Help! My Baby has Asthma
Asthma is a very common disease to babies all around the world; it is an inflammatory disease in which the affected area of the body is the lungs and airways. This disease affects the ability to breathe because the airways become inflated and blocked. If your baby has asthma, you need to consult a doctor to know what would be the plan if the will be attacked again by his asthma, and you must know what the proper medications for babies are.
If the baby has an acute asthma through the lining of his airways they will become more swollen and may produce more mucus. Thus, the effect is that the airways and the tubes will become thinner. That is the reason why a person breathe rapidly and coughing. If the baby is untreated for his asthma, it would be very dangerous. You may give your baby a quick reliever medicine; doctors can give this kind of medication through prescription. But if you don’t have that kind of medicine you can call the 911 or go to the nearest emergency unit.
This kind of disease is very common to babies and children with ages 15 years old and below; in U.S. today 6.5 million was affected by asthma. Fifty percent to eighty percent of children with asthma develop the symptoms at the age of 5. As parents it’s your responsibility to know if your baby has asthma at the age of 2; though, it’s difficult to know if your baby has asthma unless some symptoms will emerge. But if your baby is always coughing and your family has a history of asthma there may be a chance that your baby will also develop asthma.
Most often, the doctor will advice the parents on what to do if the baby is attacked by his asthma and what would be the strategy to be done. Some children have an attack if they have colds or exposed to allergens, and doctors will give a prescribed medication for stopping the attack of asthma. Quick reliever drugs such as albuterol is the most common drug that doctor may give to his patient using a nebulizer machine or metered dose inhaler.
Nebulizer is a battery or electric powered machine that turns liquid medicine it to vapor to be inhaled. And the other one is the MDI this is a small aerosol or an object that will be inserted in the long tube many call it holding chamber or the spacer. As parents, you will be the one to choose the medication you want for your baby or the easiest way for you.
Baby asthma should never be left untreated. More often than not, babies may have some traumatic effects because of difficulties in breathing.
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