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Asthma Stages in Children and Baby

Asthma Disease in Baby and Child Description

Asthma is one of the most common chronic disease. About ten percent children (and babies) are affected, among adults the rate is around five percent. Asthma disease is a chronic respiratory disease that causes coughing and wheezing. In addition to the permanent symptoms usually occur sudden deterioration.

During asthma attack the bronchial tubes constrict spasmodically, the bronchial mucosa becomes inflamed, swells and forms more mucus. The thickened mucus clogs the opening bronchi. The most common triggers for asthma attack is a viral respiratory tract invection, such as cold or flu. In addition to allergic reactions to certain substances, for example, produce food, animal hair or pollen asthma attacks.

Asthma Indicators :
- Most asthma develops between the fourth and fifth year.
-Approximately 50 percent of the children’s asthma will disappear when they grow up.
- The easier asthma is, the greater are the chances that it will disappear.
- Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children. Read more…

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How to Diagnose Asthma Disease ?

Important asthma diagnosis is the exact description of problem :

• What symptoms occur ?
• When did the symptoms occur ?
• Are there things or situations that trigger or aggravate the symptoms ?
• Do you have allergies or hay fever
• What are the psychosocial stress are available ?

On asthma suspicion, the doctor will examine and check your lung function. While the interception of the lung is a whistling or hissing sound on the exhale (wheeze and hum). The dynamics of respiration is measured by spirometry or Bodyplethysmografie and determine the gas content of the blood.

During bronchial asthma diagnosis investigation, the physician doctor examined using a small device (peak-flow meters) the highest flow velocity of the air during a forced exhalation. This device is also important for the self-measurement at home. An X-ray examination of the lungs is carried out in asthma diagnosis to rule out other diseases that also cause shortness of breath and Read more…

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Allergic and Endogenous Asthma Bronchiale Description

Asthma Bronchiale Description

Asthma bronchiale (simply known as Asthma) is a chronic inflammation of airways (bronchial tubes). The mucosa reacts hypersensitive to various stimuli and swells. In addition, lung produce mucus in bronchial asthma. The consequences are recurrent attacks of breathlessness, cough and shortness of breath. Between them also longer symptom-free intervals. For more severe symptoms occur more frequently, or even courses constantly, and can lead to a significant reduction of working capacity.

In principle, a distinction is made between allergic asthma(extrinsic) and nonallergic asthma (intrinsic or endogenous).

Allergic Asthma / Extrinsic Asthma
Up to 80 percent asthma cases triggered by an allergy. The frequency of these forms asthma in children and young adults occurs. The majority of asthmatics suffer from allergic rhinitis or atopic dermatitis (eczema). Common triggers of attacks in allergic asthma have allergies to pet hair or dust mites. Rarely seizures are caused by food or medication.

Nonallergic Asthma / Endogenous Asthma
30 to 50 percent of adults have an endogenous asthma. Frequently, these individuals also polyps in the nose or sinus inflammation. Allergies are not detectable. Endogenous asthma symptoms caused by infections Read more…

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Acute Bronchitis Causes and Description

Acute Bronchitis Description

Acute bronchitis is an inflammation in the larger branching airways (trachea and bronchi). Depending on which section is concerned, this is also called tracheitis, tracheobronchitis, bronchitis or bronchiolitis. Bronchitis acute usually arises in connection with a cold or flu. Acute bronchitis is usually harmless, but is often accompanied by a nagging cough.

The acute infections of the upper airways which include acute bronchitis, are the most frequent diseases. Adults suffer an average of two until three times annualy with acute bronchitis. An accumulation of these and other cold diseases are found mainly in spring and autumn. Affected are frequent children, older humans and people with immune deficiency.

Acute Bronchitis Causes

There are several pathogens that can cause acute bronchitis. These are several acute bronchitis causes :

Viruses : In about 90 percent of the cases is a cold, which is caused by viruses that can cause acute bronchitis. This spreads from the nose and throat area ( nasopharyngeal cavity ) into the deeper portions of the airways. The most common acute bronchitis virus are Adeno, Rhino, Corona, or para-influenza viruses. In children, frequent Respiratory Sinzytial (RS), ECHO or coxsackie viruses.

Bacteria : They can also cause acute bronchitis because bacteria. Often this occurs, in conjunction with or after a viral infection on (so-called secondary infection). Often there are bacteria, which increase within the cells of the human immune system and therefore can not be easily tackled, such as Chlamydia or Mycoplasma. Also bacteria like Haemophilus influenzae, which can cause meningitis in children, and pathogens such as pneumococcal pneumonia may be responsible for bronchitis causes.

Mushrooms : They are less often lead to acute bronchitis (e.g. Soorbronchitis by Candida albicans). Especially immunocompromised people (e.g. HIV-infected people) are affected with cancer. Even diseases such as whooping cough, measles, brucellosis or typhoid fever can be causes of acute bronchitis.

Irritants : Constant exposure to irritants such as vapors, gases and dust around the workplace or the particulate pollution in busy streets favor the development of acute bronchitis causes. Rarely they can even damage to the mucosa and cause inflammation of Trachealbaums.

Important is the differentiation from allergic asthma : While concentrated in acute bronchitis, the airways are restricted by inflammatory cells and mucus, they over-react to various stimuli in asthma, it comes to a sudden constriction and asthma attack.

Favouring factors  for respiratory tract infections system are:

• Cigarette smoke from smokers
• Cold water or wet weather
• Air pollution

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