Know The Symptoms Of Childhood Asthma

Know The Symptoms Of Childhood Asthma
By D Fraser

It is one of the most common illnesses in children. Childhood
asthma is the leading reason children miss school, and experts
are telling us that close to 4 million kids under the ages of 17
have had some sort of episode in the past year. Don't you
think it's important that you can recognize the symptoms of
childhood to help your child if an attach hits? The
trouble with childhood is that not all of the symptoms
are easy to spot, some quite obvious but others hide under the
radar.

Wheezing

High pitched breathing that's very noticeable when a child
breaths out. This has to be the most common of all childhood
asthma symptoms. It can be severe or mild. It occurs when mucus
builds up in the airway, that is already somewhat restricted,
making it difficult to breath.

Coughing

Of course not all children will wheeze, often a small
percentage will only ever have a persistent cough. Usually most
noticeable late in the evenings. This can be a hidden symptom
also, as in about 5% of cases in childhood coughing is
the only symptom they have. If your child appears to have
coughing fits after running, crying or high activity there's a
chance they might have asthma.

Frequent Respiratory Infections

Children suffering from frequent and difficult to treat
respiratory infections, such as bronchitis, and even pneumonia
may have childhood asthma. Of course it doesn't have to be as
severe as pneumonia they could just continue to battle chronic
cold like symptoms. It's easy for these illnesses to attack a
child's lungs that are of course already weakened by asthma.

Becoming Lethargic

If you notice a child that used to be very active, loved the
outdoors running, sports, biking but now shows signs of not
wanting to be outdoors anymore along with shortness of breath
and

check tightening this could be the reason for lack of
exertion. Children fighting find it painful when they
exert them selves therefore find it easier to avoid the
tightness in the chest and shortness of breath,

The real difficulty with diagnosing childhood is that
while some kids might display all symptoms other will report
very in frequent battles with them. It's important that parents
are familiar with the symptoms and can recognize patterns
occurring after activity or at night. Knowing more information
and recognizing a potential attack will help you know
what to do to reduce the intensity as well as help your family
doctor diagnose the issues.

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