Asthma can be managed easilyAsthma
remains most under diagnosed, under treated and less understood ailments.Paediatricians
and physicians point out that only 10 to 15 per cent of parents, whose children
have asthma, adhere properly to the instructions of the physicians.
“About 85 to 90 per cent of
children suffer relapse because they never adhere to instructions. Correct
treatment and lifestyle modifications are enough to manage and even treat
asthma. But, public have stigmatised inhalers and they do not follow
instructions of the physicians properly,” senior paediatrician P. Sudershan
Reddy, said on the eve of World Asthma Day.The most common symptoms that occur
during asthma attack among children include tightness in chest, shortness of
breath recurring cough and wheezing. Because of narrow opening of the airway,
children do have trouble breathing and this causes wheezing.
“Due to initial cost factors, a
majority of parents discontinue inhalers and try to adopt tablets. But, we have
seen that in the long run, children develop complications after using tablets.
It is always advisable to use inhalers,” says senior chest physician,
Government General and Chest Diseases Hospital, Erragadda, K. Subhakar.Doctors
also maintain that the number of asthma cases is ever increasing. “About 30 to
34 per cent of children in Bangalore have asthma while among the general
outpatients in Hyderabad, 10 per cent of children have asthma. Children who are
breast fed for six months and those who are born naturally without C section
have less chances of having Asthma,” says Dr. Sudershan Reddy.
Allaying fears of addiction to
steroids in inhalers, Dr. Sudershan Reddy said that they are very useful
because they provide targeted medication. “There are no side effects and
adverse reactions from inhalers. There should be no inhibitions to use
inhalers. Physicians, however, must make sure that they spend a lot of time
with parents and explain them properly about the finer aspects of asthma,” Dr.
Reddy added.Physicians point out that 60 per cent of asthma cases among
children is treatable. “If children take medications properly, then the
condition is treatable. There are children who have allergic asthma and they
have to continue medication for longer time,” Dr. Subhakar said.
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