Asthma is one of lung disease that related to genetically factor

Asthma

Asthma is one of lung disease that related to genetically factor.
Cause: The cause of asthma is a temporary constriction of the respiratory tract that can cause sufferers to feel shortness of breath.

Vessel constriction occurs in the throat. Heredity was instrumental in this disease, if there are parents or grandparents who suffer from this disease can be decreased to children or grandchildren.

Asthma often triggered by allergic to things like dust, temperature changes, humidity, excessive exercise or emotional tension that may mislead allergy membranes lining the vessels will swell and excessive mucus so that the vessels become narrow and the patient could not breathe. Despite the shortness of breath attacks can go away, but a heavy attack if not treated can cause death because people can not breathe.

Asthma symptoms: Shortness of breath accompanied by wheezing sound (wheezing) Prevention and solution: Avoid things that can cause allergies in people, causing asthma attacks. Example by cleaning the dust on the mattresses, pillows or blankets. Avoid temperature and humidity extremes, piaran animals or food that can cause allergies.

Asthma treatment: In order to overcome asthma attacks is to use a salve medicine (bronchodilator) inhaled way. Another way is to do therapy that will teach you how to relax and catch my breath in the event of an asthma attack. When asthma is severe, can take medication every day to salve an asthma attack can be controlled. Thus, it is advisable for sufferers to always take medicine salve wherever he went in order to be used in the event of an attack. The research results found that laugh is not always a best medicine; otherwise, a laugh that is not correct can make asthma worse increases.

tuberculosis is one of lung diseases causes by bactery

Tuberculosis (TB)

The second lung disease is Tuberculosis.
Cause: The disease tuberculosis is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The disease can be transmitted through saliva when people spray cough.

Tuberculosis symptoms: cough with phlegm for more than three weeks. It can also be accompanied by bleeding cough. Patients will experience a fever, especially in the afternoon or evening, sweating at night. Decreased appetite, which causes the body to be thin.

Tuberculosis prevention and solutions: If there are friends, neighbors or family members who experience these symptoms, you should suggest to consult a doctor to see if the cough is TB disease or not. Because sometimes a cough illness is often considered trivial, but this disease can kill someone if not immediately addressed and can be transmitted to others.

Tuberculosis treatment: When it is known from an early age are not too expensive and easy to cure because there has been government provided drugs. If necessary, patients with TB can also be quarantined in a special place so as not to transmit the disease.

This disease is also true is one that has conquered the disease, but later returned to attack. One of them is due to tuberculosis patients are not spending their medication. Drugs must be taken regularly for 6 to 9 months to cure this disease. Not spend the drug can cause people can not recover and lead a drug can no longer fight germs because germs become resistant.

Pneumonia

Cause: Pneumonia is an infection that occurs in the lung tissue (parenchymal) caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi. Generally caused by streptococcal bacteria (Streptococcus) and Mycoplasma pneumoniae bacteria.

Pneumonia symptoms: Coughing up phlegm with thick phlegm and yellow, chest pains and shortness of breath accompanied by a high fever.

Prevention and solutions: Always maintain cleanliness and keep the immune system stay strong to prevent the bacteria can not penetrate the body’s health defense. Get used to wash hands, eating nutritious foods or exercise regularly.

Pneumonia treatment: When has suffered from pneumonia, is usually cured by taking antibiotics.

Bronchitis

Other lung disease named Bronchitis.
Cause: Disease bronchitis due to inflammation of the bronchi (the channel that carries air into the lungs). Because the infection can cause germs, bacteria or viruses. Other causes are cigarette smoke, dust, or air pollutants.

Bronchitis symptoms: Cough with fever or yellow sputum, if caused by a bacteria infection. Meanwhile, when is chronic, cough up phlegm and shortness of breath for a few months to several years.

Prevention and solutions: Improve endurance is one of prevention can be done. Meanwhile, to prevent chronic bronchitis is to stop smoking also avoid secondhand smoke to avoid exposure to secondhand smoke is very dangerous.

Bronchitis treatment: To treat if caused by bacteria or germs can be overcome by taking the doctor recommended antibiotics. If it caused by a virus, commonly used drugs to relieve symptoms.

