Pregnant women with asthma attacks should seek prompt medical attention, and its treatment mainly includes general treatment, inhaled drug treatment and systemic application of hormone therapy.
Asthma is a common chronic disease, clinical manifestations of recurrent attacks of shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness, cough and other symptoms.
1. General treatment: Immediately remove the triggers that lead to asthma attacks, and pay attention to avoiding exposure to allergens and irritants that are prone to asthma attacks in daily life. Severe asthma and persistent state can be positive pressure oxygen intubation when necessary.
2. Inhalation drug therapy: salbutamol or terbutaline inhaler can be used to relax the bronchial tubes and alleviate the symptoms of asthma; for patients with asthma that cannot be controlled by single inhalation of low-dose hormones, a combination of inhalation of long-acting β agonists can be used, and the commonly used medications are formoterol and salmeterol, and pregnant women should be cautious about the use of formoterol.
3. Systemic hormone therapy: severe, uncontrollable asthma during pregnancy poses a great risk to the mother and fetus, and should be actively treated with systemic hormone therapy as appropriate. Oral glucocorticosteroids such as prednisone, strict control of the dosage and time of pregnant women and the fetus is less likely to have adverse effects, but should still try to avoid long-term oral hormones.
Pregnant women with asthma during pregnancy need to pay attention to close follow-up, standardized treatment and management, do not unauthorized use of medication after pregnancy, drug reduction or discontinuation of medication, the specific use of medication and treatment recommendations to follow the doctor’s instructions.