Number of asthma sufferers in Indonesia continued to increase sharply Last post a few years, especially in South Sumatra. Most asthma occur in children and potentially interfere with the growth and development. Asthma itself is a disease that has many causes and factors most often because of atopy (allergy). This disease is associated with hereditary disease. If one or both parents, grandfather or grandmother astma children suffer can be lowered to the child.

Part disease in FK Unsri / RSMH Palembang, Prof. Dr. Salim Mart Eddy, SpPD-KAI some time ago. say, the factors that cause and trigger asthma include house dust mites, animal fur, smoke, smoke mosquito coil, and others. Some foods which trigger such as cow’s milk, fish, fruits, nuts and even the weather factor. “In foreign countries, people with asthma decreased dramatically, while in our area increased. Research in Palembang and test each patient’s asthma, 80 percent of asthma triggers are factors that house dust and air pollution, “he said.

In addition to the dust factor, the food industry products with artificial coloring (eg tartazine), preservatives (metabisulfit), and MSG (monosodium glutamate-MSG) can also trigger asthma. “The condition of other triggers that can cause asthma is the activity, infectious diseases, emotions or stress,” said Eddy Salim Mart.

Participants before the meeting, Eddy said, if there had been a genetic factor, then immediately conducted bermanifes prevention, environmental factors that must be manipulated. “Someone has the potential asthma should stay away from objects that absorb dust, such as carpet rugs, furry dolls should be cleaned and shunned,” he said.
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Frequent relapse and recurrence of asthma complaints, so that frustrated parents eventually moved from one doctor to another doctor. This is done because often the complaints are allergies in children are often given drugs relapse, although the most expensive and best. If management is not done properly and correctly, then the complaint will allergies or asthma, and there is a tendency over naughty. Recurrent relapses will lead to increased health care expenses. But to be more attention is the increase risk for the occurrence of side effects from medication. Not infrequently with asthma get the treatment of antibiotics, anti-allergy or even a steroid in a long time.

Eddy Mart According to Salim, people with asthma are at risk of anaphylactic reactions due to food allergies can be fatal, life-threatening. Food is particularly frequent cause of fatal reactions are nuts, fish and eggs. After eating certain foods packed reaction, wheezing, fainting, and disorders of consciousness. If not immediately life-threatening can be saved.

To overcome asthma sufferers who have not been to the doctor, usually, people buy medicines in the shop. Of course, these drugs have limitations. If you go to the doctor, the drug that will be used there are two kinds. The first preventive medicine (controller) in the form of suction, if he attack (attack) bersipat salve medicine. “Medicine is not very effective fighter because at any moment will recur so that the required controller medications,” said Eddy Salim Mart.

(source : Sriwijaya Post – Sabtu, 26 Desember 2009)