Read About the Asthma Symptoms in Children

Asthma is a disease which can be acquired at a very small age. When a child less than five years gets contracted with asthma, it is usually inferred that there is a family history of asthma in the child’s blood. Needless to say, asthma is not completely curable. There is no medicine invented yet which can cure asthma completely. Moreover, as asthma is not caused by any living organism, there is no question of vaccine. However, the disease of asthma can be kept under control with the help of treatment. Here are a few points to remember.

1. There are some people who go for non-medical treatment for asthma in children. This might involve listening to quack doctors and god-men. Needless to say, such kind of steps are extremely harmful for the health of the child. The treatment of asthma must be done scientifically under the supervision of registered medical professionals.

2. New parents must be very careful with their infants, especially, if there is any family history of asthma in lineages of both the father and the mother. Any kind of cough in infants, be it due to seasonal changes, must be treated. Cough treatment, as we all know, is extremely simple. However, if the asthma symptoms refuses to go even after treating for a few days, a proper check-up should be done to find out the possibility of the onset of asthma. If asthma is diagnosed, the requisite treatment must be started without any delay.

It might be very disheartening for parents to start a comprehensive course of treatment for their infant, but they should remember, that the treatment is for the benefit of the child. It is seen that early treatment can minimize the risk of asthma attacks when the child grows up. Thanks to medical science, attacks of asthma in children are not as dreaded as they were earlier. Medicines in the form of capsules as well as quick sprays are available today, which are highly effective.

Parents might be confused while looking for a decent health centre for the condition of asthma. In that case, different websites and online directories can help them. There are websites with full database of health centres for asthma one can effectively look into.

Dr. Avni Deshmukh is an expert medical consultant in Mumbai (India). To know more about symptoms, cure and treatment of Asthma, Cough etc for adults and children..