What can I do to care for my son with asthma better?

Question

my son has asthma is taking advair and singulair daily.Is there anything else that I can do to improve his asthma?Is taking this combination safe?

Answer 1

Thank you for taking a interest is your son asthma. Yes those two medications are safe to take together. As for proper asthma management:

First know your sons asthma triggers and help him avoid them. Common triggers are smoke, pets, grass/weeds, dust and mold.

Second ask your doctor about Albuterol for a RESCUE medication. Rescue medications are to be used if you have an episode of shortness of breath. If you are using your albuterol more then twice per week, then your asthma is un-controlled. You need to see your doctor and ask him/her to send you to a Certified Asthma Educator (AE-C) for asthma counseling.

Last, Ask your doctor for a PEAK FLOW METER. keep a diary of episodes and attacks along with daily peak flow readings. Get an ASTHMA ACTION PLAN and fill it out. Know what your triggers, signs and symptoms are and what to do for each. Use you peak flow meter daily, and record the results.

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This should help. Good luck.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Taking preventive medication for asthma is only a temporary measure. As you cannot control all the triggers of asthma attacks the next best thing to do is to have your son build up his body's own immune system to counter these triggers. I read a newspaper report about a new herbal medicine that has proven effective for asthma in children. Check out this site: http://www.asmago.com

Answer 4

Yes, it is commonly prescribed together for asthma. They are both preventative medications and not to be used for asthma attacks (I assume he has a rescue inhaler, too?)

Keep him away from things that trigger his asthma. Pets, pollen (get an air purifier for the house) make sure you have a really good furnace and A/C filter. 3M makes the best. That will take so much of the bad stuff out of the air in your home. Anything else that makes him wheeze.

Answer 5

Dr. Batmanheldi in his book, "Your not sick, your thirsty. Your bodies many cries for water" suggests many of our health problems are due to lack of hydration. The body will not hydrate without water. Soda and juices will not do it. He points out that the lungs have postules that have a small amount of water in them that help us breathe. The brain takes first priority over water consumption and when the body is dehydrated, the brain will start pulling water from less essential areas. When the brain takes the water from the lungs, it will close up the lungs to reserve water. Try drinking half your body weight in ounces of water, ex: 150lbs = 75 ounces daily.

The kind of water can make a difference as well. The cluster size of water needs to be small enough to get into the cells and hydrate. Tap water and most bottled water do not do that. Try a bottled water from the health food store like Penta or Smart water. They are more expensive than most. You can make you own for less though with a treatment system like the one we got for our son.