Asthma

[Party-of-five]

asthma is horrible my DS has it, he was on flixetide(sp?) and ventolin, Have you got a good spacer? we use one with a infants mask attatchment because in the middle of an attack its hard to get them to take meds.
With DS I just learnt to avoid his triggers where possible
DS is 10 now and hardly gets it at all mainly just when he gets a cold or flu

[krisp]

Yes we have a spacer but we've been told not to use the ventolin at the moment. The Dr just wants us to go with the preventer (Singulair) instead. I'm really worried about it.

[diannescruffy]

It's scary isn't it . DD9 has asthma but was a lot worse when she was little. She is also on Flixotide and has ventolin. Just keep an eye on his breathing, if you think he is struggling take him back to the doctor.

Regards,
Dianne