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  • Disease name: Asthma
  • Part: neck
  • Department: Department of Respiratory Medicine
  • Symptoms and signs: sneezing, runny nose, cough, chest tightness, forced to sit or breathe upright, dry cough or cough a lot of white foam sputum, even cyanosis, cyanosis, but generally can be relieved by self or by self or by using antiasthmatic drugs, and some patients can recur after several hours of remission, even leading to persistent asthma.
Disease Overview
Bronchial asthma (asthma) is a chronic airway inflammation involving many kinds of cells, especially mast cells, eosinophils and T lymphocytes. In susceptible people, such inflammation can cause repeated wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and (or) cough, which usually occurs at night and (or) early in the morning. The airway is highly responsive to various stimuli. View Details
clinical manifestation
Sneezing, runny nose, cough, chest tightness, forced to sit or breathe upright, dry cough or cough up a lot of white foam sputum, even cyanosis, cyanosis, but generally can be relieved by themselves or by themselves or by using antiasthmatic drugs and other treatment, some patients can recur after several hours of remission, or even lead to persistent asthma. View Details
disease control
The drugs for treating asthma can be divided into "seizure control drugs" and "relief drugs". Seizure control drugs have anti-inflammatory effects, also known as "anti-inflammatory drugs". Regular use can control chronic airway inflammation, reduce or even avoid acute attacks of asthma, control the development of asthma, and stabilize lung function. Paroxysmal relievers have bronchodilator effect, so they are also called "bronchodilators", which are usually used on demand during acute attack of asthma. View Details

The doctor said

Chen Yuzhi
Professor, Asthma Prevention and Education Center, Capital Institute of Pediatrics

Experts talk about childhood asthma online
Children with asthma can get the so-called cure tendency in clinical practice, but if they do not have good medical treatment and non-standard treatment, they may really have disability and lifelong medication.
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