Children with Asthma - Do you know the Common Symptoms

Children with Asthma - Do you know the Common Symptoms

Children with asthma always seem to tug at our heart strings. The suffering and seemingly constant illnesses can really drive us as parents to want to do something. One thing we can do is recognize that allergies and environmental issues can play a significant role in making a child with asthma more comfortable and less prone to attacks and illness.

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Childhood asthma is a disease that has been strongly associated with genetic factors and has been linked with allergies. In the April 2001 edition of the American Family Physician newsletter, an article titled, Management of Asthma in Children suggested that 75%-80% of children with asthma also have significant allergies.

Further research indicated that about 50% of the immediate allergic reactions to inhaled allergens are followed by a late phase reaction. This means that environmental factors such as limiting exposure to asthmatic and allergy triggers is a good way to limit infections and illness of children with asthma.

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According to the Mayo Clinic, a well respected medical resource, and the American Family Physician, a newsletter from the American Academy of Family Physicians, childhood asthma has risen significantly in over the past few decades. The American Lung Association states that in 2004, an estimated 4 million children under 18 years old have had an asthma attack in the past 12 months, and many others have "hidden" or undiagnosed asthma.

Asthma is the most common cause of school absenteeism due to chronic disease and accounted for an estimated 14 million lost school days. They claim that childhood asthma has become more widespread and is now the most common chronic illness in children.

If you have children, it's important that you can recognize the symptoms and signs of an asthmatic condition. Understand that the symptoms below "may" indicate asthma, but could be symptomatic of a wide range of bronchial or pulmonary illnesses.

The most common signs and symptoms of childhood asthma are very similar to bronchitis and other respiratory infections. The symptoms include…

1. Coughing. The need to cough is created by mucus, which builds up and needs to be cleared. The mucus is usually caused by some type of infection or irritation. Coughing is symptomatic of many childhood and adult illnesses. Notice that although coughing is a symptom, the type of cough plays a role in understanding the cause. Simply put, a rattling or lose type cough is very different than a tight or hacking cough and both types can indicate certain illnesses

2. Wheezing. Wheezing is most commonly associated with asthma, however, all children with asthma do not necessarily wheeze. You can identify wheezing as a whistling type sound when your child breathes.

3. Chest congestion and tightness.

4. Shortness of breath

While these signs and symptoms may indicate childhood asthma, they may also point to various illnesses common to kids. As a parent, you cannot be expected to understand how various symptoms may interact or be able to accurately diagnose an illness such as asthma.

Another factor to consider is frequency. The child who frequently coughs or suffers ongoing or recurrent bouts of respiratory infection illnesses such as pneumonia or Bronchitis may have childhood asthma.

As you can see, the diagnosis of this disease can only accurately be done by a medical doctor.

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Immune system -- The immune system is a collection of cells and proteins that works to protect the body from potentially harmful, infectious microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi. The immune system plays a role in the control of cancer and other diseases but also is the culprit in the phenomena of allergies, hypersensitivity and the rejection of transplanted organs, tissues and medical implants.

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Reflux -- Short for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, also commonly known as GERD, it is a chronic condition which afflicts many asthmatics. The esophageal flap which seals the stomach from the lower esophagus does not remain closed when it should, particularly when the patient is reclining, and this allows stomach acid and its fumes, and partially-digested contents to escape upwards through the esophagus. This material can be aspirated into the lungs, triggering an asthma attack.

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