My DD1 had 6 chest infections in about 4 months & they triggered her asthma. I took her in for yet another dose of abs, but they timed her breathing & put her on ventolin instead. She was closer to 2.
Its a scary thing to go through. I hope it has a positive out come for you.
My sister was quite young when she was started on ventolin. Only a few months old. She was full of mucous & mum actually slept her on her belly as she would've drowned in her own fluids. She used to have the nebuliser at least 4 times a day.
If it helps her, hopefully she can have a preventative to have twice a day, instead of the constant ventolin. Good luck
Well we went to the Dr's this afternoon and as a result of our test and his review we have a diagnosis, Small Airways Disease, it has been really difficult trying to find a decent description on Google, as a majority of the references are to severe cases (Cystic fibrosis, or as a result of smoking), but she fits more in the category of Chronic neonatal lung disease, which in most cases relating to preterm birth requires the use of low flow supplemental oxygen facilitates, and home oxygen.
She had improved enough to not require 02 at present which is a huge relief, she still has the wheeze and cough, but the rattle in her lungs had improved. She will have the wheeze and cough for sometime, he is hopeful that by the age of about 6 she will have grown out of the disease. During the interim any little cold or sniffle will make it worse, "goes straight to her lungs", which is why she has been hit so badly, as what may be minor for other bubs quickly turns into Croup or Bronchiolitis for DD.
So the plan is... When she starts to develop a respiratory type infection, like each time she has developed croup or the bronchiolitis we are to administer 3 courses of Predmix, they usually appear in the evening so that night, the following morning and the morning after that. If she doesn't show improvement ie. becomes distressed, is drawing in her ribs, struggling to breath straight to the Drs of Hosy depending on the time of day/severity, and they will then have to administer 02.
So I am glad we know what we are dealing with and what the plan is, we are to keep the ventolin as that may be of assistance down the track a bit, when she will be reassessed for asthma, but as the ventolin had a minimal effect, it is too early for a diagnosis now.
Thankyou for all of your messages and information
xxoo
I am glad to hear that you are getting closer to finding out the cause. At least the cold weather will be over soon so hopefully she won't get so sick. I hate this time of year with DD1 she gets so sick, I upset some friends last year as they kept bringing over their girls when they were sick and couldn't understand when I finally went nuts. Our Dr had advised us to stay away from kids with snotty noses, being a prem and with her weezing we wanted to try and avoid any colds or viruses becasue like you know it makes it worse. She is the kind of mum who knows everything and figured it would be good for DD to build up her immune system grrr!!!
My 19 month old has had a bout of croup, and broncholitis for the 2nd time. Last night we saw the doc and he said poor DS is starting to get asthma, so they put him on the ventilator machine. I was told to buy a ventilator and spacer.
My hubby wants to get a 2nd opinion re the asthma. I can hear his chest is like 'noisy'. I have no idea if and when he would be having an asthma attack. Tho' hubby is asthmatic and he is telling me the more I use the Ventolin spray, the more prone he will be to it.
If you are not certain about the Dr's diagnosis then you can get a second opinion, it is rare that they officially diagnose Asthma under the age of 2, unless there have been 3 attacks where ventolin makes a difference. Prior to this it is referred to as Infant Wheezing and unfortunately there is not a lot of research in this area, and all of our Paed's and Dr's have said that it can really be a guessing game.
The infant wheeze is often closely connected to Croup, and secondly but less comonly Bronchiolitis, we discussed this with one of DD's Paed this week.
There are some clear signs when your child is struggling to breathe, and the Dr should have gone through this with you.
Some children have an audible wheeze and others and in auidible wheeze, my DD's is inaudible, but when it is audible we need to be at the hospital as she is usually having chest recessions by that stage.
You look at the base of the neck at the front and if the skin is being drawn in the round bit between the bones this is referred to as a Neck Tug, so the baby or child is having some difficulty breathing so you would administer Ventolin as per the asthma plan or recommendations given to you by the Dr. And then take them to your Dr or if they are not open to the ER.
The next level is chest recessions, this is where when you look at their chest that is is not there belly moving in and out as they breathe, it is their rib cage/chest. This is severe and the child needs to be taken to an ER quickly via ambulance to be seen by professionals.
All of DD Dr's and Paed's (ah yes we have a few ) all say it for us to give her as much as she needs, and as per her "astham" plans, she has not been officially diagnosed, as she has to have another severe attack or two, and she has a pre exisitng lung condition, resulting from either her prematurity or it has been caused by a series or respiratory infections (8 this winter so far ).
She is on Ventolin every day, usually just 2 puffs every 4 hours as needed, and at the moment she is on 6 puffs every 2 hours due to another infection, everything goes straight to her chest.
She has had up to 6-12 puffs every 20 minutes, in hospital, but at that stage she needed o2 as the ventolin stopped working. They don't become immune to the effects of Ventolin, but with asthma there do become times when the Ventolin just isn't enough.
This is not the opinion first hand from a Medical Professional, this is all of our experiences and the Dr's and Paed's we deal with directly in relation to our DD's issues, every child is different and the recommendations for you child will very likely be different to ours. If you are ever unsure please seek medical assistance as it s better to be safe and know that everything is ok than leaving it too long.
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) all say it for us to give her as much as she needs, and as per her "astham" plans, she has not been officially diagnosed, as she has to have another severe attack or two, and she has a pre exisitng lung condition, resulting from either her prematurity or it has been caused by a series or respiratory infections (8 this winter so far 
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