For Children: Pulmicort
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Any Reactions to Xopenex or Pulmicort?
Asked by L. from Chicago
on February 13, 2008
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Has anyone's child use a nebulizer with Xopenex or Pulmicort and had any behavioral reactions? My 2 year old has been acting terrible lately and we have been using th...
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- I've heard similar stories that either of those to meds can cause kids to be more hyper, but haven't experience that personally. Hopefully, your little guy will ...
- same as the rest, have heard it can make you hyper. My son didn't react that way. But also, if he isn't breathing right, that would make you cranky too!!! perhaps he n...
- My 4 year old son has been using both medications since he was 18 months. We use Xopenex as a "rescue" medication (when he has a cold - which is his "trigger"). The Xo...
Allergies/ Asthma and Allergy Shots
Asked by S.D. from Richmond
on August 18, 2009
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My daughter who is eight years old and unfortunately taken after me with allergies. This particular Summer she has had a heck of a time. She has coughed all summer l...
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- I assume your allergies are airborne. That is hard! At least with food allergies, you can stop eating the allergen food and then you are fine. Regardless of what ki...
- I take Clear Lung, for me 4 tbs 3 times a day, if you'd like I ask ask my nurse practitioner for the dose for an 8 year old. It actually heals the lungs! http://www.na...
- S., I know you've gotten some great advice. I just wanted to encourage you with my personal experience. I've had bad allergies all my life and suffered with asthma ...
How to handle infant congestion?
Asked by S.G. from Dallas
on February 24, 2008
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My 5 month old son has been constantly congested for 2 months, and it has turned into two ear infections so far. He carries a fever of 100 - 102 with it, and it has on...
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- Hi S., While you are in the process of finding out what is causing the congestion, a few more suggestions to try to help alleviate some of the discomfort is to elevat...
- Do you have animals? My oldest was sick like that also and we had two furry dogs in the house. Turns out he is very allergic to pet dander and as soon as we moved the ...
- Have you asked your doctor about brething treatments? My daughter had very similar things happen when she was really young and they put her on breathing treatments and...
Allergy Shots and Asthma Meds
Asked by R.B. from Grand Rapids
on April 29, 2009
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Hello Mamas,
I am asking for your advice regarding asthma and allergy treatments for little ones. I am nearly at my wit's end dealing with my four and a half-year-ol...
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- 1st off I have two children who have asthma and sesonal allergies. They have been on singular since they where babies and in the last two years they have been put on P...
- Hello, I'm not sure how young the babies can have allergy shots, but I see an allergist as well as my 12 month old son. Our son has a milk and soy allergies. He a...
- Hello R. - I don't have little ones with allergies & asthma, but I have had it myself since I was two. I can honestly say that the shot have done wonders for me. I...
Allergy Shots for 7 Yr. Old Son?
Asked by T.W. from Pittsburgh
on May 2, 2008
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Hi Moms! Do any of you have any experience -- good or bad -- with having your child receive weekly allergy shots? My husband and I are on the fence with this because o...
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- When I was your son's age I received allergy shots. I don't remember any bad side effects, and this way I didn't hve to get rid of my stuffed animals and the family d...
- Hi T., My son (now almost 5) was on Zyrtec, Pulmicort and Albuterol via a nebulizer since he was quite small. My husband and I were concerned about side effects from...
- My son has been taking these same allergy shots for 4 years, he's now 12. Simply he got used to this routine, and it doesn't bother him. But, for the beginning of this...
Asthma or Something Else??
Asked by L.C. from St. Louis
on October 3, 2008
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My 1yo has recently been diagnosed with bronchiolitis - a form of asthma brought on by a recent upper respiratory infection. We have been to the doctor probably 5 or 6...
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- What kind of cough is it? I have 4 girls 2 with bronchiol problems which I am happy to say they have outgrown with age, they are still more sensitive to seasonal alle...
- My son started at 6 weeks old----he had upper respitory problems, bronchiolitis, and allergies since then. Although he has grown out of it. He still has allergies an...
- My oldest got really sick about a year ago with a really bad cough and weezing. They gave us a nebulizar and cough medicine with an expectorant and eventually it clear...
Silent Reflux?
Asked by W.H. from Dallas
on June 19, 2009
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Hello. My daughter is 4 months old and has wheezed, coughed, and been hoarse almost since day 1 and with varying degrees. She got bronchiolitis (RSV onset) at 2 mont...
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- Sounds a lot like what we went through with our daughter. We finally got a visit with a pulminologist - Dr. Pfaff - at cook children's. She has asthma of infancy whi...
- We went through some similar situations when my daughter started daycare at 4 months old in December. Same meds and didn't really seem to help. Finally, the doctor a...
- Sounds like she might be allergic to milk or something else. Be sure to have her tested for allergys.
Cough That Won't Go Away in a Almost 4 Year Old
Asked by M.P. from Modesto
on January 3, 2010
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I am so worried, my son has had a cough since early October. I have taken to the pediatrician and he has given him a total of 5 round of antibiotics and antibiotic sho...
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- Have you tried any homeopathic remedies? If you have a health food store or anything like that in your town, you might try some elderberry syrup. Or some mix that has ...
- Hi there our son also had an ongoing cough which turned out to be post nasal drip as a result of being allergic to dust mites. at first we were told to give him a li...
- Saline solution is the first thing I'd try. Use either a product called Simply Saline, available as an OTC, or make your own. I am including a recipe for making and u...
4 Year Old Son with Allergies/asthma
Asked by T.S. from Phoenix
on May 13, 2008
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My 4 year old son was recently diagosed with allergies associated with asthma. He gets a persistant cough this time of year and in the fall. The cough sometimes cause...
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- Hi T., My daughter has allergry induced asthma and had RSV when she was 15 months. For about the past 2 years though, she has only had two breakouts and I just use...
- Hi T., Sorry to hear about your little boy. Unfortunately all the different pharmaceuticals that doctors prescribe often don't help and always do some kind of da...
- My son was on Pulmocort from 7 onths to 10 months for reactive airway. We didn't see any decrease in his growth rate. The side effects we did see were black spots on...
18 Month Old Fights the Breathing Treatment
Asked by E.L. from Chicago
on October 7, 2008
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Ever since my sons first cold, he has been wheezing. Everytime he gets a cold it goes straight to his lungs. (We always seem to have a check up right when he gets a co...
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- The first time we had to give my son a nebulizer treatment was a complete nightmare, but we worked through it by trying to make it less scary...we wore the mask and ac...
- We've actually had pretty good luck when we let our little one chew on the plastic mouth piece versus using the mask. I think the mask scared her more than anything. A...
- My son, who is now 5 years old, hated to do the nebulizer treatments. He would fight and cry. We had a fish mask from the doctors office and I would call it the "fis...
