Pediatrician: Nasonex
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Healthcare Advice!!!
Asked by J.H. from Charlotte
on March 21, 2007
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My son is 28 months old and has been in daycare since 18 months and lately he has been getting a lot of ear infections. His Pediatrician obviously knows about this an...
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- Hi J., I'm sorry about your son. It hurts us when I children are hurting. Doctors are people and they don't know everything (even though many of them think that the...
- Think of tubes as a LAST resort. I noticed several people saying to goto a specialist and consider them but I would not. My cousin had them and when they were sugest...
- my son had the same problem-finally after trying tons of a biotics -they refered me to a specialist....which did some tests-told me my son could only hear at 40 percen...
3 Month Old Still Congested
Asked by M.T. from Denver
on February 18, 2008
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I have a three month old that has been congested since birth. My husband and I moved to Denver in September. We are originally from New Orleans and are used to 80-100%...
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- M., my girls were both stuffy. We did the saline solution and the booger-ball with warm water just to keep the sinuses going. This, too, shall pass.
- Welcome to Denver, M.! If you're breastfeeding, you could try a drop or two of breastmilk in his nose (just express some and put it in a medicine dropper and use li...
- Hi Mary, My son who is now 4 was stuffy for the first 16 months of his life. I would ask the doctor at every visit if there was something wrong. I also was told to...
2 1/2 Year Old Coughs Only Late Night..
Asked by C.H. from Casper
on March 13, 2008
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Hi all. My son is 2 1/2 and for the last 2 nights has been coughing all night. I have been having to get up every 2 hours and rub vicks on him or give him a dose of co...
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- Well call me crazy, but rub the Vicks Vapor Rub all over his feet(especially the bottoms) and put socks on his feet to keep the vapor in. Studies have shown that if yo...
- I just heard of something kinda weird sounding, but maybe it will help at least with the symptom of coughing, though I don't know the cause of it happening for your so...
- Does he have any allergies? My youngest does this if I don't give him a benadryl everynight before bed. He's allergic to pollen and dust. That might help. He could hav...
Are Daily Treatments a Good Idea?
Asked by V.S. from San Antonio
on May 4, 2008
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My 3 year old has bad allergies which sometimes create breathing problems. The allergist wants him to take Singular every day and do a nebulizer treatment every night...
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- Have you ever thought about boosting his immune system to help reduce the allergies. Maybe his cells need to be fed with the proper nutrition so they will reduce his a...
- Try looking into homeopathy. It's long-term healing with no side effects and all-natural.
- BEWARE of singulair. Know that it only works in 70% of people, and in the other 30% it can be harmful. It did NOT work for us, it made the coughing worse. You make th...
What Are Other Moms Using to Help with Allergies?
Asked by J.A. from San Antonio
on January 12, 2008
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Hi Ladies: My 2 yr old has awful seasonal allergies. Hes been taking Aldex DM for over a year now. Everything was great till this Mountain Cedar kicked in. We've been ...
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- It is my understanding (and I might be wrong, but I think this is correct) that antihistimines do not work on small children. Runny nose is caused by a histamine resp...
- My son who is 3 now suffered from allergies bad, we tried all kinds of meds and nothing worked at all, when he turned 2 his dr sent him to an allergist, who started hi...
- My son has allergies too and I use Singulair,Benadryl,and Advair or you can always get a Breathing Machine from the Doctor's Office and use it every 3 or 4 hours.It wo...
Help with a Runny Nosed Boy and Daycare
Asked by K.M. from Athens
on August 8, 2007
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My two and a half year old boy has a perpetual runny nose. Or at least he has for that last few months. The snot is always clear and the pediatrician says it is aler...
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- K., It sounds like you are covering all of your bases. I would get into an allergist as soon as possible, and in the mean time, get a note from your pediatrician giv...
- My son has had a runny nose for weeks, and the daycare provider has not said a word to me. I asked if any of the other kids were sick, and his teacher said they all h...
- I know you really like the daycare provider, but it your son (and all the other kids) is getting sick while he is there, then you probably need to find a different pro...
My 7 Year Old Gets headaches...HELP!!!!
Asked by J.V. from Chicago
on August 2, 2009
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I have a son who is 7 and has been having headaches for over a year now. Our ped. thought it might be allergies so we started taking claritin....this helped very littl...
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- I was diagnosed with migraines at a young age as well. Later on we found the triggers were low blood sugar (from not eating often enough) and also food allergies. Now ...
- I agree with having an eye exam w/an opthamologist (your health insurance will cover it if it is with an opth also.) Is he staying hydrated? Dehydration is the lea...
- My son also gets migraines and started them around 6 years old and they occur occasionally. He has had CAT scans and at this point in his life, his Doctor would just l...
Suggestions for 16Month Old Who Alway Seems to Be Coughing
Asked by D.M. from Daytona Beach
on December 6, 2008
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Hello,
I have a 16 month old son who always seems to have a cough. It has been on and off for a year. It goes away for a couple of weeks then comes back for a week or...
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- I went through 3 years of my oldest daughter coughing and also vomitting. She would cough so hard that she would vomit all the mucous out. This would happen within 3...
- My son had a cough for 3 weeks. I finally took him to the doctor and he had an ear infection which was draining and making him cough. He had no other symptoms of bein...
- This sounds similar to what my son went through except at a much younger age. My son began this as an infant & I took him in about 4 times by the time he was 4 months...
Allergy Eyes
Asked by K. from Charlotte
on March 28, 2007
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Hi, Moms! I'm hoping you can give me some peace of mind. My 8 yr old daughter woke up Sunday morning with her right eye mattered shut. The eye itself was very red a...
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- My kids have never had "pink eye" yet, but I have and I do know that it has to run its course (its a virus) and may take from a week to two weeks to clear. The eye dro...
- K., I have 3 sons all who have suffered with this exact thing. It was allergies for all my boys. It is aggravating to see them have to deal with this, however what w...
- i was allergic to feather pillows and had horrible swelling. try to find the source of the allergy and try another med if needed. keep in close contact with your doc.
Allergies or Something Else?
Asked by J.B. from Provo
on May 5, 2009
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My 3 year old daughter's cough started in February. We went to a B-day party where her 1-year old cousin was just hacking everywhere...he was then diagnosed with RSV. ...
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- I'd definitely make sure it's not something else, but if it isn't . . . Claritin for Kids. My son has to take it every day because of post nasal drip that ends up as ...
- Sometimes an ongoing cough can be a sign of asthma. Before I was diagnosed I would cough all night long too (no allergies). I was put on an asthma medication and the c...
- Thats a long time to have a cough. I would be taking her to the doctor just to be sure. He will probably want to put her on an inhaler and or an allergy med like cla...
