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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...
Infant with RSV
Asked by L.M. from Austin
on November 17, 2008
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I took my 3 month old baby girl to hospital this past Wednesday. They ran a series of test on her, it came back that she has RSV- respitory virus. Ok great, but now wh...
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- Get a new freaking Dr. he sounds like an IDIOT, she is 3 months old for goodness sake. This is a serious virus and you need s/o who is interested in helping you.
- Go to ER or another Doctor.......
- My friends baby is a month old and recoverying from RSV and he was on around the clock breathing treatments at the hospital and at home to help with the mucous in the ...
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...
10 Week Old Baby Boy with RSV
Asked by E.L. from Phoenix
on December 21, 2010
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My son has been coughing really bad lately. So on Wednesday of last week I took him to see his doctor. His doctor to me to use saline drops so I am cleaning his nose c...
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- My daughter was on Xopenex when she was 18 months old and got RSV. They gave her a first dose in the doctors office, sent us home with a loaner machine since it is cr...
- My daughter had RSV at 10 weeks also and was hospitalized (along with an entire wing of babies with it!). If your dr doesn't seem to be motivated to get you a nebuliz...
- My daughter had RSV when she was 6 weeks old. She was admitted in the hospital for 2 days. When she was home she was on the nebulizer around the clock for a while. ...
Sick Baby! Really Need Help! Advice!!!
Asked by C.W. from Jacksonville
on September 15, 2008
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Hi, I have an 11 month old girl who for the past three weeks has been suffering from some type of sickness. I have taken her to her pediatrician 4 times in the past th...
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- Hi C., I know how you feel. You hurt for your baby. Take her to an E. N. T. specalist for baby's. Good luck. M. H.
- Hi, i know it's frustrating. You could as a precautionary measure take her to the ER. At least you know they'll run a battery of tests. I would also ask for a refer...
- something similar happened to me, turns out my daughter's ears were not draining at all! Took her to an ear specialist, problem solved. It seems like the liquid that d...
Is It Allergies, Asthma or Something Else? Please Help My Son.
Asked by M.L. from Washington DC
on May 2, 2010
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I am losing a battle. My son, who is now 2 1/2, was diagnosed with RSV at 3 months. Since then, he has suffered from horrible allergy like symptoms. It doesn't APPE...
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- RSV.... probably weakened his lungs. Especially in a 3 month old. Thus, once the lungs are weak, it is susceptible to other lung problems and illnesses. Pneumonia....
- I may try to move out for a couple of weeks to a totaly different environment, as different as possible (if you can), and check if he´s doing better, if he does, the...
- There is always a natural route you can go for any illness. I can sense your worry about too many drugs. This can only be weakening his immune system. There is a he...
Need Help on What to Give My Baby for His Cold
Asked by A.M. from Dallas
on April 10, 2009
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Does any body know what I can give my one month old baby if he seems to have mucus on his chest when ever he breathes and isn't taking his bottle and when ever he does...
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- here's what we did for our babies: (cliff notes version: 3 S's: steam, suction, sodium ascorbate) -if we had to supplement with formula, we used Neocate so as to avo...
- Humdifier will definitely be a good idea, also Johnson and Johnson makes a baby rub with Vicks mentholatum in it. You can rub this on his chest and it should help cal...
- You have had some great suggestions. Humidifier, slightly evelating at night. My daughter had horrible congestion and my doctor couldn't give her anything because sh...
Children with Croup
Asked by T.J. from Atlanta
on January 26, 2008
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I have a 2 year old that keeps getting Croup. We are all the time giving him breathing treatments and Orapred. Does anyone out there have any more recommendations othe...
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- A very close friend of mine has a son who was hospitalized numerous times for croup. He eventually saw a Pediatric Pulmonologist with great results. The only thing t...
- Breathing treatments and orapred? Is your pediatrician treating asthma instead? There is nothing else for croup (although decadron is recommended more than orapred). ...
- My daughter is now 4 1/2 but she started getting sick at 8 months old. She has had t&a, 2 ear surgeries, 2 sinus surgeries, and a pic line to her heart to give her ant...
Help - Sick Child for 7 Weeks Now...
Asked by C. from Charlotte
on November 13, 2007
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My son Caleb has been sick for going on 8 weeks now. I have had him back to the doctor 6 times now for this, and he has a follow-up appt. next week.
The first we...
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- C., My daughter is 7 months old and has had the same thing since the day I brought her home from the hospital. Her Dr put her on a decongestant and that was it. At fi...
- Hi C., Sorry your little guy has been sick for so long!Don't let the chest x-ray & oral steroid scare you. My son (who is now 6) was having some issues like this when...
- I am really afraid that this will happen to my baby, and if it does I plan to give Dr. Mark Eisen a shot, we met with him before I gave birth, unfortunately my partner...
Almost 6 Month Old w/RSV.....
Asked by C.S. from Dallas
on December 10, 2008
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We just found out today that my almost 6 MONTH old has RSV, my boss told me I should bring him to work w/me. I think this is totally OUT OF THE QUESTION. I am under t...
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- My daughter had rsv when she was about 8 weeks old. I had her sleep in the car seat right next to me so I could watch her. And I was sooo scared that every few hours...
- Comments by others here are very good. These are in addition to what has already been said. When my grandson was 6 months old he also had RSV. My daughter was sic...
- we spent a loooooonnnngggggg weekend getting my youngest over this when he was 2 mnths old. it took 2 weeks to get the diagnosis, but once we did, it was treatments e...
