What is an asthma attack?
The asthma is a chronic disease of the airways in which alternate crisis breathlessness and cough, caused by inflammation of the bronchi, with relatively normal periods. Crises can be mild, moderate or severe, with a variable duration from a few minutes to several days, and may occur at any time.During an asthma attack, inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the respiratory tract and contraction or spasm of the circular muscles of the bronchi causing a decrease in the size of these pathways, causing shortness of breath and wheezing.
What can make asthma symptoms in children?
The basis for suspecting asthma symptoms are shortness of breath, coughing and wheezing or noisy breathing. However, children may have some peculiarities.In young children, from 0-3 years, the symptoms may include:
• Noise (hiss) when breathing air
• Cough, shortness of breath, wheezing or wheezing with exercise
• Prolonged coughing, especially at night or worsen at night, not caused by a cold
• Malaise
• Colds and repetition that are slow to heal.
In children aged 3-15 years, the symptoms are:
Did you know that ...
• 50% of children who suffer from it are cured with age?• is the most common chronic childhood disease?
• up to 20% of children suffer some respiratory disorder, although not develop asthma?
• Hissing noise when breathing (expel) the air
• Prolonged cough, especially at night or early morning
• Nighttime awakenings with cough
• Inactivity, lack of desire to participate in games or exercises that require physical exertion.
