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Acute Bronchitis
Oct 7, 2009 ... Someone needs to check your child for pneumonia. ... First off it depends on if the bronchitis is viral or bacterial. ...
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- Hi A. If your regular Dr. will not see him, take him immediately to the er- with all that is going around do not take a chance with "self diagnosis" or over the pho...
- A., I too don't like running to the doctor when it is something that can be treated at home. It is important to treat a high fever, though. I have 4 children and ...
- Hi A. I would take him in , it sounds like as it goes on it gets worse. Better safe than sorry. Poor little guy. I hope he gets to feeling better soon.
How Long Do Your Kids Stay Sick??
walking pneumonia in 3 answersSome docs call itwalking pneumonia .... if it does that is a prompt it possibly could be bacterial rather than viral and with ...
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- my youngest daughter stayed sick for about 5 weeks this last time kind of off and on but always there. if there is no fever and she seems ok it could just be allergies...
- The cough is what you need to watch and fever-- the nose... could go on for awhile. My 3 yo has allergies so her nose is always runny- she takes Zyrtec but I would wa...
- Our oldest had cough and runny nose for 5 weeks....no fever or anything else. I kept taking him every week just to be told same thing ...let it run it's course.Ahhhh
Remedies for Infant Congestion
At minimum, ask to have a chest x-ray taken (non-invasive) which will tell the doc whether she has pneumonia (bacteria in her lungs). ...
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- Try putting a humidifier in her room. If you are in a desert, the dry air won't help her get over it. We have one always (we live in Las Vegas, NV). Also, my friend us...
- R., I too am raising my child with more of an alternative appraoch. We are in the minority and this is a wonderful webiste but I have learned it isn't one where alter...
- Doctors said she had a cold right? If this doesn't go away soon go back to make sure it hasn't developed into something more. Find out more about homeopathic medic...
Swine Flu
Sep 16, 2009 ... She died from pneumonia complications which is caused from the flu. .... Have your 8 year old take anti-bacterial to school and teach her to use it before ...
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- No please stop worrying. Do the basics and call it a day.
- It's true, people are freaking out because the swine flu is just another strain of the flu and we had never heard about. I would STRESS handwashing ALOT, use anti-bact...
- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/health/15well.html?_r=1&hpw Read this story about washing hands and using hand sanitizer. I plan to make sure that we all get the...
3 Year Old with Low Oxygen Saturation Levels.
Maybe he has walking pneumonia Has he had a chest xray You cn demand it from ... when she is sick with some sort of virus or bacterial infection The rest of ...
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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...
Erythromycin While Pregnant
I had pneumonia while I was pregnant, so you can imagine the drugs I took. ... taken a lot of antibiotics in the past you may have a bacterial overgrowth. ...
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- I would advise checking with your pharmacist or OB/GYN first. Drugs affect the baby differently at certain times/gestation periods.
- Have you heard of Arbonne? The Intellegence products may help with that. Not sure if they will but they are awesome skin care. It would be good to go the healthy, b...
- S., The best thing to do is to talk to your OBGYN, he will tell you the risk and advice what to do. You will feel more safe this way. Hope your get better. J.
Is Coughing for 5 Weeks Really Normal?
Oct 13, 2009 ... at least i.e coughing) if it was bacterial then you could get antibiotics ( ONLY IF NEEDED! .... Is It Pneumonia? HELP! ...
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- One of my kids have a long lasting cough a couple years ago. We needed a prescription cough medicine to kick it. Doc said his body got used to coughing and the d...
- I would have her evaluated by an ENT physician and if no answers, a pediatric allergist. I wouldn't let the coughing continue without some answers. In the mean time y...
- My 6 year old was coughing and congested for months on and off. I took her in to the dr. several times for it. She was put on Claritin and Flonase for allergies and ...
4 Year Old Has Been Sick for a Month and Now Has a Fever
My daughter has had several "viral infections" go into pneumonia which is ... Viruses can weaken our immune systems so that bacterial infections can get a ...
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- Have you had him tested for Mono? Sounds very similar to what mine had and it was mono.
- My 3 1/2 year old son ran a fever of 100-102 degrees for over a week and was miserable with an terrible sounding cough. His doctor also said it was viral, and sure en...
- Homeopathic remedies work great. Fever could use Belladonna or Aconitum. Never take more than 8 in 24 hours, not closer than 15 minutes in interval. Only one pill, Boi...
Very Sick 4 Year Old
it turned out to be a bacteria called pneumococcal. However it was VERY resistant. Pneumo is responsible for a littany of things (meningitis, pneumonia, ...
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- Your son has had a fever every six hours since the 31st? Wow! That sounds serious. Does he have a rash with his fever? You might wanna ask the doctor(s) to presc...
- Look him over very carefully, does he have a very light rash? This also happened to my son and 5 days later he broke out with a very light rash, it was Tifus. A diff...
- Hi L., I am not suggesting by any means not to treat your childs fever, but I had to take my daughter to the hospital and as we were waiting for the dr they had pos...
MRSA Staph Infection
The staph was not as bad, but I think it led to pneumonia. ..... a Chemistry minor, and I have read many details about this particular bacterial infection. ...
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- Well, I too am scared to death of MRSA. But I think it is great that the school is communicating the incident and their action plan to you about it. When you have to...
- I agree that you should go with your instinct and also keep in mind that her daycare is now probably one of the safest around. Now that they have a known case and are...
- Ok, your post is basicallly my same post that I made today which is tells me how much this Staph really is spreading!! My daughter's school informed me of the very s...
