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Asthma in Children
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Learn about asthma tests for children.
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Learn how following an asthma action plan can help you control your child's asthma.
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Learn why a long-acting bronchodilator might be added to your child's asthma medicine.
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Learn how to tell when your child is using a rescue inhaler too often.
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Learn ways to prevent a return trip to the emergency room for your child with asthma.
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Learn ways to encourage your young child to take asthma medicine with a nebulizer.
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Learn how to help your child deal with asthma and asthma treatments.
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Learn how your child should use an inhaler without a spacer.
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Learn how your child should use an inhaler with a spacer.
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Learn how to use a nebulizer, with a face mask, on your child.
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Babies and small children need early treatment for asthma symptoms to prevent severe breathing problems. They may have more serious problems than adults because their bronchial tubes are smaller. Although it may appear that occasional treatment with medicines for children who have mild asthma is enough, one review...
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Asthma is a challenging condition. It can affect all areas of your child's life. Many children with asthma miss school days. When this happens, have your child call a friend to ask about the work he or she missed. Doing this both keeps your child's...
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It can be difficult to know whether your child is having a mild, moderate, or severe asthma attack. The following chart may help you. Talk with a doctor if you are unable to tell how severe your child's symptoms are. Factor Mild attack Moderate...
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Educating yourself and your family about asthma is essential for you and your child to have control of the disease. If you understand asthma, you will have an easier time following the different aspects of treatment, such as avoiding substances that cause symptoms (triggers) and knowing what to do during an asthma...
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Discusses causes and symptoms of asthma in children. Looks at treatment with medicine such as inhaled corticosteroid and albuterol. Discusses avoiding triggers and treating attacks. Covers using nebulizers, metered-dose with spacer and dry powder inhalers.
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Covers helping a child with asthma use a metered-dose inhaler with mask spacer. Explains that a metered dose inhaler delivers a measured dose of medicine directly to the lungs. Includes pictures on how to use metered-dose inhaler with mask spacer.
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Asthma is the most common long-lasting (chronic) disease of childhood. It usually develops before age 5. Many children who have allergies get asthma, but not all. And not every child with asthma has allergies. In most cases of persistent asthma, the first symptoms (such as wheezing) start in the first years of life...