Asthma In Children: The Asthma Child Treatment Plan
Asthma children treatment: an action plan
As soon as you confirm that the child asthma is the condition your kids are suffering from, here comes the time of treatment. If your children only have mild asthma (the most common situation), as soon as their doctor confirms the diagnosis, you should develop the most important part of asthma child treatment – the asthma action plan.
The child's asthma plan:First, there are two pieces of advice: (a) share the program with your child. (S)he will be much less frightened if she understands what's happening to her. (b) share the program with everyone else who needs to know - teachers, babysitters, your children's friends and relatives. This way in case of emergency everyone will know what to do. |
What your treatment plan should include:
1. The general issues are:
+ When and what long-term medications should be taken, if any
+ What triggers should be avoided (you will probably be adding new entries to this section all the time)
+ How often you should go with your child to see a doctor
2. The “defense” plan
+ How to know that the attack is beginning
+ Wwhat to do during the attack
+ Where to put medications
+ Who to call in case of trouble
When your child can't breathe, you simply can't waste time looking for the inhaler you forgot to put back on its place three months earlier.
3. The worst scenario - t he asthmatic child treatment action plan should also include the “worst scenario” actions like w hat to do if the situation doesn't change for better after taking rescue drugs. Remember that acute attacks of child asthma may require hospitalization to fully recover and it is an imperative to know who to call and where to go if the worst occurs.
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