Treating Children With Asthma

Asthma attacks can happen almost at any time, and with young Children they will always need special treatment. Having had my own Son who's Asthma was very bad when he was little, I do understand just how bad things can be. There's no set pattern of just when they're going happen, or in the severity of the attack.

After doing several articles on different ailments I began to get a picture about natural cures, and the treatment for these different ailments. This picture was becoming quite clear that it's our diet that causes the breakdown in our bodies natural defense system, which causes the attacks in the first place. In the treatment of children with asthma it can be very difficult, as the each age of the child would mean a different types of food as the child grows from a baby.

For the best start for any baby would be it's Mothers own milk, but if the Mother has not had a good staple diet she could pass on all manner of toxins to the baby. If she was slightly over weight all manner of pollution and toxins could be in her body stored in her fat. But on the other hand if the Mothers has been on the right type of foods, and was totally free of toxins the baby would have a better start in life. Silly as it may seem this would be a treatment for the child itself.

I should explain at this point that it has been proved by Medical research that the food we eat has a direct result on how our body performs health wise. Some foods have an acidic level that remains in the fat we have on our bodies, and this then attacks the good cells that are needed to repair damaged cells. Perhaps I should explain at this point what acidic foods are, as compared to alkaline. Things like meat are very acidic although I know that this can be a hard thing to give up. Sugar and sugar products like chocolate, and heavy carbohydrates like bread, pasta, and rice. On the other hand things like fresh fruit, and vegetables can equalise the balance. I'm not saying that you should stick to just fruit and vegetables as I'm sure it this would be a very hard thing to do.

Going back to Asthma, and on the the onset of an Asthma attack in an adult is something that most adults take in their stride. They know that this has happened several times before, and with the right medication they can get some form of relief. By this I'm not saying that the adult doesn't worry about an attack, as I'm sure he does. Each attack is different with its severity and duration. But the patient does have the knowledge of what is going on, and he does have the knowledge that he can resolve the discomfort of feeling wheezy.

But in a child this is different. If it's their first attack it's probably something they don't understand. In a very young child who can't communicate you can imagine what goes through his or her mind. Their little heart would be working probably twice as fast, and if you've ever heard a young child fighting for his breath you would know what I'm saying.

Food for a young child can be difficult, especially if you have to prepare each single meal yourself. The baby food off the shelf in your Supermarket, or whatever shop from is convenient, but please bare in mind the amount of preservative that is in them. So by producing the individual meals yourself your child would stand a better chance of fighting off disease, as his body would then be producing the right type of cells to prevent attacks.

As the child gets older the parent would get into a routine of training the child to take his or her inhalers so the child begins to understand that this is something that needs to be done every day. From this point the child would then recognise when he or she begins to get wheezy, and that by going to his or her parents they know that by having their inhalers they start to feel better.

I can remember quite clearly about my own Son when he was little on how we had to make the trip to the Asthma Clinic on Great Charles Street in Birmingham, and how we would have to park down at Snow Hill station. From this point the walk up to the Clinic was quite a climb, which left me out of breath never mind my Son who was the Asthmatic.

Once you start going to places like that your child will know that there's something different about them compared to other children, which can cause a stigma in their mind. From my own point of view it was nice knowing that he was getting the best attention he could have, especially when you could narrow it down knowing what allergies affected him, and how you could avoid them.

Understanding Asthma as a parent is an ongoing thing, and once you're under the wing of a good Doctor, or Specialist it's very comforting to say the least, and is highly recommended as they know and understand what causes attacks, and then the best way forward for relief. At this point don't be shy to ask your Doctor or Specialist about your child's food, as more and more of them are Nutritionists.

Summing up I would say that the Medical profession has come on in leaps and bounds with the regard to helping Asthma in Children. As an adult you understand more of what types of help there is available. Whether this comes in the form of diet, or breathing control this will be down to the individual, but for Children and especially young Children your Chest Specialist will be your best friend at understanding what's best for your child.