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Asthma at 1 Year Old ...
Asked by J.A. from Kansas City
on March 4, 2008
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After several, several trips to Children's Mercy this winter, a neublizer, brochiolitis, and now an x-ray, they have finially diagnosed my one year old with asthma (he...
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- Wow, they are having you give him the Orapred on a continuous basis? I can tell you that Dr. Portnoy won't agree with that. Once we went to go see him, we rarely use...
- My son aslo has asthma- I didnt want to put him on meds either but I finaly did and I couldnt belive the difference! We went from having to give him treatments just ab...
- I agree with the above 2 posts on issues- we have had really good luck with Xopenex and Pulmacort(sp?) and HATE when we end up on Orapred- like the other post it has a...
Reaction to Taking Pulmicort / Singulair
Asked by J.K. from Dallas
on September 15, 2009
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Hi Moms -
My son often takes medication for his chest when the weather turns like this ... generally with allergies. At 4 he is diagnosed with Reactive Airway Dise...
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- I know Albuterol has been know to make children hyperactive. My daughter is on xoponex and pulmicort and we haven't had any side effects (she is five) my son who is 1...
- Our son was exactly the same on pulmicort and he would also literally have sweats, shakes etc. as it was wearing off. We didn't allow him to stay on it-we called our ...
- i have had similar problems when my daughter took singulair same thing if she took liquid clairitin instead of the pill.She went haywire. Pulmicort made my daughter ...
Help... RSV in 23 Month Old
Asked by T.B. from San Diego
on June 17, 2010
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Hi my child had Rsv about 6 months ago. Since then he seems to be sick every other week. If he is around any new kids.. instanly he gets sick.. even a runny nose cause...
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- My son was hospitalized with RSV at 9 months, and for about a year we had issues with his breathing every time he got a cold. He did grow out of it after about a year...
- Hi, My oldest was hospitalized with RSV at 5 months old. After that, she got sick ALL the time for the next 3 years. She was pretty much on a nebulizer all winter i...
- I'm not sure that RSV is the culprit here. My first son has very similar issues as you described - every time he gets even a minor cold, it goes straight to his chest...
Management of RSV
Asked by E.K. from Dallas
on December 19, 2009
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My son has RSV and has bronchiolitis with it. The doctor said it's not so serious that he needs to go the hospital and just to manage with a humidifier and lots of TL...
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- along with several of the other wonderful suggestions given to you. If you get vicks either regular or baby kind rub it in on the bottom of babies feet and either put ...
- My son has RSV and is on a nebulizer, and it seems to be working great! No more wheezing, and we just found out he has it on Wednesday! Did they put him on one of thos...
- My son had RSV and his doctor had him use a nebulizer at home.
Albuterol Sulf for a 7 Week Old
Asked by M.F. from Los Angeles
on May 23, 2011
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Hello Mom's, My 7 week old Baby Boy started a very nasty cough on Thursday & by saturday he wasn't sounding any better so we took Him to the urgent care! The Dr there ...
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- Im taking it right now in an inhaler for asthma and pneumonia and it makes me shaky and nervous for about an hour after. It does help open my lungs and I breathe bette...
- Are you giving your baby the albuterol through a nebulizer? Albuterol is a steroid (corticosteroid) and unless you child really has asthma, I can understand why you w...
- Huge problem here - do not get your baby vaccinated until he is all better and has been off all antibiotics for at least two weeks (if he is on them). If he has been o...
Reactive Airway Disease???
Asked by C.M. from Mobile
on January 8, 2010
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My 18 month old daughter seemed to be coming down with a cold. She had some chest congestion. So, I took her to her doctor yesterday and he claims she has reactive ai...
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- My son ( 21 months) was diagnosed with Reactive Airway disease when he was 10 months. He was wheezing everytime he got sick and went through several cases of croup and...
- C., I am a respiratory therapist and an asthma educator. Reactive airway disease is just another way of saying asthma. While you may be right that this is just a one...
- Reactive airway disease may be diagnosed when the Dr. hears wheezing, a whistling sound in the lungs. Wheezing may be mild and only heard with a stethascope to audibl...
Asthma
Asked by C.C. from Chicago
on June 24, 2008
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My son is 17 months old and has been diagnosed with asthma. He was born 3 months premature so he has chronic lung disease, which makes it worse for him to have asthma...
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- Hi C., My neice had problems with asthma as an infant. Her doctor suggested they put her in swimming classes to strengthen her lungs. She started swimming lessons...
- My 19 month old son has asthma as well. And he was born full term and a great size.(8 pounds 1 oz)!! He had RSV when he was just about 2 months old and was air lifted ...
- My son's story is similar to many others that have responded. I am happy to tell you that at 3 1/2 years old he seems to have out grown it. We have the nebulizer store...
Adverse Side Effects of Zyrtec? Flonase? Albuterol?
Asked by L.P. from Pittsburgh
on December 7, 2010
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My son recently started on a regimen of Zyrtec and Flonase daily, and Albuterol as needed.
When we started these meds, I posted something on this site about his a...
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- The asthma meds do this to my son (pulmacort, albuterol). I don't know about zyrtec. He throws things all the time when he's on his meds, and he's rougher and cranky...
- Contrary to Rachel's suggestion, Albuterol is not a steroid (though Flonase is). Albuterol has a similar action on the body to adrenalin, and one of the side effects i...
- my youngest takes zyrtec for allergies we always give it at night because it makes him sleepy which is the typical side effect but like any med effects everyone differ...
Asthma
Asked by K.O. from Springfield
on January 22, 2010
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I have a almost 3 year old that was recently diagnosed with asthma. Whenever he gets a cold, he ends up having a dry cough all night long. We have done all the breat...
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- My son had the same problem. We had albuterol..then switched to Xopenex (same stuff but not hyper side effect). Those are "rescue" therapies made to open up his airw...
- sleep kinda sitting up may help a little
- The Singulaire idea is great, as well as putting in the air purifier in the bedroom(we have a hepa-filter air purifier). Our son had a chronic cough at night that was...
Child with Respiratory Needs Mom's Advice, Please
Asked by A.S. from Eugene
on October 25, 2010
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My dd, has had respiratory problems every winter. As soon as cold season starts and hits her is goes straight to her lungs. She doesn't get a runny rose or fever. S...
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- I agree with the people suggesting you take her to see a specialist. In addition to any standard biomedical treatment you are seeking for her, as an acupuncturist...
- I would not give her any over-the-counter medications. These may just make her respirator distress worse. It sounds like she has a chronic respiratory issue like athes...
- I strongly urge you to take her to see a pulmonologist (lung specialist). She sounds exactly like my (almost) 7 year old daughter. She has had diagnosed asthma since...
