My DS is 18 months old and hasnt had his 18 month shot yet, so I made an appointment on Monday for him to see the doctor and update his shots. I know they cant give the shot if your child appears to be sick and he had flu like symptoms a few days prior to the appointment so I would be getting him checked over before the shots are given.

After waiting in the airconditioned waiting room for over an hour before being seen DS had become a bit wheezy, so the doctor took his temps which were normal then listened to his chest and confirmed without a doubt that he is suffering from asthma.
I asked if MAYBE it was bronchialitis (sp) he said no he would have a high temperature, so he prescribed some steroid drops for him to take over a course of three days and just left it at that. Im an asthmatic, so when he casually said "yip hes got asthma" like hes won the lotto or something it almost brought tears to my eyes.

Ive been hospitalised a few times and I would hate for my son to have to go through that. I know it can be controlled with the right medication but if you catch a virus specially anything related to the respirtory area it really slows the progress if you already suffer from asthma. Apparently children with asthma dont always grow up to be asthmatics, if I encourage healthy eating and exercise it can help to reduce the risk of him having to live with asthma forever.
I guess what Im getting at is if there is some sort of test that could have been conducted before my Doctor had concluded that he was suffering from asthma and dosing him up on steroids? I know these arent "steroids" as such but it sorta paints a picture IYKWIM.

Anyway hes alot better, his breathing is good he still wakes himself up when he cant breath through his nose, but that should all be cleared up in a day or two.

sorry for the long post..

TIA