An 8-year-old boy presents with a chronic cough

Subject:BiologyPrice: Bought3

Share With

An 8-year-old boy presents with a chronic cough. His mother says that he coughs frequently throughout the day and has symptoms 2 or 3 nights a month as well. This has been an intermittent problem for approximately a year, but seems to be worse in the spring and autumn. He also coughs more when he is riding his bike or playing soccer. He has been treated twice in the past year for "bronchitis" with antibiotics and cough suppressants but the symptoms never clear up completely. His examination is normal except for his lungs, which reveal expiratory wheezing. You ?diagnose him with asthma and prescribe a salbutamol inhaler.

 

could you please explain to me :

 

1. What is the rationale behind the prescription of salbutamol?                                   

 

2. What side effects should the mother be made aware of with the use of salbutamol? 

 

3. What medications can be used to provide long-term control of this boy's asthmatic symptoms?