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Baby Boy Makes a Noise When He Is Breathing Sound like He Has a Frog in Throat
Asked by L.E. from New York
on November 7, 2009
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HI, my name is L. and my son was born with his windpipe not developed he is going to be 6 months on the 23rd of Nov of'09. My husband and I first notice this sound the...
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- My nephew had langromalacia as a infant and he is now 2 1/2 and has no signs of it. It was the same for him, if he was on his backs leeping the noise was louder. He ...
- Hi L., My daughter had laryngomalacia as well, we noticed it as soon as she came home from the hospital. She also had serious reflux which seemed to exacerbate the n...
- My son had similar problems. We used to say he was a goose because we would hear what sounded like a honking sound when he would cry, get excited, drink too much milk...
Constant Cough
Asked by H.N. from Dallas
on November 19, 2008
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My 3 year old has had this Constant Cough for weeks now. She gets these spurts of them during the day and at night. She has coughed to the point of puking. It is a ver...
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- My son is always like this too. Keep up with the humidifer and try to put vicks on chest and under feet with socks. This helps him sleep through the night. My son has ...
- A friend swears by this...puts Vicks Vapor Rub all over her feet, & then put socks on her feet all night. She swears this will get rid of the cough. Oh, and she's an...
- My 2YO son had something similar--constant cough that led to gagging and puking. It turns out he has seasonal allergies. We also were prescribed a nebulizer with Xopen...
Meds for Preventing Asthma Attacks
Asked by T.O. from Oklahoma City
on September 16, 2007
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My son has always had asthma but it has never been real bad. Pretty much we could manage it with just his albuterol inhaler. He is 15 and a half and very active in spo...
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- I have several friends with children that suffered greatly with Asthma. Their children were soooo sick, until they switched their home over to safer products that wer...
- I'd ask your ped about Singulair. My son is only 4 but has had asthmatic reactions due to allergies. We were having to use the albuterol treatments sometimes 3 times...
- I was just going to say the same as the others, he needs to be on a preventive inhaler as well. My son is on Advair for the preventive and it is working wonderfully! ...
Is It Asthma or Acid Reflux?
Asked by T.M. from New York
on April 27, 2011
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Hello everyone . . .
My daughter is 6 1/2 years old and has recently been complaining that she's having trouble breathing. She falls asleep sitting up with me becau...
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- at 6 1/2 she should absolutely be able to tell the difference between asthma symptoms and acid reflux. ask her. but acid reflux is usually more likely in much younger ...
- Sounds just like my son's asthma...his episodes are triggered by viruses and also sometimes in June with the grass pollen....you may want to ask your pedi about a cont...
- there is a connection between the two things so it could be both. My daughter gets the exact same symptoms you are talking about. The doc can't always hear wheezing ...
Asthma or Acid Reflux?
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on May 14, 2011
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Okay, I asked all of you a question the other day about my almost 3 year old son and his severe cough but here is another...
To give a little from the other questio...
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- It sounds like asthma. I have to watch my son because he has allergies too. I am surprised they did not do a nebulizer with the steroids in that they breathe in. He al...
- IT really seems to me that you are not under the proper care for your son. It has been my experience that Pediatricians are not very good at handling asthma/allergies...
- Psalm, since you are up for trying what ever the doctor is giving you, I suggest you try what my pediatrician recommended a long time ago.. it is a nutritional product...
Cold Induced Asthma
Asked by D.D. from Pittsburgh
on September 27, 2011
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For parents who have a child who has cold induced asthma. What do you do to help them get over it. I took my 2 children to the urgent care, because my regular ped was ...
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- Both my brother and sister grew up with asthma, and I remember the doc telling us that hard floors are best to cut down on environmental irritations like dust, mites, ...
- DOES your child, have Asthma meds? ie: an inhaler etc.? If so, he/she needs to be taking that. Asthma, is very serious. Anything, can trigger it. Sure, even dust. ...
- ok I am cold induced I buy the bands that go over your ears and wear them around my neck. it warms the air going in. I don't know why but it works. also when I swit...
Repeat Pneumonia in 16Mo. Old
Asked by L. from Minneapolis
on September 18, 2008
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My 16mo. old daughter came down with pneumonia a month ago to our great surprise. It started as what seemsed like a normal cold and turned into a horrible cough and la...
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- Hi L., I'm a second year medical student and I happen to be studying both pneumonia bacterias and probiotics right now. I went to a talk today about how they are sta...
- We have had problems with my son having pneumonia when he was younger and I found that the basic washing of hands before they eat, doing the neb treatments and getting...
- HI. Our daughter went through the same experience. In our situation we went to the dr/ER once a month each time coming away with the diagnosis of pneumonia. So we d...
18 Month Old Son with Asthma
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on February 1, 2007
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My son was finally diagnosed with asthma a few weeks ago. We've been to the doctor so many times since all this began when he was about 4 months old. Now he's 18 mon...
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- Have they checked for Cystic Fibrosis?
- I would suggest seeing a pulmonologist. My son was really sick over a year ago and come to find out the pulmonologist found out that he had a chronic sinus infection t...
- Hi A., First let me say great job for everything you've done this far. I remember how hard it was constantly dealing with all that, especially when you have to sta...
16 Month Old Refusing Necessary Nebulizer Treatments
Asked by K.L. from Macon
on June 11, 2009
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My 16 month old daughter needs 4x daily nebulizer treatments. The doctor says the mask will not do, she must put the nozzle in her mouth and inhale or breathe in the ...
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- I'm surprised the physician hasn't told you about a spacer. It's a chamber that connects the inhaler to a mouth peice that covers the childs mouth and nose. Press th...
- First, I don't get how putting the tube in the mouth is any different than using the mask -- the mask is merely delivery method -- it doesn't mean she gets less of the...
- We had to do similar treatments every 4 hours for about a month when our daughter had RSV. We "bribed" her with her favorite movies to watch while we did the treatment...
Question About Asthma
Asked by B.H. from Minneapolis
on February 4, 2007
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I know I should probaly just go see my pediatrician and will do so but in the mean time I have a question. Here's a little insight on my daughter's background. My daug...
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- B., My youngest son has breathing problems as well. They cannot call it Asthma because he is not quite 2. (Cold season is worse) I would go to your regular pediatrici...
- First off, go back to your regular ped and if they still won't diagnose the asthma, get a second opinion by another ped or a specialist. My daughter sees a certified ...
- I would head over to a Allergy / Immunology facility such as the Park Nicollet system has in St. Louis Park. They have several Doctors that specialize in pediatric ne...
