Asthma is a disease that causes a long-term inflammatory of the airways of the lungs
INTRODUCTION.
Asthma is a disease that causes a long-term inflammatory of the airways of the lungs. This inflammation of the airways causes difficulty in breathing, which can result in death. With the advent development of teenagers during puberty, it comes with its challenges that can sometimes hinder the management of the disease. Asthma management involves controlling asthma attacks with drugs and avoiding asthma triggers through medications. Common symptoms of asthma include coughing and difficulty in breathing, with severe symptoms ranging from short and detreating coughs and worsening symptoms at night (“Treating asthma in children age 12 and older”, n.d.).
Diagnosis of Asthma
ASTHMA MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT.
In managing and treating asthma attacks, it involves: avoiding asthma triggers, controlling asthma attacks with medications, identifying and recognizing symptoms, and immediately acting on them to mitigate asthma attacks and educating teenagers, teachers, and parents on asthma management. One of the ways to manage asthma is by avoiding asthma triggers through cleaning classrooms and houses. Teachers can also restrict or forbid students with asthma from cleaning classrooms. Implementation of these measures will be vital in making houses and classrooms free from dust (Sullivan et al., n.d.).
Secondly, medication is another measure of treating asthma. Treatment of asthma involves a series of drugs for short and long-term control, Long-term medicines such as inhaled corticosteroids, long-acting beta-agonists, and leukotriene modifiers used in treating asthma (“Treating asthma in children age 12 and older,” n.d.). Short-acting medications such as albuterol offer quick relieve to asthma symptoms and treating inflammation of airways. Medication can also consist of therapies. Therapists such as immunotherapy and biological therapy helps to build tolerance on asthma triggers. The medication also involves the use of medication devices such as inhalers. Inhalers like the Nebulizer, meter dose inhalers and the dry powdered allow teenagers to breathe medication directly to the lungs (“Treating asthma in children age 12 and older”, n.d.).
As teenagers continue to grow during puberty, managing asthma attacks can become problematic. Therefore, treating asthma requires sustainable strategies and a treatment plan that allows regular monitoring and recording of teenagers with asthma. Proper tracking of teenagers with asthma involves creating an action plan that monitors and record the effectiveness of the ongoing treatment of lungs. The action plan can consist of the names and age of the teenager, physician emergency contact information, and the type of dosage required in redressing asthma triggers (“Treating asthma in children age 12 and older”, n.d.).In return, this activity plan will help teenagers, teachers, and parents to monitor and manage asthma attacks in teenagers closely.
Educating parents, teachers, and teenagers on asthma management and treatment will be of immense value. This will provide crucial information that will help in creating awareness in managing and treating asthma. Teenagers with asthma will help t learn and understand what triggers their asthma attack. In return, this will enable them to control symptoms and live a healthy life. This is achieved by encouraging parents to create a conducive environment for their children to control asthma attacks. (Sullivan et al., n.d.).
Lastly, teachers should also enact specific policies to control asthma attacks in coolths that can be achieved by teachers thoroughly talk with the parent on the severity of the student’s asthma and current medication the student is taking. Teachers should also adequately discuss with students with asthma on the triggers of their asthma attacks (Sullivan et al., n.d).
CONCLUSION.
At the end of the therapeutic activity, the outcomes will enable me to meet treatment goals in teenagers such as treatment of inflammation airwaves through regular medications, allow teenagers to in managing and treatment of asthma, minimize the effects of asthma triggers and promote the use of short-acting medication in treating asthma attacks (“Treating asthma in children age 12 and older”, n.d.).