Respiratory
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Natural Help for Asthma and Allergies
Asked by K.B. from Chicago
on February 27, 2008
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Hi. My son was diagnosed with allegies and allergy induced asthma when he was 7 years old. We left the allergist's office with 6 different prescriptions. He is alle...
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- K., let me lead with the fact I am a Peds nurse who has a child, (actually all three have allergies) who is 12 who is probably a carbon copy of your child. I too, wasn...
- K.: This has to be tough on the whole family, but especially to both of you. It's great that you are looking into alternative things and really investigating what yo...
- I'm not sure of run-of-the-mill allergies, but I do know that asthma can be a life or death situation. I knew an 8 year old boy who died from an asthma attack. I do...
Swine Flu
Asked by S.D. from Richmond
on October 16, 2009
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My daughter came from school with a 103 temperature. She was very lethargic. I took her to the Pediatrician, who immediately did a swab for flu. The result was nega...
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- I am with Ann and Meg - if your instincts tell you something is still wrong you need to fight for your health and get someone to take a secondary look at you and your ...
- S., call the doc for advise if you are worried and ask about the antibiotics.
- You and your family should be taking ###-###-####mg of vitamin D, and probably more when you are sick. Also you need to take a Probiotic, especially the ones on Antibi...
3 Year Old with Low Oxygen Saturation Levels.
Asked by R.W. from San Antonio
on July 8, 2009
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My son is 3, and has been very healthy and active, he has stayed at home until now. We started him in daycare 3 days a week in February (purposefully waited until flu ...
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- Hi R.. I have "been there, done that" with my child. My doc and allergist said 91% is the borderline for admitting to hospital. I'm short on time to type this, but ...
- sounds very familiar to the problems I had with my son. He does have asthma, but the problem we found out contributing to the saturation levels was reflux. He did no...
- Has your pediatrician tested for anythign else to rule anything out? I realize a lot of health issues with kids can be hit or miss but there are a lot he can be tes...
Possible Antibiotic Rash in 14 Month Old
Asked by S.L. from Los Angeles
on September 25, 2009
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My 14 month old was given amoxicilin for early stages of Pneumonia. He was prescribed it two days ago and has taken it two whole days. I noticed tonight that he has ...
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- My son had a reaction to amoxicillin that he was given for earaches. Amoxicillin can cause a non-allergic, non-threatening reaction about a week after the treatment s...
- My first advice: call your doctor and don't give any more doses of amoxicillin before speaking with them. Now, for my personal experience, since I am going through ...
- STOP THE MEDICINE IMMMEDIATELY. NOW. BABY'S HAVING A REACTION AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS WITH ANTIBIOTICS. ALLERGY. My dad's a doctor. Wendy
Constantly Sick!
Asked by L.H. from Davenport
on January 2, 2009
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Since September, I have had such a time with being sick. I have had the flu shot and since then I've only had one real respiratory cold/flu. But other than that, I h...
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- L., I am so sorry you are feeling so off lately. I have found Isotonix OPC-3. This works great. I am the one that gets sick even if my kids get the sniffles- they get...
- We have had extra sickness this fall/winter too! To help with throat dryness at night use a cool mist humifier.
- Hi L.: It sounds like your immune system is just down. Try taking echinacea daily to boost your immune system. And be very displined about washing your hands and pu...
Babys and Roaches
Asked by N.S. from Detroit
on June 17, 2010
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I have a nine month old boy. we live in a house that is infested with cockroaches. I heard that it is bad for childrent to be in a that type of environment. my baby ha...
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- I believe from what I have seen on tv, that it is the dropping from roaches that cause respiratory problems. If I were you, I would sure as HELL find another place to...
- Are you renting? Are the people you live with your landlords or are you just sharing the home? You can talk to your landlord about the problem. I think you should ...
- http://www.householdmoldguide.com/black-mold-symptoms - "Black mold is an extremely toxic type of mold. Black mold appears as a powdery or downy-like substance on eve...
Little Boy Has Been Sick for a Month!
Asked by J.W. from Columbus
on May 11, 2009
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Ok. I recently went back to work after spending the first 2 1/2 years at home with my little boy. When he started daycare I figured he was going to get a little sick...
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- There are antihistamines out there that you could try and there are many studies saying not to use them in kids(though I would argue that the allergies in our area are...
- Most definitely time for a NEW DOCTOR! Vodka? Seriously? I expect that from my grandmother, most def not doctor!! Fever is a sign of infection, sometimes you can r...
- FIND A NEW DOCTOR!!! IMMEDIATELY!!! Any doctor that will recommend giving a 2 1/2 year old that kind of mixture, and dismisses all your concerns is not the kind of...
Daughter Is Always Sick - Please Help!
Asked by F.G. from Cleveland
on February 10, 2011
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i have a daughter who just turned 2 and she is constantly sick and i just need some advice from other mommies out there. Starting back to the very beginning - she was ...
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- seek out a hemotology oncologist ... my son had pediatric neutropenia (spelling) we saw tons of doctors went so far as to have him tested for HIV, childhood cancers, c...
- From the amount of infections and an abnormal immuneglobulin panel, I would definitely recommend that she be seen by an Allergy and Immunology specialist, preferably a...
- my son has IGA Deficiency and the allergist was the one that found it and she sent us to a immunologist and he keeps a close eye on him we have had to make some adjust...
Early Days with Baby
Asked by C.S. from Boise
on October 14, 2006
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My pediatrician recommends that new borns don't go out in public for the first 4-8 weeks. This is to avoid illness and having to get a spinal tap for a very young inf...
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- Our md recomended this as well but our little one just hated to stay inside. We took him outside often and we did let him around others, just no one who had any flu o...
- If you think your baby is healthy then go out. At 4 days old I took my daughter out. She never got sick. You are the mom and you know if it is too cold. My doctor said...
- I took walks everyday with my son. You can't stay cooped up in the house and you need to be out and about so you don't go crazy. I used a sling or stroller and when ...
Does Your Kids Dr. Do This?
Asked by J.P. from Chicago
on November 8, 2011
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My daughter (almost 4) has had a cough for over 2 weeks, mostly at night and in the morning. Seems to be caused by post nasal drip. She sleeps w/ a vaporizer in her ...
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- Just as with most replies, I would wait it out. We took our DD to the ER recently for a fever and she was shaking, I feared a seizure as I never seen her act like thi...
- Waiting it out is appropriate. Most illnesses will clear up on their own. If your child has a virus, you can't give her an antibiotic anyway. You can only treat the...
- They waited a month with the cough business before they prescribed singular. The cough was bothersome and got worse through the day. Singular helped and we had her o...
