my daughter is 3years and lately the doctor diagonised asthma after a cough. would this be longlasting?
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Asthma is a life-long disease that is managed through environmental changes, allergy management, and medications. While it was once believed that children with asthma had to have parents with asthma, research now has found that because of significant deteriorations in our environment, more and more children are becoming diagnosed with asthma. Common symptoms include wheezing, cough, tightness in the chest, and shortness of breath.
One of the best types of management you can teach your child is relaxation. We know that asthma increases anxiety and anxiety increases asthma, thus to promote healthy practices for your child in at this stage includes relaxation and normalizing medications. Asthma medications are very effective and there are many types of options. If you have significant concerns or would like a second opinion you can seek out assistance from an Allergist/Immunologist and/or a Pulmonologist. It is a highly manageable disease, but also very very serious.
Best wishes, I've lived with asthma for 28 years.
Katie MacDowell, M.Ed.
Masters, Counseling Psychology
Doctoral Student, Clinical & Health Psychology
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Well, it could go away when she goes through puberty, but it could be something she struggles with all her life.
Might b....my sista has asthma & it didn't show in eitha my my mom o' dad, she still gets asthma attacks but not very often...twice a year o' so...(she developred it in her early teen years)
Could be. I have 2 kids with asthma and both were diagnosed at a young age. It is difficult to deal with. If you need any advice on meds, doctors, etc. email me.
Me and My daughter have been with Child hood Asthma. I out grew mine. She is still having problems. She was diagnosed with mild to moderate. She doesn't have many attacks as she did so I'm hoping she will out grow hers. In fact her Pulmonologist released her from his care. He said she has any more BAD outbreaks schedule appt with him.
is it chronic asthma?
is it exercise-induced asthma?
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I have asthma... it was adult onset asthma... develped in my late teens.
Asthma is generally life long in duration. The good news is, there are so many ways to control it. The best suggestion I can give is to attempt to figure out what are the triggers that cause the attack. With me, it is cat fur and mold. Every asthma patient is different.
I use a preventative inhaler.
For more info, go to: http://www.aafa.org/
My little brother is 3 yrs also. Neither my mother or father have ever had asthma. My brother was diagnosed with it when he was an infant, and the only time he ever really has it is when he has a cold. The doctor said he would more than likely grow out of it as he got a little bit older. Just to let you know, they don't always show symptoms of it, but there are some things that can trigger it. For example, pet dander, cigarette smoke, cockroaches!, strongly fragranted perfumes, etc. So, for your daughters sake, I would stay away from these triggers as much as possible. I have a dog, and we keep him in the backyard so my brother has very little contact with him. But, if you have an inside animal w/ fur, I would suggest at least kepping your daughter from gettinf too close to the fur. You can also look up on the internet or ask the doctor for a list of triggers. Hope I could be of some help!!
Crystal
childhood asthma usually disappear at teenage but she must be
investigated for cause .
Asthma may or may not be long lasting.
Some people outgrow it. I used to have very bad asthma and would fall sick every school holiday. But as I got older, i just naturally recovered from it and has been asthma free for the past 20 years.
Some, however, may need medication through their adult life.
I think it is important for your daughter to know what causes her asthma and to avoid those things that might trigger it.
In addition, she can also try to take some health food like VPlus to strengthen her lungs and body and her immunity. My friend's 5 year old daughter recovered from her asthma after taking VPlus for some time.
Asthma is not always hereditary. Sometimes, it is found to run among members of the same family through different generations. Your child may have asthma as a sequence of allergic consequence, air pollution or a later sequellae of severe or recurrent respiratory infections (bronchitis). Whatever may be the cause, don't get panic. Avoid smoke and dust and pollens of flower as far as possible. Be careful during seasonal changes. Watch masterly what may precipitate the asthmatic attack: it may also be some food or pillow, some clothes or perfumes also, other than which are mentioned above. Avoid these as far as possible. Teach your child to do some simple breathing exercise.Consult your doctor at the onset of attack. If sometimes he / she suffers from cold and cough, remind doctor that he / she has asthma. But don't worry, the outcome of childhood asthma is fair and in most cases, it wanes up with increasing age. You can expect, less frequency of attacks after the age of 7 to 9 years of your child and mostly releaved after the age of 12 years. Only a few cases of childhood asthma, leads to asthma in adult life. So be relaxed.
Asthma is a lot more than constricted airways that cause wheezing. And in fact, we now know that it is actually the inflammation or swelling in the airways that may be present even when there isn't a whole lot of wheezing that can be heard. This causes the child to cough a lot (usually more severely at night). This type of asthma has the name of Cough Variant Asthma. This name implies that it is indeed asthma that is causing the cough, but the asthma is not so severe as to cause any wheezing.
you can get a lot more information on dealing with your daughter's asthma at iVillage.com Check out http://parenting.ivillage.com/tweens/twhealth/0,,3q4p,00.html.
Good luck!
you wanna take this seriously. it can start with a cough and end up with your child turning blue. it might get better with age and the drugs won't do her any harm though a couple taste nasty and will encourage her to learn to swallow a pill (this is from experience). astma shows up randomly and is quite deadly. take her to a child allergist to be sure and she'll get to go through the full battery of tests.
Asthma is far more common than it ever was these days. I have a son who is asthmatic. He used to get asthma every time he had an upper respiritory infection. Now, he seems to have it mostly every morning. He went for an entire year with no asthmatic effects at all before it was triggered by a sinus infection, so it can be very off and on. The most important thing about asthma is knowing what "triggers" it. For many people this means a whole lot of tests to see if they are allergic. I consider my son lucky in the sense that we know what causes it and can take precautionary measures when he gets a runny nose of chest cold. Asthma can go away and many times will as the child grows. However, it is extremely important to treat it from the onset of any symptoms because once the child is wheezing, major damage to the lungs can be caused in the form of blocking scar tissue being formed inside the lungs. Make sure your child breathes as easily as possible at all times and use the prescribed meds as directed. The most you can do is support her through the rough spots and if you are unsure of the diagnosis, then I strongly recommend seeking a second medical opinion. Learn everything you can about asthma online and via leaflets at the pharmacy. Best of luck to you. I know exactly how you feel.
Some children do outgrow it but a lot does not. I know someone that had asthma as a child and still suffers with it. Usually asthma is one of the inherited things. I have it and had it as a child, my daughter has had it ever since she was little.
hi.. my son got diagnosed astmatic at 9 months old he had the problem from being about 1 month,.. some doctors don;;t belive in baby;s under 1 year old getting astma,, he had it really bad and needed a nebulizer,, he is seven now and growing out of it ,, sometime's they grow out of astma,, by the age of seven or before,but sometimes people have it all the time.. don't stop her doing excerise;s running about with friends,,, let her do the things kids do best run riot heh if u know what i mean ,,, if she having a bad day just let her take a step down and calm down for bit if u can i found this help my son,,, i used to tell my boy don't run around too much i dont want astma geting worse,,, :( thats the worse thing to do ,, let them run they know when they carnt do any more ...check out this site it will help you loads and theres loads of diffrent things it learns you about astma,,, http://www.asthma.org.uk/ hope this help;s :( mum of five :)
she may out grow it but it will most likely not get any worse then it is . talk to your doctor.
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