ASTHMA IN CHILDREN: MAKING CHILDREN INDEPENDENT -LEAVING HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME

Posted by admin on March 19, 2011 under Asthma | Be the First to Comment

When the child leaves home for the first time to go to a boarding school, he should have a sound grasp of the fundamentals of asthma, should know how and when to use medications, how to seek additional care for acute relapses, i.e., learn all the techniques of self-management. The physician should prepare the child’s medical history and a current list of his medications which will help the school doctors. A special request can also be made to the school housing authorities for non-allergenic bedding, and an air-conditioned dormitory.
Sometimes the first term in the hostel produces a dramatic improvement, mainly because a dust mite or pet-sensitive child leaves a dusty home or where his pets were kept. There are cases where a child has been able to stop all asthma medications in school, but experienced a severe relapse on returning home for a holiday. Re-exposure to the family home infested with dust mites and animals is usually the cause of such relapses.
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