How long dose a asthma attack last ?

Question

My 20 month old son is at high risk for asthma , 1. because he was born premature 2. he has acid reflux , dont know why thats linked to asthma but it is 3.He has slight allergie's ,mosty in winter.Okay It is very hard to diagnose a child for asthma because they can coperaqte during the test . If the child has extreme astma the symptoms alone are relivant enough for a diagnosis and the child will be treated.Okay my question is how long dose a attack last ? Can it last only 4 seconds? My son will take 4 fast deep breaths, then he is fine he will run off playing. My first thought was astma attack , but the more i thought about it the more unclear i was, It seems like a astma attack would last longer than 4 seconds , it seems like if it was asthma i would have intervene with medicine /inhaler to help the attack , it wouldnt be self corrected.Please dont say talk to the doctor a idiot , because his doctor is an idiot, I have a albuteral inhaler here in case of an emergency ,

I hadnt had to use the inhaler yet , The doctor dont seem to care , he acts like i'm wasting his time , i will be switching doctors soon.

The doctor wont diagnos my son for asthma because he is to young to tell , he gave the albuteral inhaler to me to help my son get over a nasty nasty cold a few months ago , i just keep it put up incase of a emergency

Answer 1

Hi Sara
If I were you I'd take him to a doctor that deals with respiratory illnesses and find out why he has acid reflux at this age.
Acid reflux is not normal and should be addressed, because it can cause long term problems with the esophagus.
Speak to the doctor you have and ask for a referral to see a specialist. If he refuses to take you seriously then go call or go to the College of Physicians

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 3

Its OK to be concerned. Just keep watch over him. He should be fine. It he does have an attack you will know it. Asthma attacks can last for a few seconds or even days. If you need to use the albuteral inhaler make sure the expiration date hasnt run out.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

When I was a child...5 - 10 yrs. old, I remember asthma
attacks lasting 2 - 3 days...

Answer 6

I had adult onset asthma at 19 years old. Asthma attacks can last from weeks to hours to few minutes.