Asthma In Children: Helping A Child Use A Metered-dose Inhaler And Mask Spacer

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The medications used for asthma are often delivered through a metered-dose inhaler (MDI). Using an MDI with a mask spacer:

Helps a young child get an accurate dose of medication.
Delivers most of a measured dose of medication directly to your child's lungs.
Can help keep your child's asthma symptoms under control and may help prevent long-term damage to his or her lungs.
May prevent or decrease side effects of the medication.
May let your child use less medicine than is found in a pill but get the same effect.
May result in the medication working faster than a pill form.

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Last updated:	March 22, 2007
Author:	Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS
Reviewed By:	Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics, Harold S. Nelson, MD - Allergy and Immunology
Editors:	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Denele Ivins

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