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Dr. Asking You to Wear a Mask?
Asked by N.P. from Chicago
on September 6, 2009
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I have bronchitis and the nurse and doctor told me to wear a mask (covering mouth and nose) during my entire visit to the doctors. He did it in a VERY rude manner so ...
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- Most doctor's offices I've been in have signs requesting that all patients with a cough wear a mask...suppose it doesn't matter why you are coughing because others won...
- I been to my docter a cuople times last month and anyone with a cuogh or flu like symptoms had to put one on in waiting area im not sure if they had to wear during the...
- It's normal to be asked to wear a mask and it is to protect you and others from spreading germs. I recently had a cough from allergy induced asthma that sounded like ...
Bronchitis
Asked by S.T. from Fort Wayne
on January 13, 2007
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My 7 month old daughter was diagnosed with bronchitis just yesterday. Her Doctor said that there was nothing we could do for it. She said that it will get worse before...
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- WebMD with AOL Health - What Causes Kids' Chronic Cough? WebMD with AOL Health - Acute Bronchitis -- Home Treatment This site is really good and the links abov...
- Hello S., My 22 month old son just got over bronchitis. He also had an ear infection and what they called 3 day measles. The doctors had us put him on a breathing m...
- It depends if the bronchitis is bacterial or viral...if it's viral it has to run it's course...bacterial she can get antibiotics...most likely it will be viral due to ...
Singular
Asked by C.T. from Chicago
on August 30, 2006
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Hello Mama's and Dads,
Anyone every given their child Singular? My daughter has been sick with bronchitis 4x this year and they want her to take Singular (chewable)...
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- My son was on singulair when he was about 3.5 (he was on it for maybe 6 mths). I was told that we would either see a big difference or none at all. It helped, but no...
- hi Chris, My daughter has been on singulair chewables since she was 4 she is 9 now and seems to be doing the trick, she was diagnosed with asthma, and also put on al...
- Our daughter tried both Zyrtec and Sinular for chronic sinus infections which often led to bronchitis. She didn't get much relief from them. I think her issues are a...
Asmathic Bronchitis
Asked by Y.T. from Washington DC
on November 10, 2008
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I have a soon to be three year old girl who was recently diagnosed with Asmathic Bronchitis. She was given a treatment using two different inhalers (using a mask, sinc...
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- Y., I would strongly suggest seeing an acupuncturist. They often will not use needs on little ones. Many times using acupressure or moxa or other ways to stimulate po...
- I had a nebulizer, which takes the medicine and vaporizes it, my doctor gave me the drugs to go into that, since my son HATED having the puffs, I had to hold him down,...
- Both my sons are asthmatic. We've had respiratory issues with my youngest since he was 16wks old. She will get used to the treatments and if she cries she is actually ...
Terrible Treatment at Urgent Care- Now What?
Asked by C.P. from Chicago
on December 10, 2007
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My 3 1/2 year old daughter recently was treated with augmentin for 10 days for bronchitis while on vacation. When we returned home I noticed that she was scratching an...
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- I am so sorry for this! How awful. I know that my chiro recommended something like Florstar... it's for kids especially. My guess is that if you go to Whole Food...
- I don't know if it's so awful that she asked - doctors are mandated reporters, so she may have felt she had to. It is pretty awful that she's so unknowledgeable about ...
- If I were you, I would contact the Urgent Care and talking with the Practice Manager about what happened and the treatment you received from the Doctor. These accusat...
Constanly Sick 10 Mo Old
Asked by J.B. from Kansas City
on April 2, 2007
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My son is 10 mo 3 weeks. He does to daycare (I love the facility that he goes to) and he has been sick so much this winter. The majority of it was ear infections (he...
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- I dont know what kind of advice to give you other than that the Daycare situation has probably got almost everything to do with it. My daughter is watched by a friend...
- Hi J., Unfortunately, I think you're just dealing with the automatic problems of daycare--- and other than quitting work to stay home with your son, there really ...
- i'm a sahm to a 2yo, and we've had rotavirus twice in 5 months, too. the huge upswing in rotavirus cases can actually be linked to the rotavirus vaccinations. the vax ...
How to Cope When Their Is No Family Around
Asked by F.M. from Chicago
on February 21, 2007
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Hi moms:
A little about me. I have a 14 year old daughter and a 4 year old son. I find my son gets sick quite often, he is prone to bronchitis he never has just a c...
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- I'm not a single mom so I can't completely identify with you but I just wanted to give you some words of encouragement. Do whatever you have to do to take care of your...
- Hi Frances, I am a single mom as well. All of my family lives in either North Carolina, Maryland, or New York. My ex-husband lives in Palatine, but never volunteers ...
- I completely understand this. My family doesn't live extremely far away and can pitch in on occasion, but they do live 3 hours away. What I have done is make some co...
Long Lasting Cough in My 4 Yr Old.
Asked by B.S. from Chicago
on December 29, 2007
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Back on Dec 7th, i took my son to the doc cuz he had a sore throat, turned out to be strep, and he also had an ear infection. About mid way through his antibiotic tre...
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- My son had The Cough for over 5 weeks, and could not participate in gym class or any of the sports he was signed up for. We were also told it was a cold that would r...
- Hi B., I would try MonaVie with your son. If he has asthma, it may help with that as I know it has with others. A friend of mine had a chronic cough, and it help...
- Hi there - not sure if this is going to help w/ your son's condition, but we all here at our house have The Cough too, the one that lasts weeks so I was checking out o...
Bronchitis
Asked by L.C. from Portland
on November 17, 2006
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Are there any mom's that have young kids with acute or chronic bronchitis?
My 20 month old was diagnosed today with it.
I would like info on how to deal with this d...
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- I remember my oldest daughter got it and we had to keep a humidifier going all the time, but especially when they're sleeping. Also you have to follow dr's instruction...
- Bronchitis is an inflammation of the mucus membranes (lining) of the bronchial airways caused by irritation or infection it can be acute or chronic. The infectious age...
- I do not have any children with this, but I use this web site called www.kidshealth.org and they have everything that you could possiably think of of children health p...
Seeking Information Regarding a Persistent Cough
Asked by K.B. from Chicago
on May 19, 2008
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My 29-month-old daughter has had this persistent cough for going on 5 weeks now. The cough does come and go however initially she had an ear infection so I took her t...
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- Last October my son experienced a persistent cough and after a trip to the pediatrician as well as trials with Benedryl and some prescription drugs we still had the co...
- My 2 1/2 year old daughter was just diagnosed with asthma. In her case, she had a persistent dry cough, particularly at night. Occasionally she would have coughing "...
- Hi K., So my 3 year old had pneumonia when he was 2 which did not present with anything more than a cough. After that his cough continued and he was diagnosed with...
