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Health Encyclopedia: Asthma Signs And Symptoms In Children
- Asthma Signs and Symptoms in Children
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes of Childhood Asthma
- Childhood Asthma Prognosis
- Childhood Asthma Risk Factors
- Childhood Asthma Diagnosis
Symptoms
In children with asthmatic symptoms, it is particularly important to first consider as a possible cause inhaled foreign objects such as peanuts, viral infections such as croup, and bacterial infections, which may be accompanied by high fever and progress rapidly. Any child who has frequent coughing or respiratory infections should be checked for asthma.
Typical Asthma Symptoms
The classic symptoms of an asthma attack include:
- Wheezing when breathing out is nearly always present during an at...
Expert & Community Posts
The Croup/Reflux Connection
By Jan Gambino , Health Expert...released this week found a connection between chronic croup and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.... Read more »
Understanding Cough Variant Asthma
By Kathi MacNaughton , Health ExpertCough variant asthma, or CVA for short, is a less common form of asthma that is characterized by... Read more »
Wipe Out the Germs in Your Home
By Allison Janse , Health Expert...community toothbrush holder, which could be a pool of contagion (those bristles almost always... Read more »
Can I "Catch" a Mood Disorder?
By Chris Ballas, M.D. , Health ExpertMy husband suffers from bipolar disorder, and I have recently found myself becoming increasingly... Read more »
Contagious Weight Gain
By Heather Reese , Health ExpertNew scientific studies are released daily, often reporting a grim prognosis for our future health.... Read more »
Health Guide
Pneumonia: Causes
...People with active symptoms of illness are clearly contagious. It is not known, however, how early contagion begins before symptoms appear, or how long contagion might linger after the symptoms... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Introduction
...minutes or to spend inordinate amounts of time cleaning their surroundings in order to subdue the fear of contagion.Over half of OCD-sufferers have obsessive thoughts without the ritualistic... Read more »Immunizations: Highlights
RotavirusRotavirus causes vomiting and watery diarrhea that can be especially severe in infants and young children. It is the most common cause of severe diarrhea in children and is... Read more »Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Lifestyle Changes
The following are some tips for maintaining a healthy diet:Eat a diet low in saturated fats. Not all fats are unhealthy. Some studies suggest that omega-3 fatty acids, which are fat... Read more »Immunizations: Smallpox
SmallpoxVaccination against smallpox used to be routine in the US until 1972, and most older Americans bear the telltale small round smallpox vaccination scar on their upper arms. Immunity may last... Read more »Related News
New drug approved for 'pink eye'
June 03, 2009A new drug called Besivance has been approved for bacterial conjunctivitis, the contagious condition commonly known as "pink eye." Read summary »
Slideshow: Identifying rashes
June 03, 2009In this slideshow, expert give photos and descriptions of some of the most common rashes. The experts give information on the rashes' symptoms,... Read summary »
ADHD contagious?: Children misunderstand condition, medicines
October 02, 2008Schoolchildren have many misconceptions about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), an Australian researcher has found. Among these... Read summary »
Happiness is contagious, study finds
December 08, 2008If you're happy, you might have your friends to thank, new research suggests. In a recent study, scientists looked at the happiness of nearly 5,000... Read summary »
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