Asthma, also known as bronchial asthma, is a common disease, and even life-threatening in severe cases. And now many infants and young children also suffer from asthma, which brings great pain to children. So, what are the symptoms of asthma and how to prevent asthma in children? The following small series will take you to understand.

Symptoms of asthma

There is no doubt that asthma is harmful to people's health. Although many people have asthma symptoms, they still don't know they have asthma. Here are some related symptoms of asthma.

1, before the onset of asthma, there will be some precursor symptoms, such as nasal congestion, continuous sneezing, itchy eyes and cough.

2. Severe wheezing and dyspnea are specific manifestations of asthma, usually sudden. Patients will feel unable to breathe, the inhalation time is short and the exhalation time is too long. It is very difficult for patients to exhale, and some patients will have difficulty exhaling and inhaling.

3. Severe cough with phlegm is a common phenomenon in asthma patients, which is caused by tracheal inflammation and bronchospasm. When asthma appears, cough and expectoration will be relieved, and the main attack at this time is wheezing symptoms. At the end of asthma attack, tracheal spasm will gradually disappear. It is necessary to discharge a lot of secretions, and then cough and expectoration are aggravated, coughing up a lot of white foam-like sputum.

People with the above symptoms and recurrent attacks are likely to have asthma. In addition, some asthma patients will have chest tightness when they have an attack.

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How to judge whether it is asthma?

Many people have experienced coughing and excessive phlegm, especially smokers. So everyone is anxious to know how to judge whether they have asthma. The following is the judgment method.

1. When you go to the hospital, the doctor will give the patient a bronchial provocation test, which is easy to judge. In addition, you can also do a bronchiectasis test, and the doctor will determine whether you have asthma according to some manifestations of the patient.

2. Under normal circumstances, asthma will have some precursor symptoms, such as nasal congestion, continuous sneezing, itchy eyes and cough. If measures are not taken quickly, it will get worse, and then severe asthma symptoms will appear. Many patients can only sit down and breathe, and they will cough up a lot of white foam-like sputum.

3, from the beginning of cough to asthma attack quickly, usually only a few minutes. Sometimes it will recur within a few hours after remission. Asthma often occurs at night, which means asthma gets worse.

How to judge whether it is asthma, I think everyone is very clear. If the above symptoms recur, you should go to the hospital for diagnosis as soon as possible, so as not to delay the illness and bring danger.