Allergic rhinitis, a condition that manifests a high percentage of children carries the risk of developing asthma. Early consultation with the doctor is still the main form of prevention to avoid greater evils.
Allergic respiratory disease always begins with the entrance channel: the nose. When allergic rhinitis begins to affect the nose, problems begin to gradually expand to the rest of the respiratory system.
How rhinitis can trigger asthma?
First, when the nasal mucosa becomes inflamed and produce excessive secretions, there is a tendency to breathe through the mouth. When air enters the nose, it filters out particles in the air and heats it, and preparing for entry into the lungs. The mouth does not make any of these functions, so that when your child has allergic rhinitis and mouth breathing, dirty and cold air enters your lungs.
The air begins to sensitize the respiratory system, causing bronchial conditions, over time, can cause asthma or other respiratory impairment.
How to prevent asthma in children?
As soon as you detect the first symptoms of allergic rhinitis, consult your pediatrician. Diagnosis and treatment can prevent rhinitis is complicated, and significantly improve the quality of life of the child.
In addition, controlled rhinitis prevents incorrect mouth breathing and nasal mucosa maintained in good condition, preventing allergic respiratory disease from spreading to the lungs.
Similarly, if the child shows signs of asthma, is an important point to the doctor, in order to perform the diagnosis and treatment setting. Children whose respiratory allergic disease has been prolonged, should receive a treatment that covers all the symptoms, reactions and organs involved