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My children aged 6 years is suffering from asthma right from the fourth year she was hospitalized for one time due to severe asthma attack we are maintaining using foracort 200 to control asthma, yesterday onwards she is coughing occasionally and wheezing slightly is this an asthma attack?then what is the medication to treat the attack fastly.
There are two main types of medications used to treat asthma: Long-term control medications such as inhaled corticosteroids are the most important medications used to keep asthma under control.
These preventive medications treat the airway inflammation that leads to asthma symptoms.
IMmmediate-relief inhalers contain a fast-acting medication such as albuterol.These are Beta 2 agonists, sometimes called rescue inhalers which quickly open your airways(bronchodilatation) and make breathing easier.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. AJEET SINGH
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Hello There are two main types of medications used to treat asthma: Long-term control medications such as inhaled corticosteroids are the most important medications used to keep asthma under control. These preventive medications treat the airway inflammation that leads to asthma symptoms. IMmmediate-relief inhalers contain a fast-acting medication such as albuterol.These are Beta 2 agonists, sometimes called rescue inhalers which quickly open your airways(bronchodilatation) and make breathing easier. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr. AJEET SINGH