{"id":12495,"date":"2026-02-12T07:40:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/menonitasalud.wpenginepowered.com\/childhood-asthma-prevention-and-daily-control\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:07:07","slug":"childhood-asthma-prevention-and-daily-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planmenonita.org\/en\/childhood-asthma-prevention-and-daily-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood asthma: prevention and daily control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asthma is a common condition in children that affects their health and can make activities such as playing, playing sports, going to school, and sleeping well difficult. During childhood, the lungs are easily irritated and inflamed when a child is exposed to asthma triggers.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parents play an important role in asthma prevention and control. With proper medical follow-up and daily control measures, it is possible to keep asthma under control. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Learn about the causes of asthma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although it is sometimes difficult to know what triggers asthma, these factors often cause symptoms:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Viral infections, such as the common cold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Air pollutants, such as tobacco smoke<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allergies to dust mites, pet dander, pollen, or mold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intense physical activity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weather changes or exposure to cold air<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Warning signs you should not ignore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wheezing or whistling sounds when breathing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chest tightness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fatigue when playing or exercising<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The plan that can save breaths<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pediatrician can create an <strong>Asthma Action Plan<\/strong>, which tells you step-by-step what to do based on your child&#8217;s symptoms:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Zone<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>What it means<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>What to do<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#00d084\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">*<\/mark><\/strong> Green<\/td><td>Controlled asthma<\/td><td>Continue using daily medications, if applicable<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">*<\/mark><\/strong> Yellow<\/td><td>Symptoms appear<\/td><td>Use rescue inhaler<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">*<\/mark><\/strong> Red<\/td><td>Severe crisis<\/td><td>Seek emergency care<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Each zone indicates:<\/strong> which medications to use (pills, liquids, or inhalers), when to administer them, and in what amount.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recommendations for caring for the breathing of a child with asthma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Take them to all follow-up appointments with the pediatrician.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn how to use and clean inhalers and other medical equipment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vaccinate the child against influenza every season.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share the action plan with school staff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kidshealth.org\/es\/parents\/asthma-basics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KidsHealth \u2013 Asthma in children<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lung.org\/lung-health-diseases\/lung-disease-lookup\/asthma\/managing-asthma\/children-and-asthma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Lung Association \u2013 Children and Asthma<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org\/just-ask-childrens\/articles\/asthma-in-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Children\u2019s Colorado \u2013 Asthma in Kids<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/acaai.org\/asthma\/asthma-101\/who-gets-asthma\/asthma-in-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American College of Allergy, Asthma &amp; Immunology \u2013 Asthma in Children<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asthma is a common condition in children that affects their health and can make activities such as playing, playing sports, going to school, and sleeping well difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":273802760,"featured_media":12694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enfermedades-cronicas-en"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/planmenonita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Asma-Infantil-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planmenonita.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planmenonita.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planmenonita.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planmenonita.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/273802760"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planmenonita.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planmenonita.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planmenonita.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planmenonita.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planmenonita.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planmenonita.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}