All about Asthma in children | What Causes Asthma? | Understanding Childhood Asthma - Dr Allan

Asthma isn’t just an adult condition-it’s surprisingly common in children too. In this video, Dr. Allan Pereira, Pediatrician & Allergy Specialist at The Children's Hospital, Malad, Mumbai explains what happens in asthma, why untreated asthma can be dangerous, and the symptoms parents should look out for-even if your child doesn’t wheeze. Learn about the genetic and environmental factors that could be affecting your child’s health.
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About Dr. Allan Pereira
Dr. Allan Pereira is a dedicated pediatrician with expertise in Pediatric Intensive Care, Respiratory Disorders, and Allergic Disorders. With an M.B.B.S., M.D., and a Fellowship in Allergy & Clinical Immunology, he specializes in childhood allergies, asthma, and immunotherapy. Dr. Pereira also conducts workshops on Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS) and Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
About The Children’s Hospital Mumbai
The Children’s Hospital Mumbai, Malad believes that your children need specially designed health care services with unique needs, which can only be fulfilled by speciality-trained paediatrics and child specialists. Our board-certified paediatrician and child specialists are caring, that provide complete medical care specialized in taking care of acute illness, chronic disease, and a rehabilitation program.
We offer general pediatric care and also routine checkups for your children, we have specialized nursing and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), that can handle complex care including complex neurological treatment, cancer and sudden cardiac arrests.
Our Child specialist is gentle and caring, who perceives your child’s physical, mental, and behavioural health issues faced during the stages of development in both sickness and health. As we believe that even your healthy children need preventive health services during their growth and evolution.
The expert child specialists at The Children's Hospital Mumbai, diagnose and treat childhood illnesses, from mild health issues including allergies, colds, lice, worms, and ear infections to serious diseases involving orthopaedics, genetic disorders, cancer, infectious diseases, etc.
Our pediatric clinic provides specialised care for premature babies and newborns with close monitoring. We believe all our little patients need advancing children’s health and health care from start to end, which requires extra time, continuous supervision, and a nurturing environment.
Technologies used at The Children’s Hospital Mumbai:
Our childcare unit has a dedicated Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) equipped with advanced robotic ventilators including High-Frequency Jet Ventilation (HFJV), BiPAP (non-invasive ventilation), and life monitoring systems including multipara monitors. Which provides complete care to an array of illnesses including epileptics, respiratory disorders including complex breathing problems, asthmatics, and pneumonia in children.
Additionally, we are equipped with a Neonatal Transport Incubator with a ventilator for relocating ill babies and infants to our hospital. Some of the services include:
● Preventive, screening and wellness pediatric services such as health checks, immunisation, ophthalmology, immunisation, behavioural counselling, and learning disorders counselling.
● Pediatric Lab diagnostics and medical scanning including EEG, X-Ray, 2D Echo, Sonography and OAE / BERA.
● Pediatric rehabilitation and physical therapy.
● Rapid care team specialized in pediatric airway management and pediatric-specific standards.
● Oximeter monitoring for infants and small children.
● Pacifier to provide newborn pain management.
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