How doctor diagnosed asthma in children?
Your doctor can diagnose by the symptoms that tell the parents and the child, as well as chest auscultarle. It is very useful to measure lung capacity through a flowmeter (peak flow meter), a simple device that measures the speed with which the child expels air from her lungs. This measurement can be done in the office and at home, which is particularly effective in very intermittent or where triggered by exercise or that occur more at night.However, the best diagnostic aid is the good treatment response test is often prescribed for the symptoms.
Asthma medication
Very often it is necessary to administer medication to the child, in order to:• Eliminate the symptoms, allowing social reintegration through play and exercise
• Attenuating allergic reactions in the body and alleviate airway inflammation
• Reduce or eliminate the long-term effects of inflammation on the lungs, allowing normal development.
Medications for asthma are basically like those used in adults, with some particularities. They are classified into two groups:
Bronchodilators
Quick effect, relaxing the bronchial muscles and relieve symptoms like coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. They are part of the emergency treatment of acute asthma attacks.Inflammatory
Or prophylactic acting longer term, reducing bronchial inflammation .Both groups can be combined.
