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Q: Nighttime Cough and Asthma in Children?
My 6 yr old son had walking pnuemonia when he was 4 yrs for 3 1/2 months. After this, he developed asthma. He has allergies and was on clariton before it was OTC. Now he is on xopenex and pulimcort as needed and Singulair 5mg every night before bed. In the last couple of months, i have noticed that he is coughing a considerable amount in his sleep and looks tired in the morning. We are a non smoking family with dogs that are NOT allowed in the bedrooms. All the pillows and mattresses have the allergen covers, and we have hardwood floors that are swept at least once a day. I am concerned about his cough as it is worsening over time and wondered if this was a sign that his asthma is becoming worse. We have a doc appt with his ped next week, but wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts. Only serious answers please. Thanks in advance.

A: I have had asthma since I was 5 also was diagnosed after having pneumonia. Coughing at night is not unusual but is concerning. I would diffidently talk to his doctor about this. The questions that come to my mind are, is he wheezing at night also? and when he coughs does he cough stuff up or is it dry. He could have something as simple as a cold. everything drains to the stomach and lungs and at night it just sits there. Try having him sleep propped up , rather than lying flat this sometimes helps. Try using Vicks Vapor rub this is great stuff. If he is coughing stuff up, I would use something with (Guaifenesin) in it during the day, this will loosen stuff up. Talk to your doctor about a cough syrup for night time. My daughter is also 6 and is just getting over the flu, she was coughing constantly at night and was giving a prescription cough syrup at night. She now sleeps all night. I hope this helps, Good luck.

Q: Asthma: What are some ways to control a cough for a child with asthma?
My niece is staying with us and has asthma and has started coughing. It was a last minute decision and she didn’t have her inhaler with her. She’s sleeping and just starting to cough, but I don’t want to let that go because it could throw her into an attack.

A: This has happened to me as well. I have asthma and when I sleep over at someone’s house my lungs usually flair up. Its probably because of an alergin in the area. Is your niece sleeping on the floor or in a bed? If on the floor, it could be dust, and if in a bed, it could be that the bedding is feather. I would reccomend checking the bedding to see if it has feathers in it. Some other common triggers that could be causing the cough are pollen, cat or other animal dander, dust mites, or mildew/mold. If you can find the trigger and remove it, you should be good to go.

Q: What are the symptoms of asthma in children 12-15?
I have a family history of asthma: My dad, his dad and my pap. I have difficulty breathing and exercising and I sometimes cough a wheezing cough. Do I have asthma?

A: Sounds like you could possibly have Asthma also. I would recommend going to see a Doctor for that.
Asthma symptoms are pretty much what you have described (wheezing, shortness of breath, prolonged expiration and an irritated cough). The chances of developing Asthma can be increased if someone in your family has it already. This was the case for me where my father and his 2 brothers all had it, so i also then suffered from Asthma.
My parents were reluctant to put me on regular drugs from such a young age (12 years) so instead they looked at natural ways to reduce the symptoms and attacks. Basicly i was advised by a natropath that there were certain natural chemicals in foods that would reduce inflammation within the body and that changing my diet to include more of these chemicals could help, it did. By eating certain fruits and vegetables as my regular diet greatly reduced the attacks i had. It went from having an attack every 2 weeks to once every 12 months. It took a few weeks for me to notice the changes however once i did i never looked back. I still carried my inhaler everywhere with me however i was able to exercise, surf (asthma attacks while in the surf are terrifying) and do all the other things i loved without worring so much.
Obviously i would see a doctor however i would also look at your diet to see if there are other preventative things that can be done for little or no extra cost.

I just found this that may be of interest. It has a full 60 day money back guarantee and is not expensive anyway. It is not the same book that i had as a child however it sounds very similar.

http://tinyurl.com/bmsy3y

Good luck with it all

Q: what cause a very dry cough in children and what should i do for it and she has asthma?

