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July 10, 2006 at 4:59 pm #11272AnonymousInactive
I am new to this my son ayden is 20months old and been diagnosed with asthma, they tell us all these things to do : like tear up carpet get rid of pets, they won’t test him until he is 2 or older i do not want to get rid of my animals unless necessary but how do you know with out testing can anyone help me???
July 10, 2006 at 7:08 pm #11277hellbenntKeymasteris he on reflux meds? at a ‘proper’ (ie: high) enough dose?
just curious.
are you seeing a pediatric pulm? lots of parents have sucess with seeing this kind of dr. & telling them about the reflux…
it’s not always related by any means…but have you seen this?: http://www.marci-kids.com/whatisgerd.html – scroll to the very bottom of the page & read the last paragraph & then and click on this: “View an animation on how EER affects the ear, nose, and throat.” <– this second link doesn’t work- you have to clcik on those words from the first link, above…
HTH
hellbennt2006-7-10 19:9:21
July 10, 2006 at 9:29 pm #11286AnonymousInactivehe was but stopped when he turned 15 months and just went back and was put back on pariactin( not forsure on spelling) since we just learned he is allergic to milk and soy proteins, He takes 3m 3times daily. I just learned how serious his allergy is to milk and soy i just don’t know how to tell how serious his asthma is . They make all these suggestions to people but don’t realize how much money all this would take. I was just wondering if you have any suggestions on like removing carpets, encasing bedding, getting rid of pets. I don’t want to waste money or get rid of pets if that is not what is causing his asthma. They tell me that they will not test him for allergies until he is over 2. Thank you for that website helped me with my oldest . He gets chronic sinus infections. Thank you so much for your help
July 10, 2006 at 9:35 pm #11287hellbenntKeymasterI’m just wondering if his asthmatic symptoms are related to his reflux? I truly dont know anything about it…
here’s a link to help with the milk/soy aspect & I hope others can help you with the asthma part- you can do a search, too…anyway here’s the mspi link: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2697&a mp;a%20mp;a%20mp;a%20mp;a%20mp;a%20mp;a%20mp;a%20mp;a%20mp;P N=1&TPN=1
July 10, 2006 at 10:06 pm #11295AnonymousInactivekeep the pets outside—it is the dander that causes allergy problems.
July 10, 2006 at 11:03 pm #11302AnonymousInactivethank you everyone, if we were to do that we would have to get rid of them one of our dogs is inside only she is like 8 yrs old. Has anyone experience any of this. Does it really help ripping up the carpet, even if you do not know yet what they are allergic to things
July 11, 2006 at 3:05 pm #11350AnonymousInactiveFor what it’s worth, in Carter’s case he was tested for allergies (the same day he was diagnosed for asthma @ 5 months) and all of the tests came up negative. The doctor said that this didn’t necessarily mean that he isn’t allergic – – he said that the magic number for really knowing for sure about allergies is 2 years of age…so I’m sure that is why your doctor is telling you to hold off. Fortunately for us dh and I are both allergic to pets, so didn’t have to think about that as a trigger. I’m sure it’s hard to know what to do…pets are often people’s first ‘kids’ so it’s not so easy to part with them. Good luck in whatever you decide to do!
July 11, 2006 at 5:39 pm #11363AnonymousInactiveThank you so much for all of your advice, I know his brother tested for dust mites blood test but not skin test so i do not know what the difference it and why some dr tell you to worry that it is a big deal with the blood test and some say it;s not because it didn’t show up on the skin test. I hope we will soon find something out . Do you have any answers for giving inhalers. He hates his it is so hard to give it to him.
July 12, 2006 at 3:41 pm #11393AnonymousInactiveSince Carter was so young, we used a nebulizer instead of inhalers. He still wasn’t a big fan of it, so we found that if we allowed him to do things he wouldn’t normally be otherwise allowed to do (e.g. watch a Baby Einstein movie or play with the tubing or cord for the nebulizer) he wasn’t quite as fussy because he was too busy enjoying those things he doesn’t normally get to do to put up too much fuss. If they hadn’t switched him to chewable pills, we were planning next to give him a treat (foods he doesn’t normally get) afterwards so that he would associate the nebulizer with a few good things too. Hope this helps!
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