Wednesday, 18 October 2023 – 21:14 WIB
Right – Hi moms, increasingly worsening air pollution often has an impact on children’s health, coughs and colds don’t seem to get better. And there are also things that cause children to experience shortness of breath.
Talking about shortness of breath in children, it is often associated with asthma. But can all shortness of breath in children be called asthma? Can children under five years of age be infected with asthma?
Let’s discuss it, Moms!
WHAT IS ASTHMA
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory respiratory disease characterized by difficulty breathing, wheezing, shortness of breath and coughing.
Reported on his YouTube page, Dr Andini Striratnaputri, SpA, Pediatric Specialist at Permata Depok Hospital, explained that Asthma is a chronic disease that is most often suffered by children, so it is a serious problem in the world.
Added by doctor Kasum Supriadi, Lung Specialist Doctor at Jatinegara Hospital on his YouTube page, Asthma is a type of long-term or chronic disease of the respiratory tract which is characterized by inflammation and narrowing of the airways which causes shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.
2023-10-18 14:14:00
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