I think my child may have Asthma, is Pulmicort the right medication?

Question

I like what i read in Yahoo health about childrens Asthma. It appears pilmicort may help my child, anyone have ex[erience with this med?

Answer 1

Don't ask us. Talk to the child's pediatrician.

Answer 2

Asthma is an allergy and is triggered by something. The best non medication treatment for asthma is learning your triggers and avoiding them. Common triggers are smoke, dust, mold, mildew, plants, dust mites, pets and grass/weeds.

If you can not figure our your triggers, you may need to see an allergist and have allergy screening done. This may point out your triggers.

The National Asthma Prevention Program and the Expert Panel of Diagnosis and Management of Asthma both agree if you have to use a prescription inhaler such as albuterol more then two time per week, your asthma is NOT in control and you will need a prescription controller medication.

Controller medications are steroids (Asthmacort Asthmanex, Flovent, Pulmocort), Leukotriene modifier (Singulair, Aculade, Zyflo) or mast cell stabilizers (Cromolyn sodium, Intal, Tilade).

You may want to talk to your doctor about several strong controller medications and maybe Xolair shots.

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Answer 4

how old is your daughter, my daughter is 17 months with severe asthma and has had it for about 1 yr now the first med they tried was pulmicort and it did not work but this last time she was admitted into the hospital they tried it again with what they call a baby pari neb it has a mask for better delivery and also if it will be a long term thing they told me that blowing it in the face over years and years of time it could cause cataracts(sorry didn't know how to spell) that would not effect her now. but if the med does not seem to be working ask about the baby pari neb and what they think about it before they want to switch if it is not working why make her go through all of that and end up back on it like we did and i was not very optimistic that it was going to work but so far it has also get a pulmonoligist if you don't have4 one already good luck to you and your daughter BUT DONT DO ANYTHING BEFORE TALKING TO YOUR CHILD DR IF SHE DOES NOT HAVE ASTHMA IT WONT DO ANY GOOD

Answer 5

Talk to your pediatrician or pulminologist.

If your child is diagnosed with asthma, you will work with your child's doctor(s) to develop a sick and a well plan that will most likely include a corticosteroid such as pulmicort (the most common for young children) that is taken regularly, an antihistamine such as Singulair, and a bronchiodialator such as albuterol or xopenex. If your child is very young, you will be administering everything but singulair through a nebulizer. If your child is older, you'll be using a spacer or straight to the inhaler.

Asthma is scary, but it's controllable. It takes a lot of work on your part to keep hounding the doctor(s) if something isn't quite right. There was one time my doctor's office said the doctor was "too busy" to see my daughter, and I threatened to take her straight to the ER and they could explain to them why they wouldn't see her. She went in, and her oxygen level was in the 80s. We went from the office right to the hospital.

As for the meds themselves, pulmicort never really had a negative affect on my daughter. Albuterol has always made her hyper, though, so we used xopenex through the nebulizer. They just came out with a xopenex inhaler, though, and we're all much happier. Good luck!

Answer 6

before trying medicine consult your doctor!

It depends on the severity of the asthma, the more severe the medication changes. Pulmicort is a preventative, it isn't designed to stop attacks when they occur.

CONSULT A DOCTOR!!!! CONSULT A DOCTOR!!!!

Don't risk your child's health for the sake of a few dollars, if they don't have asthma what good will pulmicort do????

Answer 7

You should talk to your doctor about it- but I am on Pulmicort and it works well. Whatever you do- DO NOT USE ADVAIR! I was on it for about 2 months and gained 20 pounds and developed a temporary resistance to my fast acting inhaler- which was really scary! My doctor said that this was common, but not clincally proven to be the cause. But Pulmicort is great!

Answer 8

that completely depends on what your childs asthma effects. a doctor can answer this question for you. pulmicort is a very popular drug used in the treatment of asthma though.

Answer 9

ask your pediatrition. My daughter goes to an asthma and allergy specialist and she is on Pulmacort, Albuterol and Singulair and this regimine works great for us right now although she does have small episodes when the weather changes drastically. You should look into going to a specialist. Because with asthma there are often triggers that may induce attacks. ex. through the specialist I found my daughter is allergic to eggs, fish and Peanut butter.

Answer 10

maximum allergies/hypersensitivity drugs will influence a baby who's extra comfortable than an grownup. i know rather inhalers are truthfully because it really is reminiscent of adrenoline. do not enable your well being care service diagnose him as ADHD because then he will have extra meds to take and those may reason go warning signs. a baby truthfully ought to not be taking meds till that's actual necessary. he's extra in all probability rebounding from too a lot medicine. i'm an grownup and that i in common words have 2, Zyrtec & Singulair and an inhaler only for emergency. Please verify out this information superhighway web site and verify out extra valuable procedures to attend on your son's allergic reactions particularly than on all of those drugs. he continues to be transforming into and they are going to genuinely influence his progression no remember what the medical doctors say.

Answer 11

In Dr. Batmanheldi's book, "Your not sick, your thirsty. Your body's many cries for water", the Dr. says asthma is an effect of dehydration. Our brains are about 80% water and our body is about 70%. The brain takes first priority over water consumption and when dehydrated, many symptoms can occur. Water drawn from sponges in the joints is arthritis. When our cells form a waxy substance around them to conserve water, that is cholestoral. When water is drawn upon from the postules in the lungs that help us breath due to dehydration, our lungs close up to conserve that water and we call it asthma.

Try drinking half your body weight in ounces of water daily to reduce your need for medications. Ex: 20 pounds = 10 ounces.