Contents:
- Medical Video: Asthma in Children - Symptoms and Treatments
- 1. Save complete children's medical records
- 2. Make your home protected from asthma triggers
- 3. Make sure your child regularly checks with the doctor
- 4. Design your action plan
- 5. Prepare other family members
- 6. Teach children about their asthma
Medical Video: Asthma in Children - Symptoms and Treatments
Having a child with asthma may be a concern for the family. Especially for parents who now assume an additional responsibility to anticipate any unexpected situations and conditions that can arise at any time when a child's asthma symptoms attack.
The following is a guide for you as a parent with children with asthma, including consideration of the best choice of pediatric asthma medication.
1. Save complete children's medical records
The best step to designing an effective asthma treatment plan is to be prepared. Save all the child's medical record, because the files will be very useful for the doctor to check the condition of the child and determine what type of treatment is most appropriate for him.
You also need to make a complete record of how often the child experiences wheezing (shortness of breath with wheezing), what triggers the symptoms to recur, how often the child goes back and forth to the doctor or hospital, how often to use the child's asthma medication, and what steps which has been used to prevent relapse of asthma.
2. Make your home protected from asthma triggers
Staying at home safe from asthma triggers can greatly help prevent recurrence and the severity of symptoms.
Some common asthma or allergic triggers in the house need to be aware of, such as:
- Furry animals, carpets, fabric-covered furniture, and dolls.
- Moss and mushroom walls.
- Cigarette smoke, spray (perfume, hairspray, insect repellent), powder.
- Certain foods (dried fruit, process potatoes such as bulk fries, and shrimp).
Being aware of asthma triggers does not mean you have to throw them away from home. You just need to manage it wiser.
3. Make sure your child regularly checks with the doctor
In addition to his daily routine such as going to school or tutoring and playing, make sure your child routinely checks himself into a doctor to monitor his asthma.
In addition, you as a parent must also ensure that the child's asthma medication is always available - both non-prescription and prescription. Also check the expiration date of each drug. Immediately refill to the pharmacy before the drug is completely used up or stale. Make sure your child takes the medicine according to the schedule and dosage prescribed by the doctor.
Make sure the main asthma medication is like a peak flow meter, rescue medication, and spacer, and the nebulizer is always near range. Nebulizer is a good choice for the treatment of asthma because easier to use compared to inhalers.
4. Design your action plan
Action plan or an asthma action plan, are written instructions that you make together with your doctor. Which must be included in action plan Your child's asthma is the type and amount of medication he uses, whatever symptoms of asthma, specific symptoms, restrictions or restrictions on physical activity for him, to emergency backup actions if the child does not respond to the usual medication.
You also have to enter the telephone numbers of the two parents along with the telephone number of the doctor who handled them in the record of the action.
5. Prepare other family members
It is important to notify all other family members about your baby's asthma, including his grandparents. Also tell people who are often around children, such as baby sitter and household assistants; principals, teachers, and UKS officers in schools; to the parents of his friends when he played in their home.
Make sure they understand correctly how to deal with symptoms of relapsing asthma along with how to use a child's asthma medication. Give them copies of action plan You.
Knowing how your child's school handles asthma cases in the past is also important. Tell the school if your child is allergic to certain foods.
6. Teach children about their asthma
Allowing children to know and understand their own health conditions will be very useful for them in the future.
When a child is 5 years or older, you can begin teaching him what asthma is and what symptoms are so that he can be directly involved in the design of his own action plan.
If your child wants to join a sports club at his school, be sure to discuss with him first about how to deal with asthma before, during, and after physical activity.
A study reported that the majority of mothers who have children with asthma feel responsible for the illness their children have. They believe that the child's asthma condition that is getting worse is the result of their negligence in recognizing the initial symptoms. This then becomes the root of the emotional problems of the parents of children with asthma.
Caring for children requires effort that is not playful. Moreover, children with asthma. Whatever good things you have prepared for them, don't overload yourself and never forget to be compassionate to yourself like you do for your child.
