Albuterol
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E.r. Visit Today - but Symptoms Still Seem to Be There.
Asked by E.B. from Miami
on April 18, 2010
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I took my 19 month old to the e.r. This morning with heavy pulling in the chest (asthma like symptoms) but we won't call it asthma because this is the very first episo...
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- Was he weezing or did his chest feel tight or heavy? I have never heard "pulling" before, so maybe they are having trouble understanding his symtoms the way you are d...
- My son had a similar incident and I thought it was maybe bronchitis so I had him get in the hot shower...it did not help as he was having an asthma attack and I did no...
- Good gracious - did they send him home with no medication? Regardless of whether or not they call it asthma, if he's having trouble breathing, he could be in trouble....
Orapred ODT / Steroid for "Asthma"
Asked by K.O. from Detroit
on May 5, 2009
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My 3 1/2 year old has been coughing non-stop at night. His ped. tried some stuff and nothing worked so we went to see an allergist/specialist in better breathing. He s...
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- Hi K. - My now 19 m/o was prescribed Orapred chewables for a few days after finishing a prescription of Pulmicort back when he was 12 m/o or so after battling a ba...
- I have three kids. two of which have asthma. they both use a nebulizer and during bad spells or certain times of year we do use a liquid steroid as well. yes it does h...
- There are always so many moms out there asking questions about asthma! When my kids were little, I didn't know one person with asthma. It must be something in the env...
Bronchiolitis
Asked by K.O. from New York
on January 30, 2010
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Hi moms-
My 5 month old had developed bronchiolitis. She is really stuffy and keeps coughing. As a result she's not sleeping well. I know that it's a virus and we mu...
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- My son had this when he was 3 months old. I feel for you! It's terrible! Our doctor gave us a nebulizer and albuteral for him to be used every 4 hours. I don't th...
- Hi K., I have put a little ground up alfalfa and vitamin C in a bit of juice or water. But make sure your doctor is ok with it. Are you using the little bulb syring...
- Look on the bottle and/or ask your doctor, but Vick's Vaporub makes a Baby Vicks version that I've used on both of my boys when they were infants. I'm pretty sure I us...
Thank
Asked by K.L. from Washington DC
on April 29, 2010
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I have a 26 mth old daugther, who has had 3 episodes of weezing. The doctor mentioned putting her on pulmacort at her follow up visit next week. I have read that their...
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- My son (2.5) has a whole asthma plan, so he's on pulmacort quite a bit. No problems with it whatsoever. Often kids get really hyped up on albuterol (my son does) and...
- My son, who is now 12 yrs old, has been on Pulmicort since he was little ... and still occasionally uses it. He's had no side effects that I know of, but I do feel th...
- I've used Pulmicort for many years, and would be on meds with stronger side effects if I couldn't use this. The cortisone is delivered in very small doses directly to ...
Asthma
Asked by K.O. from Springfield
on January 22, 2010
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I have a almost 3 year old that was recently diagnosed with asthma. Whenever he gets a cold, he ends up having a dry cough all night long. We have done all the breat...
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- My son had the same problem. We had albuterol..then switched to Xopenex (same stuff but not hyper side effect). Those are "rescue" therapies made to open up his airw...
- sleep kinda sitting up may help a little
- The Singulaire idea is great, as well as putting in the air purifier in the bedroom(we have a hepa-filter air purifier). Our son had a chronic cough at night that was...
Asthma & Steroids
Asked by A.T. from Yuba City
on April 1, 2008
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Hello,
I am seeking advice from other Mom's that have experience with young Children with Asthma. My son who was born with Asthma has been on Allergy medicine and (a...
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- It seems like so many are going through the same situation. My daughter started with allergies and asthma as a baby as well. We had her on liquid steroids 2 times a da...
- Hi A., All three of our children including my husband and I suffer from allergies. Since we moved to East Contra Costa County, I can add allergy induce asthma to my l...
- Singulair was that magic pill for my son who is now 7. He has had asthma since he was very young. We started him on the Singulair a little over 2 years ago. It has ...
Could It Be Allergies or Asthma????
Asked by M. from Minneapolis
on July 23, 2007
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Hi,
My 1 y.o has had a really bad cough for about 6 weeks now with a lot of wheezing. He will cough so hard he throws up. We've been to his ped. twice and he's rule...
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- My daughter is like that in the winter and they won't call it asthma but they have me use a neubulizer with albuterol and it works like a charm. Have you tried that?...
- My doctor said my son has RAD (Reactive Airway Disease). They don't diagnose Asthma in children because they can't really test them until they get older. My son woul...
- Seeing an allergist is the best choice. My son (5 years old) started with a similar thing at 16 months. He does have asthma now as well as food allergies. I took hi...
BOOGERS And COUGH!!!
Asked by C.P. from Dallas
on March 14, 2007
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I have a 4 month old baby girl and she has had a cough and nasty boogers for the past 8 days. I took her to the doctors the first sign of the cough and she put her on...
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- If she hates her meds please take them to your local CVS/pharmacy and ask the pharmacist to flavor it. Flavor RX is the greats thing, it makes those yuckie liquid med...
- First of all, finish the antibiotic. However, if she still has symptoms, it's likely that this was a viral infection and the antibiotics weren't even necessary. Many...
- get a vaperizer or humitifier. im not sure which you will have to check into it. but thats what helped with Olivia. we have had to use both so im allways geting them c...
Asthma with Every Cold!?!?!
Asked by A.S. from Reading
on November 11, 2011
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everytime my 19month old gets a cold it turns into asthma. he needs a nebulizer and a steroid to help him. i cant get any answers as to why this is happening. they ...
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- Last winter my daughter had two wheezing episodes and needed oral steroids. She was put on albuterol and bunecod (sp?) for 3 or 4 months. I was also concerned and di...
- Yep, sounds just like our daughter when she was young.. She finally grew out of it at about 9 yrs old.. Just part of it.. Our daughter is fine and is about to grad...
- We have years of experience with this. I am asthmatic and so are my children - only illness-induced.asthma. I honestly had thought the doctors were misdiagnosing me f...
1 Year Old with Asthma
Asked by M.T. from Boston
on December 22, 2008
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Hi everyone,
My son Evan is 13 months old and has been hospitalized 3 times now in the past 3 months due to asthma. So far it does not seem to be allergy related. A...
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- Hi M., I can't tell you how very sorry I am that you are going through this with your little boy -- it must be heart-wrenching to watch him suffer this way. First, ...
- Hello there, My sympathies to you. My daughter (now 10) started her attacks when she was about that age. she was actually almost 18 months old. It was awful. I feel ...
- Wow! Shades of our family's past! Our now 12-year-old used to get asthma whenever he got a cold...and he got colds A LOT. He never got to the point of hospitalization,...
