heterogeneous disease, which is characterized by chronic airway inflammation involving a variety of cells (such as eosinophils, mast cells, T lymphocytes, neutrophils, airway epithelial cells, etc.). ) and cellular components. This chronic inflammation is related to airway hyperresponsiveness, and usually has extensive and variable reversible expiratory airflow limitation, which leads to recurrent symptoms, such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and/or cough, and its intensity changes with time. It often occurs at night and/or early morning, and most patients can relieve themselves or through treatment. If the diagnosis and treatment of bronchial asthma are not timely, irreversible airway stenosis and remodeling may occur with the extension of the course of disease.

Then after we know what asthma is, we can learn the first question, is it possible that chronic cough is asthma? Experts say: chronic cough is not necessarily asthma, because there are many reasons for chronic cough, but we should not ignore this probability: 80% of chronic cough is generally a special type of asthma, that is, cough variant asthma. ?

How should we stay away from this chronic disease now? Here are three kinds.

1? Improve the living environment

The rising incidence of asthma in urban children is closely related to the aggravation of urban environmental pollution. Air pollution will threaten children's respiratory function and health, and younger children are more sensitive. Therefore, improving the living environment, ventilation and moistureproof, advocating smoke-free environment, reducing passive smoking, not keeping flowers and birds indoors, and appropriately reducing outdoor activities during peak hours are important means to prevent and treat asthma.

2? Pay attention to respiratory diseases

Respiratory virus infection is closely related to asthma attack. To prevent respiratory virus infection, we need to pay attention to the lighting and ventilation in the room, strengthen children's diet and nutrition, drink more boiled water, increase the body's resistance, reduce cross-infection in crowded places, and pay attention to preventing local influenza epidemic in kindergartens, schools and families.

3? Kill mites

Children spend a lot of time indoors, and indoor environment control is very important! Mites are very tiny microorganisms, invisible to the naked eye, and most of them are parasitic in the environment where human beings live. Dust mites are the most common allergens that cause asthma attacks at home. Dust mites are rich in house dust and dust and can be inhaled into trachea at any time. For children with allergic constitution, allergic reactions may occur after inhaling dust mites, causing respiratory tract stenosis and asthma. In order to prevent asthma attacks, children should always be washed with quilts and sheets, and the indoor humidity should be controlled below 50% to control the growth of dust mites.

These are the two problems we mentioned, which have been solved now. I hope every asthma patient in the world can live a happy life in peace.