Respiratory problems in 12 month old

[Anonymous]

I have a 12 month old son his name is Adam. When he was just 6 months old, we rushed to the hospital because he seemed to have problems breathing. They kept him for 3 nights and sent us home with asthma medication (flovent/ventolin/pediapred) In Jan. 06 same thing another 2 nights at the hospital. All this time he is always weezing coughing. March 12 we spent 6 nights at the hospital and he was diagnosed with RSV. Now they are taking more tests on him because the asthma meds are not helping him. He is used to breathing this way and I want to die everytime he coughs or makes noise breathing. We are now trying a Chiropractor (no cracking just massage!) The pediatrician thinks it’s infantile asthma, the respiratory specialist thinks it is SF or a soft thoarax. Can anyone offer me some advice – has anyone gone throught this before? Thanks in advance…I am hopeful!

[Anonymous]

Hi Shannon,

Sorry you are going through this. Does your son have reflux as well or just the breathing problems? Sorry I don’t have any advice. Nice to see another Canadian.

[hellbennt]

hi & welcome!!!

this should help?

Laryngomalacia – What is it? https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4884&a mp;PN=1

Tracheomalacia – What is it? https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4881&a mp;PN=1

Reoccuring Respitory Infections https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4880&a mp;PN=1

[Anonymous]

My son has had a constant wheeze since three months and was just diagnosed via lung biopsy with Bronchiolitis Obliterans amongst other things. This is what Pulminologists should look at when a wheeze has persisted for more than six weeks and is not responsive to inhaled steroids or Bronchiodialators or anything else for that matter. Luckily my son has never had a breathing episode, but the persistant wheeze is enough to drive anyone up a wall. It has taken the docs 9 months to come up with this He just turned a year yesterday.

I hope this will give you some insight. Best of Luck with your little one.

Tyler’smom

Rachel

[Anonymous]

Check the MARCI – Kids website for EER (Extra Esophageal Reflux) where
the acid comes up to the throat, can affect ears, bronchi, lungs,
larynx etc.

Sounds like some of the same symtoms ad they say that many respitory
probrlems can be caused by reflux and if not suspected, difficult
to diagnose.

Does Adam have some sort of reflux?

Here is some of what they say in their conclusion.

“EER is a topic to be investigated along with other important causes of
ENT problems such as allergy, immune deficiency, smoke exposure, and
other yet-to-be defined factors. EER sometimes is a difficult diagnosis
to make and is even more difficult if not suspected. However, if EER is
discovered to be an underlying or contributing problem, instituting
reflux therapy often can control or even eliminate symptoms altogether.”

Check this link, mentions all the respitory symptoms that can occr with relfux

http://www.marci-kids.com/eeraffectsairway.html

I hope Adam gets better. My baby’s name is Adam, but is 20 YEARS old LOL

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all your help! Puzzeling but Adam does not have any reflux & never has. But all the same symptoms are there. We are going for a Barium swallow this month – I hope we can find something with this test. So if this is for children with reflux then I guess I am in the wrong place! Thanks so much for all your help & best wishes.

[Anonymous]

Hi there,

I am not sure if this is the same..but my son, who is now six y.o., stopped breathing at only a few days of age. He actually turned blue. We had an awesome pediatrician who did all of those other standard tests and then did an upper GI and other tests and found out that it was reflux. He was aspirating the acid. Brycen has asthma and GERD and has to be treated for both. He is on asthma meds and prevacid.

He also did a lot of coughing and wheezing and we were also told at one point that he had RSV and even pneumonia.

He was treated with Reglan and Zantac for a while as an infant and now that he is older is on the Prevacid. There does seem to be a correlation between resp. issues and GERD…from what we were told.

I hope you find out soon.

[Anonymous]

Good thing you are getting a test done! I have a silent refluxer, she was more difficult to diagnose, and like your baby was in the hospital for repiratory problems. We found the reflux and also found a swallowing dysfunction, where she was aspirating her liquids into her lungs. She also had laryngomalacia or floppy airway, that sounds horrible and sometimes people think it is asthma, but really it is imflammed tissue that can fall over the airway. A ped. ent can look for this. You may be on to something here…. wish you all the best!

[Anonymous]

Hi Lori,

Adam was finally diagnosed with reflux. Funny nobody thought of that before. His pediatrician is not very supportive of that diagnostic but Adam is being followed by a team at the montreal childrens hospital and I am comfortable with that. His doctor will be back june 8th, I am anxious to speak to her and for him to start his medication. Maybe the weehzing will stop!

[Anonymous]

I read your other post, too and I’m sorry that it took so long to get a proper diagnosis, and now you still have to wait to get him his medication. It’s really pathetic that his pediatrician won’t prescribe it and will make a sick baby wait just so he can “pass the buck” to the other doctor. Don’t these doctors remember their oath, “First do no harm.” It’s so sad.

Have you tried Mylanta Cherry Supreme? Maybe it will offer him some relief until you get him on his medication. PPI’s takes two weeks to work, so unfortunatley you will have some time before he is feeling better.

I hope better days are ahead for your little guy.

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