Asthma/chest infection/pneumonia confused

[Lolpigs]

Bronchitis can flare up with illness. That is what I have. I dont take any medication for it, unless I get a chesty cough or infection in winter, then it can get so bad I'm on a ventilator, however that only happens once every few years. Otherwise I only have issues when I do strenuous exercise. I detest medications so don't take anything for that LOL but I wouldn't stress too much Normally it is hereditary I thought unless it is allergic Asthma, my mother has Bronchitis so this is where it comes from for me.

They can test his lung capacity when he is well, to see how he is going its a simple test where he blows into a tube. Your GP should be able to do it for you.

Perhaps this bug has just been hanging around for few months? Or it was just allergies? There has been lots of yucky things around in the last few months so it might just be one of those.

Hope he feels better soon xx

[kelebek]

DS had a real problem with a cough everytime he got a runny nose or he would run or was in cold air. Took him to the dr's numerous times and a big culprid was his ears. We were treating him for astma just in case cause the cough just seemed to linger and our dr said it was hard to do a definitive test for astma at his age. DS's dad always thought he had a chest infection but his chest was always clear when they checked it.

We did have some mould growing on our cielings which I finally took care of, within a week his cough had disappeared and I stopped using the astma medication. It has been about 2 mnths. He did get a cold on thursday last week and that is usually when his cough would return but it hasn't. He has started to cough but I suspect it's his ears and will be taking him to the GP tomorrow.

It's really hard not to worry but all you can do is keep taking him back to the dr's and getting him checked. If you do suspect a chest infection though I would try and get him to another dr just for a 3rd opinion just in case.