Children and Inhalers
For young children with asthma, it is very important to be aware of what can help them and their asthma and what cannot. Inhalers used to be touted as a way to improve the conditions of asthma. And it’s true that it will provide temporary relief of symptoms and allow the child to be healthy. But it doesn’t provide long term relief or cures. It was hoped that for children with an early onset of asthma there would be a way to improve the situation easily. But that hasn’t panned out, certainly not with regard to inhalers. Children do have some impressive ways of getting beyond such problems, because they are so good at bouncing back from scares like that. Inhalers are a good way of setting them back to normal, but it won’t cure the asthma. It might lessen it somewhat over time, but that evidence is not completely clear yet.