Asthma in Toddlers and Children

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Something which I found quite useful. Just recently, I have 2 nephews who have been down with colds and flu and coughing and sometimes I am concerned if whether they might have asthma. It is a blessing that neither of them has asthma. They have some inflammation. It is known that some can grow out of asthma as they grow older. However, if not taken care of properly, it might stay on with them even when they grow up.

The worse thing than childhood asthma is asthma in toddlers. Most children who have asthma developed the disease while they were still toddlers. With a reported 5 million American children suffering from asthma, 173 thousand of them hospitalized for severe symptoms and 864 thousand receiving emergency treatment annually, it is important that your toddler be evaluated for asthma as early as possible.Since it is more difficult to diagnose asthma among infants and toddlers, it would be best to look for signs or symptoms that characterize the disease. Many cases of asthma deaths were due to the parents' failure to recognize the severity of the toddler's condition. Common colds and respiratory diseases such as bronchitis can exhibit asthma-like symptoms. But this does not mean you should ignore your child especially when he has difficulty in breathing or a wheezing cough.When your toddler is diagnosed with asthma, it does not mean he will be forever afflicted with the disease. On the contrary, there are lots of documented cases where the toddler's asthma no longer persisted into adulthood. It can also be deduced from this observation that toddlers are more susceptible to asthma triggers but develops immunity as they grow older.

Read: http://informationalnetwork.blogspot.com/2007/03/asthma-in-toddlers-and-children.html