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Roxy 
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Posted: 21 June 2009 at 10:54pm |
Wow I havent been on here for so long!...wondering who to ask for advice and well here I am again.
Hope someone can ease my mind  .My little girl Brooke has always had probs etc as a baby with chest infections and bronchilitis.Now when she gets a cold or cough she gets athsma symptoms.(sorry spelling bad).Had a trip to hosp last year because I didnt recognize that first episode.Dr at hosp decided wouldnt go with preventer as thought was just brought on by virus.But we had another one bout a mth ago and now she has another cold and I am soooo paranoid that I will miss signs she is having trouble.I am so worried that I am checking her breathing all the time and once she is in bed I go in every 15-20mins and sleep with her almost every night.She doesnt suffer from the symptoms from running around etc.Only when she gets a cold or cough.And our family dr has put her on preventer.Has been on that for the last mth.Has anyone got some advice so I can stop being so obsessive?Its gotten to the point that I have considered completely taking her out of her day care(which she loves)(only goes partime hrs for socializing) so that she wont catch bugs.I am a real worry wart about things like this....Is anyone else in the same situation?And how do you manage it and assess breathing etc?
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AandCsmum
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Posted: 22 June 2009 at 12:17am |
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Gosh, I'm trying to think about how I spot my own breathing problems!
I think if you have her on a preventer symptoms shouldn't come on as fast?
Is she old enough to know what a good breath vs bad breath is? & if she's feeling like she can't breathe then to come & see you or her teachers?
When she has a cold put the head of her bed up & also can you set a heater to start warming her room from about 2.30am onwards when the temperature drop happens? Also Mum used to put a humidifier on for me with essential oils, but I can't remember what they were.
Although I used to be the same & get asthma symptoms when I had a cold/cough. I have managed to control my asthma through elimination of food triggers. ie Dairy products.
Sorry don't think I was much help.
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Roxy
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Posted: 22 June 2009 at 1:12am |
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Yes you were a help!Thankyou.Brooke is quite a big dairy eater.Loves her cheese and yoghurts!wonder if its worth talking to dr about this also?I googled article about athsma and sounds like she may be lower end of serious!
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Posted: 22 June 2009 at 7:34am |
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Mine was always bought on by colds and viruses too, so yep, it can be asthma that is triggered by a virus. A lot of Doc's are reluctant to diagnose asthma in an infant - I don't know why. Our Doc said that my son has Bronchiolitis, and added that it isn't called "asthma" in a young baby, so the two are often (but not always) linked.
As a kid, dairy used to make me worse, and now some very strong household cleaners can be bad. Chances are it's a virus setting your girl off, but other things can make it better or worse. Hot showers can help some, and I'm sure you keep her away from anyone smoking already. Keeping house dustmites to a minimum might help a bit too, but that is a PITA of a job!
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Posted: 22 June 2009 at 8:24am |
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My 10 year old daughter was diagnosed with asthma when she was about 10 months old. The thing that helped us the most was a visit to the local asthma society. The educator there helped me recognise the symptoms. Helped me get familiar with a peak flow metre.
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Posted: 22 June 2009 at 10:55am |
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DH has asthma, has had it since he was a kid and never grew out of it. His can can affected by dairy, and mostly quick change of temperature - going between warm house and cold air outside.
He has always said that the best thing that he ever did for his asthma was swimming. His doctor suggested it when he was a kid and he ended up doing it competitively for a few years. Basically it trains you how to control your breathing a lot better.
I'm not a swimmer myself, so I am not sure at what age you start breathing underwater? But it could be something to get her started in.
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Posted: 22 June 2009 at 2:45pm |
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I developed asthma as a kid and still have it, colds and flus are a nightmare since it will make my normally fine asthma turn nasty.
Im just thinking back to what my dad did with me.
an easy way to tell if she has asthma is to look at where is she breathing from. if its from the stomach shes fine but if shes breathing from her upper chest shes having problems.
Also ask you doc for a peak flow meter, its a really good way to know whats happening for her.
Take her for a swim regularlly but make sure to keep her warm afterwards. A puff of a preventer b4 she goes in will help.
the reason for swimming is because you have to breath correctly and it strenthens your lung mussles which helps when you do have a attack.
Its just like alot of things if you are a couch potato and decide you wanna do a 20k run you need to start training to get your body working and in a condition to be able to last a 20k run without collapsing after 2kms.
Also when you are cleaning/dusting/vacumming try keep her well away better yet out of the house and keep her away for a little while afterwards as well.
If you have a good beastie vacumme, then vacum her bed regularlly.
When she is sick dont be afraid to give her a reliever, so many parents try way to hard to avoid it, but thats doing more harm than good.
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Posted: 22 June 2009 at 2:54pm |
Roxy, I don't have any other advice on what the other ladies have posted, I can sympathise with you because my DS is 6 months old and has had 2 bout of chest infections/bronchiliitis already this winter, plus he has an awful wheeze, which was very noticeable when he was only 6 weeks old. Our GP thought it was a floppy larnyx and after a visit to the hospital a couple of week ago, have put it down to a "transient" wheeze, which is something they "think" he will grow out of, but which will always be worse when he has a "virus" or cold. It is very nervewracking and I'm always checking him at night. Rhys is also in daycare 4 days a week at the moment but he got the first bout of illness when he was at home with me full-time, so go figure  . I hope you find a solution for Brooke's illness.
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Posted: 22 June 2009 at 10:17pm |
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oh yeh and if she raises her shoulders when she breaths or sits up straight with a serious face shes got asthma
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