Current Approach to Asthma Treatment in Children Aged Five Years and Younger

Year 2018, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 33 - 37, 06.03.2018

Prof. Dr. Zeynep Tamay

Abstract

Abstract

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness and chronic airway inflammation. Diagnosis of asthma inchildren aged five years and younger is mostly based on the symptom pattern, the presence of risk factors for asthma development and the benefit of therapeutic treatment.The goals of asthma management are to achieve good symptom control, to minimize complaints and rescue medication requirements, to improve quality of life, to maintain respiratory functions at normal levels. According to asthma guidelines, low-dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy is the first recommended treatment in patients with asthma and early treatment provides a more pronounced improvement in lung function.

Keywords

asthma, treatment, youngchildren

Beş Yaş ve Altı Çocuklarda Astım Tedavisine Güncel Yaklaşım

Abstract

Öz

Astım, havayolu aşırı duyarlılığı ve kronik solunum yolu inflamasyonu ile karakterize olan çocukluk çağının en sık kronik hastalıklarından biridir. Beş yaş ve altı çocuklarda astım tanısı çoğunlukla semptomlar, astım için risk faktörlerinin varlığı ve, astımtedavisine verilen yanıta dayanır. Astım tedavisinde amaç hastalığı kontrol altında tutmak, yakınmaları ve kurtarıcı ilaç gereksinimini en aza indirmek, yaşam kalitesini artırmak, solunum fonksiyonlarını normal düzeyde tutmaktır. Astım rehberlerine göre tanıkonulan tüm  hastalarda koruyucu tedavide ilk önerilen düşük doz inhale kortikosteroid (İKS) tedavisidir ve tedaviye mümkün olduğunca erken başlanması akciğer fonksi-yonunda daha belirgin iyileşme sağlamaktadır.

Keywords

astım, tedavi, küçük çocuklar

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