having problem with pneumonia/bronchitis in my 5 month old?

Question

I recently took my 5 month old to the pediatrician for wheezing and she said that he had RSV/bronchitis and she informed me that they cannot give an infant of his age antibiotics and that if he started to have trouble breathing or didn't improve to bring him back.....So about 2 days later he started running a fever and having trouble breathing so i took him to the local E.R department and the on call physician diagnosed him with pneumonia/bronchitis and gave him a breathing treatment at the hospital and sent him home with an antibotic and a prescription for albuterol syrup, so i filled his prescription for the medicine and did a follow up visit in 2 days like instructed and it was with another doctor because his pediatrician was on vacation and this doctor took him off the albuterol and put him on a breathing treatment until his appt in 5 days with his normal ped. what can be wrong with him? asthma? allergies? please help me i am very scared!-mother of three in ohio

Answer 1

RSV is a virus which attacks the infants (under 2-3 yrs) respiratory system and often causes bronchioliltis. For some reason infants don't get bronchitis but bronchiolitis. The fact that a baby gets RSV or bronchiolitis does not mean your child will develop asthma nor allergies. Adults get RSV, but they don't get bronchiolitis; they just develop a bad cold. Doctors don't prescribe antibiotics for viruses, but may give antibiotics for a simultaneus bacterial infection.

You did the right thing by taking your baby to the ER. Bronchospasms are considered a medical emergency, specially in babies. You can find more information on asthma in infants at the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America site www.aafa.org

Albuterol can be given in different forms-- as a syrup, through an inhaler or through a nebulizer treatment. The breathing treatment given to your son probably contains albuterol/levalbuterol (Proventil /Xopenex) or some type of corticosteroid like Pulmicort respules. The pediatrician probably thought the breathing treatment would deliver the medicine in a more efficient manner.

Hope your baby boy feels better soon.
My first daughter was hospitalized with an RSV bronchiolitis for 8 days when she was 6 mos old. She is doing great now.

Answer 2

Well, one of things things that your doctors told you is probably right. RSV, pneumonia and bronchitis are all respiratory infections. The albuterol is a broncodialator. It can be given in infants orally or in breathing treatments. It helps open up the airway to ease breathing. At 5 months and having these problems, asthma is a good possibility down the road for him. Does anyone in the house smoke? That could also compromise the airway. Make sure to follow up with your doctor as directed. If he starts to have any labored breathing, flaring nostrils, blueish color around lips or worsening wheezing, take him back to the emergency room.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

dont worry, your child does have RSV. and the albuterol will help him breath better. just keep a very good eye on him. if he is having labored breathing, you need to take him back to the er. for observation. may be later on in life he may develop
asthma or allergies. right now is allergy season. so just follow up what the Dr. told you.