Lung Cancer

Cause: Cancer has become a deadly disease, even lung cancer is the first killer than any other cancer. Or cancerous tumor cells that grow in the lungs experienced by patients with lung cancer. Cancer can grow in this tissue and can spread to other parts. The main cause is cigarette smoke contains many toxic substances and inhaled into the lungs and has accumulated over decades causing mutations in the airway cells and causes cancer cells.

Another cause is the active radio radiation, toxic chemicals, stress or heredity.

Lung Cancer symptoms: Coughing, chest pains, shortness of breath, coughing up blood, tiredness and weight loss. But as in other cancer types, symptoms are generally only visible when the cancer is growing or has spread.

Prevention and solutions: Avoiding cigarettes and cigarette smoke are also more nutritious foods that contain lots of antioxidants to prevent cancer cells.

Lung Cancer symptoms: Coughing, chest pains, shortness of breath and coughing up blood

Emphysema

Cause: Emphysema caused by loss of elasticity of the alveoli. Alveoli themselves are bubbles contained in the lungs. In people with emphysema, lung volume is greater than a healthy person because the carbon dioxide should be expelled from the lungs are trapped inside. Cigarette smoke and lack of the enzyme alpha-1-antitripsin is the cause of loss of elasticity of the lung.

Emphysema symptoms: Shortness of breath in a long time and can not be cured with drugs commonly used salve shortness of breath sufferers. Decreased appetite and decreased weight are also common in people with emphysema.

Prevention and solutions: Avoiding cigarette smoke is the best step to prevent this disease. Quitting smoking is also very important.

Because the disease of the lungs, primarily caused by cigarette smoke, then you should immediately cease this practice and do not try to start it for you who never smoked belm. Also to avoid exposure to secondhand smoke is even more dangerous than active smokers. Loved the lung, avoid lung disease, and you can breathe more freely.

We can be contagious germs of tuberculosis (TB) if contact with tuberculosis patients. Your child can be in contact with people outside the home because he was already in school.

tuberculosis virus

At home he was not only the contact with the parents and his sisters or brothers, but also possible with the adjuvant, a driver, or others who live in your home.

Immunization against tuberculosis cannot fully guarantee your child will not be exposed to TB. Tuberculosis diagnosis in children sometimes not easy.

You are lucky because the diagnosis done successful. Live therapy is conducted properly. TB drug therapy is available in Indonesia so that the complete success of the therapy is determined more by patient adherence to drink the medicine.

Tuberculosis therapy is done with a combination of anti-tuberculosis (oat) drug treatment, at least for six months. Therapy usually begins with the intensive phase of two months. At this phase of oat is usually given four different and then proceed with further phases of the amount of medicine a little more (usually two).

Please note, the drug, long intensive phase, and duration of therapy depends on the overall situation of the disease. You can ask your child to the doctor about the therapy design.

I am glad you are also concerned about the side effects because the medicine can help your awareness of the possibility of occurrence of these side effects. However, I also hope that you are not too afraid of side effects because oat general side effects are not severe and if there can be overcome. You also need to know only a small part of the oat drink the medication side effects, so that drug side effects problems hopefully not lessen the intention of oat therapy to your child.

tuberculosis on children

Of different types of oat, I will only discuss side effects INH, rifampisin, etambutol, and pirazinamid. INH side effect is hepatitis (liver inflammation), The frequency is low in children. In the adult hepatitis due to INH can range 0.3 to 3 percent. Other side effects are neuropati (feeling of pins in the feet and hands), but usually can be overcome by giving the medicine vitamin B6. While the side effects commonly found in the aberration is rifampisin skin (itching), and hepatitis. Etambutol can cause side effects on the eye, but the frequency is less than 1 percent. However, in the etambutol should do the monitoring. Pirazinamid can also cause side effects on the heart.

In general, if side effects occur, oat suspended or re-used with the dose gradually or replaced. Generally, side effects can be overcome oat and oat therapy can be continued until the patient recovered.

With the attention and support you as a mother, I believe your child will be able to complete the therapy and achieve healing from tuberculosis disease.