"Asthma is affected not only by genetics, but also by environmental factors. Parents should strengthen their awareness of asthma and prevent and treat families to create a hypoallergenic environment for their children." May 5, 22nd World Asthma Day, Children of Hunan Provincial People's Hospital Zhong Lili, director of the Medical Center, issued such an appeal.
Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. It is also listed as one of the four major diseases by WHO. It is the second leading cause of death and disability after cancer. At present, there are at least 300 million asthma patients worldwide, and China accounts for about 30 million. According to a reporter from Science and Technology Daily, the overall control rate of asthma patients in China is not good, and even the control rate of patients in urban areas is less than 30%. In recent years, regardless of the adult or child population, the prevalence and morbidity of asthma are still climbing significantly.
Although asthma is such a "popular" airway disease in the population, people's cognition is far from "popular". For example, the relationship between childhood asthma and the environment.
Recently, a 4-year-and-a-half-year-old girl in Hunan was admitted to the hospital due to coughing and shortness of breath and was diagnosed with asthma. However, the family is very confused: the child has never had asthma before, and the family has no history of asthma. How can this asthma be obtained? It is understood that affected by the epidemic, the children did not go to kindergarten and lived in the grandparents' home in the country. As the weather gets hotter, the elderly consider that there are more mosquitoes in the local living environment. They are worried that their children will be bitten by mosquitoes.
"This should be asthma caused by long-term exposure to smoke and dust. In the case of poor air circulation in the bedroom, the smoke and dust released by mosquito coils will seriously pollute the air. In the turbid environment for a long time, the child's respiratory tract is greatly stimulated and it is easy to induce asthma." Zhong Lili said .
National epidemiological surveys in recent years have shown that the prevalence of childhood asthma has increased by about 50% every 10 years. Among them, allergic asthma accounts for 40% -50%. Therefore, although children's asthma is mostly a genetic inherited disease, adverse environmental factors such as environmental pollution and passive smoking are likely to cause children's allergic asthma. Experts recommend that parents create a hypoallergenic environment for their children, such as maintaining air circulation in the room, not smoking at home, and not using strong scented soap, shampoo, skin care products, and incense smoke.
In addition, the unconsciousness and self-medication of asthma patients may also have dire consequences. A few days ago, the People's Hospital of Hunan Province was informed of such cases of autonomy.
A 25-year-old woman who coughed repeatedly for more than a year was "customized" for a cold and took antitussives by herself. More than a year later, the cough suddenly worsened to make it difficult to gasp, and it was found to be "severe obstructive ventilation disorder". At the age of 25, she was born with a "growth" of more than 80 years old.
"Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the respiratory tract. Without effective treatment, it is easy to cause bronchial obstruction or contracture, and it may be fatal in severe cases. Therefore, patients must not take or stop the drug without permission, and should use the medicine reasonably as directed by the doctor." Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital Director Zhu Liming said.
"Many people think that the difficulty of breathing or wheezing is asthma, and cough and sputum are bronchitis. But in fact, there is an asthma that only manifests as cough, that is," cough variant asthma ". This particular type of asthma is easily misdiagnosed It is bronchitis, but the two treatment methods are different. Therefore, when you have repeated shortness of breath, chest tightness, and cough, you must be alert to bronchial asthma. "Zhu Liming said.
In addition, experts also said that uncontrolled asthma, regardless of the severity of the symptoms, the same proportion of deaths due to acute attacks of asthma, because even mild asthma symptoms should be paid attention to. At the same time, asthma treatment is a short-term process, but asthma treatment is a long-term process. Asthma symptoms disappear, and avoid repeated asthma attacks that may result from voluntary withdrawal.