Asthma in Adults and Children (symptoms, causes, treatment, medication) (Daily attacks)

Asthma is a chronic disease that requires medical attention and should always be monitored by your physician and/or specialist, but there is also a number of symptoms that can indicate that your symptoms are severe. In that case, visit the doctor immediately!

"How do i know if my child has asthma?" is a question many parents have. Here are the symptoms:

In children between 5-11 years of age:

• Significant trouble breathing
• Persistent coughing or wheezing
• No improvement even after using a quick-relief inhaler, such as albuterol
• Leaning forward in a sitting position to breathe
• Being unable to speak without gasping
• Peak flow meter readings in the red zone

The symptoms of asthma in babies or children under the age of 5 are:

• Coughing
• Wheezing
• Trouble breathing
• A tight, uncomfortable feeling in the chest
• Recurring bronchitis

In answer to your "can you get asthma as an adult" question, this can also be applicable to other age groups (teens, adults, seniors). The elderly should visit the doctor anyway, because their organism is weaker and this illness can be fatal.

If a doctor saw the asthma symptoms in teens in your child and it gets attacks, what you can do is to help your child adjust their mindset. Some of the attacks are sometimes not entirely related to the asthma, but rather to fear of not having the medication in sight. Also, you may ask a doctor for breathing techniques for asthma, which may be of great help.

That dependence on medicine and the current absence of said one in near proximity can lead to a panic attack that triggers the asthma attack. Children mostly cannot overcome this on their own, so you should try and help them, by talking to them about their fears, and explaining to them that they are not going to suffocate if they do not have, for instance, their inhaler with them for a short period of time.