How to judge whether a child has asthma?

The inducing factors of asthma in children are different from those in adults. Most of them are caused by respiratory infection, with symptoms such as cough, stuffy nose and fever. Asthma in children is more serious than that in adults, and its condition changes rapidly. Spasm, mucosal edema and sputum will appear after the onset, causing tracheal stenosis. In addition, children have poor tolerance to hypoxia, so they are prone to heart failure. In preschool (6-7 years old) and adolescence, 50% children with asthma can be controlled for a long time as long as they are treated properly. Therefore, early formal treatment of children with asthma is very important.

The therapeutic principles of western medicine are anti-inflammation, spasmolysis and allergen removal. Asthma inflammation is allergic inflammation, so hormone drugs should be used. When asthma attacks, antispasmodic drugs, such as β2 receptor agonists and aminophylline, should be used to avoid contact with allergens.

The treatment principles of traditional Chinese medicine are divided into acute attack period and remission period. During the acute attack, pathogenic factors were mainly eliminated, and drugs for dispersing lung and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma were used. In the remission stage, you can also use lung-tonifying, spleen-invigorating, kidney-tonifying and other righting drugs combined with acupuncture and other treatments.

Asthma can also be treated with dietotherapy, such as lily, which has the function of moistening lung and relieving cough, and yam and lotus seed meat. Children with asthma should avoid long-term use of antibiotics. Asthma belongs to chronic allergic inflammation of trachea, so they should not take anti-inflammatory drugs for a long time to avoid infection, indigestion and diarrhea.

Asthma can't be cured so far, so we can only insist on long-term treatment, protect lung function and control the onset. Generally speaking, the recovery of childhood asthma is ideal.

The pediatrics department of Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing has rich experience in this field.

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