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2 Year Old with Allergies Waking up Coughing
Asked by D.M. from Hartford
on June 6, 2008
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Hi Ladies, I always think the moms on this site give great advice to other moms so I'm hoping someone can help me. My son is almost 2 and suffering from seasonal aller...
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- Honey is GREAT for coughs. Drs. are recommending it more now because of wanting to limit cold med. usage. You could look up dosage online, I think it's like half a tea...
- Hi D., I would be concerned with that amount of medicine in a 2 yr old. Prescription meds are are way over prescribed. My son ( we call him the mucus man) has sever...
- I assumed my 3 year old just had a recurring cold this past fall. He would be stuffy during the day and then as soon as we laid down to sleep the coughing would start...
Allergy Specialist Versus Ears Nose and Throat Specialist
Asked by S.B. from Houston
on September 23, 2009
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My 3 year old (4 in Jan) has had a runny nose since he was born. It's a constant problem for him and us. We've tried Claritin, Zyrtec, and he's currently on Singulair ...
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- Hi S., I recommend a third option. I see a naturopathic dr. No blood, sweat, or tears. She sees every age and has young children so your DS will do fine. She will also...
- Don't know about the allergies so much, but all my kids had the molluscum contageosum because, as the name suggests, it is contagious. Not sure what that has to do wit...
- S., I think a dermatologist would be the appropriate person to work with in treating the Molluscum Contageosum. As for the runny nose, an ENT would be the way to go i...
Sore Throat and Tummy Pain for Two Months Now!
Asked by C.M. from Portland
on September 13, 2009
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My daughter (age 8) has had tummy pains and sinus/allergy problems most of her life but they have been mild to moderate and easily dealt with by taking medications suc...
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- I would take her to a different dr for a second oppinion. Something is not right if your daughter is taht miserable. On a side note, I too get a tummy ache when I ha...
- I am curious about her diet. Gluten sensitive? What have you checked into in regards to what she eats? I wasn't diagnosed until I was 27 and life is sooooo much bet...
- OUr daughter has had the same problem with stomach pain. We battled it for 9 months. We tried the wheat/gluten free diet. We took her off of dairy. We did the laxa...
Our 7 Year Old Is Going to Drive Us All Crazy!
Asked by R.K. from Springfield
on May 14, 2009
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Hi. My 7 year old son is in the first grade. He is very very smart sometimes too smart. The problem we are having at home and he is having the same problem at schoo...
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- Your situation sounds very similar to mine. I am also a SAHM of two boys. My oldest son is now 9 and he was doing the same thing in first grade. He is also smart, b...
- I would try tackling things environmentally and biologically first - it sounds like he really is on a lot of meds -but I understand, my son is as well. My son has ADHD...
- Sounds like a combination of the meds is to blame - that's a lot of chemicals in the child's brain, and many can cause agitation. I understand the need for meds, in m...
Bad Cough
Asked by E.J. from Dallas
on January 23, 2008
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This is kind of a two or three part question. My 4yo daughter has a very bad cough, she had it at this time last year, it lasted for 3 months and we even had her teste...
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- I developed this seasonal allergy reaction as an adult. Claritin kicked in after about 2 weeks (I had been dealing with it for 3 months before the docs figured out wh...
- I am also a mother of 4 and going to school to earn a master's degree. This sounds like asthma to me. My son has situation or conditional asthma. It is only present...
- I have had experience with this type of coughing. We have 7 children. What we found is that at this time of year, everyone runs their heat and it dries out the air. ...
Just Informed My Son Is "Hyperactive" or "High Energy"
Asked by A.Y. from Jamestown
on November 7, 2008
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I just attended my son's kindergarten parent/teacher conference. He is 5, almost 6 years old. Only a few minutes into the meeting, his teacher mentioned he was "hyp...
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- Get him checked for ADD or ADHD. And then get a second opinion. I went through the same thing with my son. Hope all is well! Best of luck to you. If you have more ...
- First of all, the teacher is ONE person and ONE opinion...yes I would place value on that opinion and I would do 2 things...First call his doctor and have a meeting wi...
- Hey there A., Relax, it's ok and so is your son. Boys will be boys. There is nothing wrong with your son's "high-energy" and for his teacher, maybe she has "low-tole...
Asthma or Not?
Asked by J.G. from New York
on January 30, 2011
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Sorry, this is going to be long ....My 3 1/2 year old daughter has had respiratory problems since she was 1. Everytime she gets sick, it goes right to her chest. Bef...
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- ok my daughter is asthmatic and uses pulmicort. did the dr that gave you the pulmicort explain that it is a prevenative medication meant to be taken everyday and not j...
- Since most of the symptoms show up during the cold weather, have any of you thought to check your furnace filters? For those of you that have hot air heat, the filters...
- Have you taken her to a ENT? My son would get this yearly cough and they did a nose culture and was harboring a bacteria. It's worth a shot. Also, make sure she is ...
Allergies
Asked by C.L. from Atlanta
on April 12, 2008
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My son is almost 5 and we are trying to figure out if he just has an ongoing cold (coughing, runny nose, occasionally turns into pink eye) or if it's possible he has a...
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- Hi C., Please take your son to see his Ped. that way you will get the correct answere from someone who knows. Just because no one in your family has ever has any typ...
- When my daughter was 5 I was having the same problems with her. She used to get sick at the beginning of the school year. So I thought it was allergies. I had her t...
- Did you know that several of the products we use cause, and/or trigger allergies, asthma, cancer, add/adhd, and the list goes on. I have recently found a store with a...
Fevers in 8 Year Old Son
Asked by A.G. from Chicago
on July 22, 2008
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My 8 year old son has been having fevers for the past year that come every 2-3 weeks. Usually they only get to maybe 102.0 but this past Saturday his fever spiked to 1...
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- Check for allergies. My daughter would spike a fever everytime we went camping. It would go up to 104 within 24 hours of arriving at the campground. We always camp at ...
- Take your son to a chiropractor!!! If his immune system isn't working properly it could cause this reaction. It's non-invasive, inexpensive, and usually kids require...
- Just an FYI...My son has environmental allergies and last August had a week of unexplainable fevers and awful migraines. After 7 days of on and off fevers, jumping as...
My Son Has an Awful cough....again!
Asked by A.G. from Dallas
on October 30, 2007
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My 3 year old son has an awful cough, sounds almost barky. He had it a few weeks ago and we tried Singulair along with vaporizor and plug ins. Oh, and some Tussin DM...
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- I have twin 3 y/o boy/girl twins too and my son got this last year... it's either croup, which can last a few days un treated, asthma, or even allergies... my son fina...
- I know that other mama's have said it sounds like croup, but if he had the same thing last winter...It may be that he has bronchitis? My son used to get a horrible ba...
- Hi... My daughter who is almost 3 has the same problem. I have taken her to the doctors so many times and they all say its probably allergies (use claritin, flonase, ...
