It is normal to: Breathe harder and faster but you should recover at rest. Your heart rate will increase. You will feel hot and sweaty. You will look flushed and pink. You must stop if: You start to cough or wheeze. You gasp for air. Your chest feels tight. You cannot talk or speak to […]
Asthma symptoms you might notice at night include: Cough. Wheeze. Shortness of breath. Difficulty getting to sleep. Poor quality , un-refreshing , fragmented sleep. Wakening earlier. All of these cause you to have a bad night and can be very frightening, and results in an increase in day time sleepiness. This can be called ‘nocturnal asthma’.
Not every child will have all of these symptoms. If you notice any of them you should seek help right away: Disturbed sleep due to symptoms. Troublesome cough. Coughing spasms. Cough until they gag or vomit. A wheeze which can clearly be heard. Tummy or ribs visibly sucking in when breathing. Lethargic / sleepy / […]
Children can start to understand cause and effect so they start to recognise when they are becoming breathless and what to do about it. Sometimes they will know what triggers to avoid. They can identify how they feel. They can sometimes feel symptoms before we can see them. Listen to them and what they say! […]
In the early hours of the morning everyone’s airways become a bit narrower and breathing is slower. People without asthma don’t notice anything but children with asthma can find it harder to breathe at night. If they have asthma they are breathing less easily at this time and may wake up with a night time […]
Small children are not physically stronger than you but they can be emotionally stronger. They know what buttons to push to get a response. If they start to cry and fight this makes the child cough and wheeze. They know that you don’t want to see them cry or cough or wheeze so you stop […]
Q. Which of the following statements are true or false. Select true or false for each one. 1. Asthma is common TrueFalse 2. Asthma causes swelling and narrowing in the airways TrueFalse 3. Asthma is curable TrueFalse 4. You can catch asthma from someone else TrueFalse 5. […]
Estimates vary but around 1 in 11 or 1 in 13 children in the UK have asthma. This means the majority of children with wheeze caused by viruses will ‘grow out’ of their symptoms by school age. Children with asthma are often wheezy and have symptoms even when they don’t have a cold, for example […]
Your child may get wheezy each time they get a cold or they may only become wheezy on one occasion. Coughs and colds are very common in all young children and it is not unusual for toddlers and young children to get up to 10 colds a year. It can sometimes feel like your child […]
Wheeze can be caused by viruses and the common cold and other trigger factors. It is very common. Up to half of all children will have had at least one wheezy episode in their preschool years. Wheeze is a high pitched or whistling sound that is caused by a cough or cold creating swelling and […]
