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What is Childhood Asthma?

Asthma is a chronic disease that makes it hard to breathe because the main airway to the lungs becomes inflamed and swollen.  Asthma in children is more frightening because a child’s airway is much smaller than an adult’s. This makes it a much more critical and difficult to treat.

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In the United States about 20 million people suffer from asthma.  Asthma in children accounts for over 7 million. Asthma is one of the most common and serious of chronic childhood diseases.  It is the third ranking cause of hospitalization of children under the age of 15.  About one out of ten children have childhood asthma and children with asthma lose over 10 million days of school a year.

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Some of the symptoms of asthma may be hard to read and interpret. Diagnosis is difficult. Childhood asthma is considered a variable disease.  That’s an illness whose symptoms are not always present, and may not happen during an appointment you’re your child’s pediatrician.

Symptoms of Childhood Asthma

Chronic coughing is one of the symptoms of

childhood asthma.  The coughing may occur at anytime during the day but is more common in the morning.  But having a cough does not necessarily lead to a childhood asthma diagnosis. A cough could be brought about by the same environmental factors that would trigger an asthma attack.  A lot of pollen in the air, air pollution, or simple dust could cause a child to cough.  They could also trigger an asthma attack. One of the signs of childhood asthma is when a common cold strikes the family and your child’s cough continues long after everyone else is back to normal.

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A whistling sound when breathing out and wheezing is another indicator.  Particularly when the wheezing occurs in the early hours of the morning or even interrupts sleep at night.  It is a sign that a doctor will be looking for during an exam and it may be one that will help the doctor make a diagnosis.

Tightness of the chest labored breathing when at rest and difficulty breathing during and after exercise are also symptoms.  If a child becomes fatigued and appears out of breath after normal playing he may be displaying signs of childhood asthma.

Childhood Asthma Diagnosis

There are other markers that could indicate asthma.   Family history of asthma is one.  Do the parents, grandparents or siblings have asthma?  Allergies and hay fever are another. Eczema is yet another.  Individually these items are not  good enough for a diagnosis, but together will give a doctor the information  he needs.

There is one other thing that doctors often use in there identification of the problem. They may prescribe a medication that is generally used to treat asthma.  If the symptoms are reduced or even disappear the doctor make a firm diagnosis.

There are many medications and natural remedies that have shown great success in removing the symptoms.  It is important that you get help from a doctor.  With the doctor’s advice a personalized plan can help control the attacks.  You child will not wheeze as much, will sleep better and can lead an active and normal life. Asthma in children can be controlled.