8 Month Old with Asthma

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Both of my kids (four and three) have asthma and yes they will get worse cause it is the meds breaking up what is in his lungs. What meds are he on?

Don't fear the excess coughing is now do to the fact that his medication is breaking up all the yucky stuff in his chest. There are no quick fixes to anything. It does take a few days to clear up. My son was diagnosed at 2 and a half as asthmatic. And it took almost a year until he wasn't constantly sick. He used to get sick typically pneumonia for about 2 weeks and then healthy for about 1 week. He has now been consistantly healthy for almost a year with only the occasional cold in between. You can ask for a referral to an allergist. I reccomend dr. Kishore at akron children's he is a good doctor and great with kids. Goodluck, jocey

i know what u mean they took my ped 3 yrs to diagnose my son hes on the in hailer and it seems to get worse before it gets better he just had his real first asthma attack about a month ago and u have to be real careful when he weezzes cuz it comes on fast

I also just found out my daughter might have asthma. She is 2 1/2 and like you, they weren't able to give an official diagnosis because she isn't old enough yet. I've heard a lot of kids grow out of it so we have our fingers crossed. We did the breathing treatments three times a day. It did seem to take a while before the cough got better - it was several days at least before we noticed a difference. The treatments didn't seem to make it any worse though. If his cough seems much worse, I think I would call his doctor's office especially because he is so young just to check to see if that is a common or to see if they want to switch him to a different treatment. After doing the treatments for several days, I did notice that her lips were chapped from it and the skin around her nose was dry so maybe it is drying his airway out and irritating his throat. Sorry I can't be of more help. I hope he gets better soon! Good luck!

Hi S.,
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