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Causes of Asthma Attack and Symptoms in Baby & Children

Causes of Asthma in Children and Babies

Genetic factors and environmental influences have substantial influence on asthma development. Allergies, you should not take lightly. For example, children are especially vulnerable with hay fever develop asthma. The allergic hypersensitivity can pass from nose to bronchial mucosa. If allergy-releasing substances are then inhaled, also bronchi react. This phenomenon is called as “floor change”.

The following allergens (allergy-causing substances) can cause allergies and thus increase risk for asthma.
- Pollen (birch, grass)
- Animal hair (cat or dog)
- Food (milk, eggs, nuts)
- Dust mites
- Mold Spores
- Food additives (for example, phenyl)
- Furniture chemicals, carpets, etc.

Besides allergies, viral infections are often the triggers for asthma in children. In addition, is passive smoking, for example by smoking parents is considered as risk factor for asthma development. Acute asthma accumulation usually caused by trigger stimuli such as Read more…

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Pneumonia Prevention Tips for Health

Pneumococcal Vaccination To Prevent Pneumonia

Since July 2006 recommends that the Permanent Vaccination Commission at Robert Koch Institute, pneumococcal vaccination for all children as a basic vaccination. If you have not been vaccinated as a child, you should get vaccinated against pneumococcus, if you :
- Older than 65 years, and frequently suffer from infections of the upper airways
- Have a weakened immune system
- Suffer from a chronic illness, for example of chronic bronchitis, coronary heart disease (CHD), heart failure or sugar illness (diabetes mellitus)
- The spleen was removed

Flu Vaccination as Pneumonia Prevention

Also, there is a vaccination against influenza. The influenza virus damages the mucosa of the respiratory tract and reduces their defense mechanism. Thus the body becomes more susceptible to pneumonia. The flu vaccine is recommended by the Permanent Vaccination Commission for :

• All persons over 60 years, as the performance of the immune system decreases with age.
• Children and adults with underlying diseases such as, cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension or angina pectoris, lung diseases like asthma, metabolic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, liver and kidney diseases, organ transplantation, HIV infection Read more…

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Therapy of Acute Bronchitis Treatment

Acute Bronchitis Medicine Drugs

The kind of acute bronchitis therapy depends on the causes of acute bronchitis. Bacterial infections are treated with antibiotics. Against viruses, however, these antibiotic medicine drugs are ineffective and therefore can be alleviated only the symptoms of viral diseases.

Caused by acute bronchitis viruses :
- Till the end cough medicines (antitussives) : Herbal cough suppressant usually reduce the swelling and reassuring. Cough suppressant chemical-based usually act directly on the cough center in the brain. They absorb the cough so much that existing mucus may be coughed up and can not move the airways. Therefore, you should take especially in the pangs of cough at night.
- The effect of mucolytic agents (mucolytics / secretolytics), such as N-acetylcysteine is not sufficient evidence. It is likely that this class of drugs in acute bronchitis no relevant effect achieved.

Caused by acute bronchitis bacteria :
- Acute bronchitis antibiotics are used when bacteria are the cause or the risk of an additional bacterial infection (superinfection) after Read more…

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Symptoms of Bronchitis in Children & Baby

Symptom of acute bronchitis in children

• At the beginning of acute bronchitis, the cough sounds dry. It occurs especially at night. A few days later the child coughs from whitish mucous to purulent discharge that is greenish yellow prevails. Infants and babies to swallow, but most of this secretion and vomit it later, sometimes together with the stomach contents.
• As soon as the child coughs secretion up, would be a typical rales, which can more accurately identify the bronchitis physician for children (bronchitis doctor) by listening.
• In general, the children body temperature is growing only at the beginning of the illness. It often feels frequently reduced and is lethargic.

Symptoms of obstructive bronchitis in children

• In case of obstructive bronchitis, the child often suffers from serious respiratory distress.
• Sometimes it is hoarse and coughing, barking, sometimes without expectoration.
• Breathing out sounds humming, typically also whistling.
• It takes two to three days with Read more…

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Symptoms of Chronic Bronchitis and Diagnosis

The main symptom of chronic bronchitis (chronic bronchitis symptoms) is the frequently arising or chronic cough. These symptoms of chronic bronchitis are:
- Ejection, which will be coughed up ever more toughly and more with difficulty. Especially in the early hours bronchitis massive mucus must  expectoration. When a bacterial infection of the mucous looks like pus. After the morning people with chronic bronchitis symptoms are free cough and often for hours.
- In advanced chronic bronchitis stages, there is shortness of breath which gradually increased.
In the cold seasons the complaints of chronic bronchitis increase.

The Chronic Bronchitis Process

From chronic bronchitis developed, over time, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),  which can lead to cause emphysema. The transitions between the individual disease pictures are blurred :
- Chronic bronchitis
The changes of the lung may regress even if the harmful substance is eliminated, so for example smoking. At this stage, cough and expectoration in the foreground. As the bronchi are not chronically constricted, there is no difficulty in breathing exists.
- Chronic obstructive bronchitis
The lung is in the long term damaged, the changes can any longer regress. The bronchi are narrowed. Especially on exertion, patients suffer from shortness of breath and Read more…

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