For anyone who knows anything about asthma?

Question

My son has be recently diganosed with allergy induced asthma. I give him his meds every night ( singular, claritian, nasonex pulmicort) and then it flairs up zopanex. My question is he just had bhronchitis in november. Here it is mid december and I noticed a cough again. Last January he had to be hospilized for it. I am giving him his meds like clockwork. Never misses a dose but he keeps getting sick. Is that normal for a kid with alleregy induced asthma ( he is allergic to dust mites and mold) . He does not act like he feels bad but that cough concerns me. I take him to the doctor ( might as well go on and move in) he has missed over a week of school so far. Does it get better as he gets older? Does he need more aggressive treatment? Or is this just part of having an asthmatic child????

Answer 1

Unfortunately it can be part of having an asthmatic child. My 7 yr old daughter has asthma and is allergic to dustmites. She takes Singulair, Advair and an Albuterol inhaler when needed. She often coughs. But she is still very active (plays soccer). There is a place online called "National Allergy" , they sell items at reasonable costs that reduce dustmites. Get Dustmitex and add it to water to clean your carpets. There is also an item called De-mite, you put it in your laundry to remove dustmites. Sometimes a cool mist humidifier in the bedroom helps (not always, allergists have different opinions on that.) When the coughing flares up, cool caffeinated drinks help. It is frustrating and difficult sometimes, but remember , when he goes to school he will be exposed to sick kids which aggravates the asthma, it can't be helped sometimes. If you have concerns contact the doctor, but kids are very resilient! If you have any questions or want to vent, feel free to e-mail me. Good luck

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

I am raising a granddaughter who is 2 1/2. She has had asthma since she came home from the hospital. We own a nebulizer and when hers starts to get bad she has 2 treatments a day of the Pulmicort and Albuterol Sulfate mixed together and then 3 additional treatments of the Albuterol Sulfate. Every year I get her the flu shot and every one in the house gets it plus we all get the pneumonia shot too.

She has not had an episode at all so far this fall. I would ask for a nebulizer and the medications my little one is on. It gets rid of the nasty cough right away. As soon as she starts getting the cough we start her treatments and make her an appointment with her doctor. I know what you mean about moving in to the doctor's office. Our granddaughter has had to go to the doctor every 28 day since we brought her home from the NICU. She has only been twice where she didn't have to get a shot.

Answer 5

My son has asthma (allergic to grass, hay and not sure what else). The cough mainly occurs at night during a flareup. He feels fine all the time except when he has a cold or someone is mowing the grass. (Better to close the windows and turn the A/C on). We were in the ER every time he got a cold when he was little, but yes it has definitely gotten better with age. He takes an albuterol inhaler during times he's bothered with his asthma, but that's not too often.

Answer 6

I was an asthmatic child and had asthmatic children. Here are some ideas :
Moisturize your home...a dry house dries out the nose..use an electric moisturizer where they sleep...if a furnace is in your home..crank up the moisture..keep the house slightly cooler

Keep the child out of the rain....they will end up in the hospital.

rub their chest at night with mentholatum or vicks vapor rub

when the coughing gets bad...lean them over the tub and turn on hot water..stay with them so they don't burn themselves.

When it rains...they will breathe better outside because of the moisture.

at bedtime..no cola, chocolate, milk, nothing that makes phlem

catch the cold in the beginning and the cough won't appear...when they are blowing their nose and clearing their throat..start the antibiotics.

wash hands all the time...keep them away from sick people (doctors office) keep antibacterial wipes with you

spray antibacterial spray on everything every day

people coming into your house..make them wash hands..they will bring germs in

when the cold starts...offer orange juice all day long ...or dose the children with high doses of vitamin C every hour as long as they are ill..they urinate it out so it can't hurt them.

keep an expectoant handy..get the congestion out of their lungs

throat lozengers and cough drops are great..honey and lemon kind work for me.

chloroceptic spray is good for sore thoat

try not to sweep or vaccum after noon since the dust particles will stay in the air all night long

no stuffed animals, no cotton quilts, no carpet in their room, no curtains, dust every day, no stress at bedtime since stress and excessive talking will bring on a very bad coughing spell.

onions and garlic, tomatoes, oranges (the peel is good too), and lemons in their diet will reduce risk of colds

fish is good for healing...and hot or cold tea with lemon will heal

many herbs mixed with oil and rubbed on their spine will stop the cough

talk to your doctor and health food provider...a pharmacist has many good ideas

Hope this helps some

Answer 7

Fall is bad for mold. All the leaves and everything outside is turning to mold. You might want to consider getting him allergy shots. The last thing is to make his room free of dust collectors, carpet, curtains. There is bedding made for people with allergy's. There is alot you can do, but the season's will play a big part, good luck.

Answer 8

I too have asthma. I have been on medication for years and have found a way to help my environment. I am not treating my asthma symptoms, I am getting rid of the alergens in my home. I have noticed that my asthma is improving and that I am reducing my medication. You can check out my website www.tinyurl.com/yczc9k. The web site is kind of vague so if you want more information email me. Maybe you can get your son off the horrible medication.

Answer 9

in poor health supply this a shot: first the neonatal RRT expert is essentially the most right. the physician is treating the indicators. im now not definite why you dont comply with up with a pediatric household document although, in particular in view that the medicines are having such quick time period final result. regularly the ones form meds, referred to as sympathomimetics, are powerful for four to six hours. possibly an adjustment is wanted. what bothers me is the chronicity of the indicators. i could desire the document to get an chest xray and seem for a couple of matters, a million. airtrapping, two. viable foriegn frame inhalation - you already know, like a raisin, or button, tiny item or and so on and so on, typically now not however some thing to hold in brain, three. atelectasis, closure of a few lung section, four. fluids within the cut down lobes. once more, my bet is that none of those matters are reward however its foremost to rule them out early in an child as their stipulations can aggravate rapidly. now what do i suppose. toddlers, beneath one 12 months, have now not built a powerful immune process and mainly have runny noses, purple cheeks, coughing, wheezing, and so on. now not on a grand scale brain you however customarily ample to irritate younger first time moms. the hypersensitivity hindrance is typically what demands watching into, nonetheless as you notice nobody takes it very critical whilst it may be eliminate for months at a time. then again meals allergy symptoms in kids is regularly now not existence thereatening. there may also be extreme problems with allergy symptoms however liekly now not in view that this has been a minimum of given a few attention via medical professionals youve noticeable. individually i suppose a pediatric physician is your fine option presently. now whilst to fear. in case your little one is generally doing what infants regularly do then dont get your panties in a knot. in case your little one starts to have an assault, will get pasty watching, begins performing legthargic, and doesnt even desire their beenie or some thing is their favourite opt for me up, then head to the ER pronto. incidentally infants can and mainly do run temps over one hundred, or even to 102, with out a critical hindrance hooked up to it, so once more simply deal with that with tylenol and seem for a scale back within the temp. if the temp is being immune to the meds then suppose approximately getting the little one noticeable via a physician. the wheezing: like i mentioned it may well linger, however i would nonetheless desire to grasp that the wheezing is not anything greater than the traditional airway edema, spasm, or secretion similar, as an alternative than a foriegn frame item. thats approximately it from what youve defined. if that is your first little one then its lovely ordinary for brand new moms to get antsy whilst the little one is some thing however crimson and fluffy. i'm really not a physician, and you're the mummy, so act hence in your instinct, and forget about the entire 5cent recommendation observed in this web site. a few of it's adequate however a few is as an alternative horrifying.

Answer 10

yes thats how my son is also hes got asthma also. good luck. theres a long road ahead of you.