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Asthma & Steroids

Hello, I am seeking advice from other Mom's that have experience with young Children with Asthma. My son who was born with Asthma has been on Allergy medicine and (an Albuteral inhaler as needed) from birth, He is now 9 years old and doing great in school, very little Asthma attacks! Now that we have moved here, his allergies really hit a High and has triggered his Asthma attacks more frequently, So we are on a regumine of allergy pills and now also added Advair, (which is a steroid on a daily dose about 5 months now) But this has been...

Steroids for Fetal Lung Development?

The goods new is the baby is healthy and above average in weight, however,...

Had Success in Treating Ezcema Without Steroids?

My baby is 7 mo old now and he has had ezcema for two months now. It has...

Another Ear Infection: 3Rd Set of Tubes or Steroids???

Its eartube decision time - again. My son has another ear infection (I...

Should Newborns Be Given Steroids?

I know this sounds like a dumb question, but here is what happened: My...

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Pulmicort - Steroids for Asthma/Lung Issues

Do any of you have children who have taken Pulmicort or another steroid for asthma/lung issues. My son was born 3 months premature and therefore had immature lungs. In addition he had a chest tube for a pneumo-thorax and pneumonia all in the first two weeks of life, came home on oxygen, etc. This was all a year ago and he's doing incredible. Has been off of oxygen since April. All of that said, he is struggling with weather changes and the cold and flu season. A tiny cold leads to wheezing and bronchiolitis almost every time. My doc...

Treatment for Asthma

Hi, Is there any treatment for asthma? Homeopathy or some other medicine,...

Luck with Homeopathy, Herbs, or Nutrition for Asthma?

My son has intermittent asthma and I was wondering if anybody has had any...

Healing from Poison Ivy Rash

I got a fairly bad poison ivy rash on both of my arms. It took 2 rounds of...

House Cleaning Referral

Does anyone have a good house cleaning company they would refer to me for a...

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Food/environmental Allergies with Childrern?

I was just wondering if any other families experience food allergies/environmental allergies with their children and if so, what do you do? I have a 3.5 year old son who is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, milk, soy, dust mites, dogs, cats, ragweed, mold and weeds. I had to make all of his food from scratch for 1.5 years and have just started allowing him processed food....it has been tricky. His eczema is really bad in some seasons due to all of his environemental allergies (I had giving him medicine!!) We have joined a few allergy...