They launch a digital app with tips for children with asthma

07/10/2018 –

The children's app "Busca a Guille", an interactive story to help children with asthma and their families, is now available as a free download on Google Play or App Store. identify in a simple, intuitive and fun way all the frequent situations that can occur with this disease. In addition, history shows how with proper diagnosis and control, you can lead a completely normal life.

Asthma is the most common chronic illness of childhood, which causes more hospitalizations and lost school days. Poorly controlled, it has a strong impact on school performance, as well as on the health and quality of life of the child.

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The application "Busca a Guille", an initiative of the Novartis laboratory, invites Guille, a 7-year-old animated character suffering from asthma, to face the different challenges posed by his illness . It's a story to read, listen to, see and play.

Also through the hashtag #buscaaguille, children and their families will be able to share their concerns and successes related to the management of their disease.

"It's a very original application that fulfills an educational function across the game, transmitting knowledge and focusing on conveying the message that asthma is controllable, regardless of whether or not it is controllable. of gravity, "said Ana Balanzat, full professor. Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine UBA.

Always with the company of his dog "Nera" and his teddy bear, from the application you can help Guille to play sax, to put a goal or to blow the candles for his birthday, all situations that often seem restricted to children with asthma.

It should be recalled that the disease is manifested by "exacerbations" or asthma attacks, produced by inflammation that narrows the airways, with obstruction of the airways and difficulty breathing