Dealing with Mild Asthma

[Amelia06]

Hi all,

My DS2 who is 8 months old, and we have been told he has mild asthma/broncolitis.

I have 3 children and this is the first time i have had this with my kids.

I was wondering if someone can help me with some information??

1. Does thickned formula bring on the wheezying or making more phelgmy???

2. Does leaving a oil heater on bad for them??

3. Does dust effect them??

What other things do i have to be careful from and what things do i have to look out for to prevent it???

Please help me???

[Lunar]

Bronchulitis and asthma are two different things.

It's actually not normal practice to diagnose an infant under 12 months old with asthma.

In regards to your questions I wouldn't be giving him thickened formula as treatment, even if he was refluxy (which is why it is commonly used). I have had 3 babies who have all had reflux and I never used thickened formula, didn't see the point really, just harder for them to digest.

As for the dust, yes it makes a huge difference with babies and children who have breathing issues. Keeping the dust to minimal makes it easier for them and lessens the chance of breathing difficulties and asthma attacks.

As for the heater, I don't know with that one ???

[jesellma]

Hi
I have 3 children with asthma ages 6yrs, 4yrs and 9 mts. they don't usually diagnose under 12 months though but thankfully I have a really good doctor!! We see a specialist for the girls which is what I would recommend you do for your little one, as he told us not many doctors are trained enough in asthma management and it is vital that you receive a correct treatment plan so that things don't get out of hand. We took our 9 month old (at the time she was 6mts old) to three hospitals before someone listened she then ended up on oxygen and tube feed, so whatever you do follow your gut instinct if you think he needs treatment and they try and tell you its not asthma related. sorry:ecomcity: for the long story but I get so fustrated when people (eg drs) don't understand asthma!!! My girls are mainly affected by weather and viral infections every one is affected diffrently.

[missie_mack]

Asthma is an allergic response and the trigger is different for every person so there are no specific answers to this. However there is a long held belief that milk in general makes people more phlegm prone with respiratory issues.


Dairy foods

There is a widely held view that milk may cause asthma symptoms, and people with asthma are sometimes told to avoid dairy products. Scientific studies do not support this widely held view. It is most important that people with asthma maintain a healthy diet. Diary products are a major source of calcium and avoiding dairy products can have serious consequences, particularly for children and older adults. If you think that you may have an allergy to milk products you should seek advice from a dietician and your doctor before avoiding dairy products. Children should not be taken off dairy products without discussion with their doctor.
Taken from Asthma NSW

Its not uncommon from my understanding for children prone to bronchilitis to grow into asthmatics and there are indeed children diagnosed with asthma before 12 months (especially as there is such as thing as infantile asthma) Most paeds are just cautious of using the term as in years gone by they found a lot of people defined as asthmatics 'grew out of it' although I have read some research recently about those who have thought to have grown out of it are more prone to have it reappearing later in life :)

[Amelia06]

wow thank you all for your comments.

My Paed has told me that he has mild asthma/broncolitis and he is a happy wheezer, i did think its weird for him to diagnose him with asthma at 8 months old.

im looking at seeing another paed for a second opionion cause DS wheezes bad and coughs bad too.

All my kids had reflux and were fine on the thickned formula but because DS2 has this mild asthma, it made me think if thickned is good for him?? And now i dont want to change to a new formula as i give my kids Cows milk by 10 months so i was thinking of giving him half formula and half cows so it wont be as thick.

What kind of specialst can see in regards to getting a better diagnoses of this asthma???

[missie_mack]

Most area hospitals have a respiratory specialist clinic. There was a thread a long while ago about 'fat happy wheezers' do a search :thumbsup:

Does he respond to asthma medication?? If he responds to it that matters more than the diagnosis. Its just a matter of finding the trigger now :)

[Amelia06]

Most area hospitals have a respiratory specialist clinic. There was a thread a long while ago about 'fat happy wheezers' do a search :thumbsup:

Does he respond to asthma medication?? If he responds to it that matters more than the diagnosis. Its just a matter of finding the trigger now :)

thanks for that. yeah he does respond to his puffer.

its just weird cause we went away last week and he was fine with no wheezing, and once we got back home, he started wheezing and coughing, so i think it good be dust etc from his room

[dani82]

My daughter has had asthma since she turn 1 in feburary she is on flexitide jr and ventolin. But lately she has gotten bad so we refered to the asthma plan but nothing seems to work on her she coughing all night . does anyone have any ideas how to ease it.

thanks

dani

[missie_mack]

My daughter has had asthma since she turn 1 in feburary she is on flexitide jr and ventolin. But lately she has gotten bad so we refered to the asthma plan but nothing seems to work on her she coughing all night . does anyone have any ideas how to ease it.

thanks

dani

Any idea what could be causing the coughing?? Has she got a trigger? I would be eliminating things in the bedroom that might be causing it such as dust, mould, bedding etc etc to see how that works...
Otherwise we often find in cold weather after 5pm we cough and attempt to have us inside and warm during these days... but really it could be a trillion different combinations.. sorry :)

[dani82]

Any idea what could be causing the coughing?? Has she got a trigger? I would be eliminating things in the bedroom that might be causing it such as dust, mould, bedding etc etc to see how that works...
Otherwise we often find in cold weather after 5pm we cough and attempt to have us inside and warm during these days... but really it could be a trillion different combinations.. sorry :)

we started eliminating things that could be causing it. even putting a vicks vapourizer on aswell as air purifer. got her on antihistmines atm for hayfever.think it has a lot to do with the weather changes. the hard part is dealing with it.:)

dani