Asma na infância e a importância da integralização do cuidado

This article sought to review the impact of asthma as a chronic disease on children's health and quality of life, as well as to clarify the importance of adequate care in the treatment of the disease. Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood, it involves genetic and environmental factors and causes physical damage, psychological and social suffering to the affected children. It is an inflammation of the airways characterized by episodes of airflow obstruction, generating symptoms such as dyspnea, wheezing, chest compression and cough. The treatment presents challenges such as the lack of information from caregivers and the inappropriate use of devices, impairing the efficiency in controlling the disease. This situation increases with hospitalizations and interferes with the performance of daily activities, impairing children's school and social development. Therefore, multidisciplinary management and coordinated actions in the family, health services and the school environment are necessary to effectively control the disease and include this patient. Such measures seek to promote personalized treatment considering the biopsychosocial aspects, which guarantees an improvement in the quality of life of the asthmatic child.