A: Try an OTC cough med. If that does not help, than it is her asthma, call her physician. My child’s asthma doc tells me to double their steroid inhalant when they get the dry hacking cough and it helps.

Q: Why does my child cough every morning? Could it be asthma?
My son is 16 months old and he had a cold and cough in November. Since then he never got rid of his cough. he doesn’t cough during the day but he sometimes coughs while he sleeps through the night and every single morning when he wakes up and i pick him up he coughs for about 15 minutes and it sounds chesty. His room isn’t dusty and i keep it at about 18 degrees all night. Doctors haven’t shed much light on it either.

A: That’s what my son has and he’s 6. The coughing for him started when he was 3. With asthma the bronchi’s in your lungs become restricted and that’s when the coughing happens. Listen to the back of his chest, is he wheezy or sound restricted? Hope this helps. As always with children’s breathing if your not sure take him to the Dr. Good luck.

Q: whooping cough, asthma and mumps question?
Medical question for you guys in the know. Ok my husband Chris has asthma, recently he’s had the most dreadful cough, so bad that at times I thought he would stop breathing, I’m not exaggerating. So he went to the doc and he had a coughing fit while she examined him which was lucky. She said it was whooping cough, now he was amazed because we get vaccinated against all that as kids. But she said because some parents are not vaccinating their children whooping cough has come back but the vaccinated ones aren’t protected as the disease mutates over time! Strangely enough, there’s been a spate of mumps in my kids’ school, now I thought that some parents were being irresponsible and not having kids vaccinated, but not the case, it’s the same as whooping cough apparently, those who don’t vaccinate get it, but it mutates and the ones who have been vaccinated aren’t protected as the disease has mutated. We know of 4 children and one teenager in our village who have been really ill. Has anyone else heard of this? Plus chris was told not to take his inhaler when he has a coughing fit as he would be overusing it and it would then be of little use. The fits although getting more infrequent are very frightening as he goes bright pink and struggles to breath and exhale to cough at the same time. Any tips from asthma sufferers? Any thoughts on the mutating mumps and whooping cough, I mean I may have misunderstood but if true is very worrying. Thank you.

A: The diseases are not mutating! The vaccines just wear off, or never worked in the first place. Think about it–if the virus and bacteria for these diseases mutated, why would they use same whooping cough and mumps vaccines that they’ve been using for decades? They are not changing the vaccines. Whooping cough is caused by a toxin that the body produces in response to the bacteria. So is the doctor claiming that the toxin the body produces has mutated? Ridiculous. Doctors just can’t seem to admit that often, vaccines do not work.

Q: Other than asthma, what would cause a child to develop a chronic cough every three to four months?
For the past six years a now 13 year old male child has developed a loud, hacking cough every three to four months. The cough persists for as long as a month. Prescription and over the counter medicines quiet the cough somewhat, but it does not go away in response to the medication. He is approximately 50 pounds overweight and it is possible that his mother was using illegal drugs during her pregnancy with him. So far, doctors have not given a diagnosis. They offer pre-asthma as a possibility. The cough is loud and hard enough that his school does not want him in the classroom. We need some answers!!

A: Could have something to do with Bronchiolitis. Do a search on it to see if it fits the boy’s condition, then ask the doctor. You might also want to go to another doctor, even at a teaching hospital, such as Yale University Medical Center in CT, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and other locations, Mount Sinai or Columbia Presbyterian in NYC, or the best in the nation is Denver Jewish Medical Center. There are many different lung conditions and diseases, and they are not easy to diagnose. Most pulmonary specialists deal with asthma, emphysema, and others, and do not have a lot of knowledge in lung conditions that are out of the ordinary. Don’t know what is the insurance that covers him, but it should at least cover 70% if out-of-network. If you or whoever is his guardian wait on the current doctors, you could be regretting it greatly in a few years.

Q: why do people suffer from broncho and asthma problems though they are taken proper care and treatment?
some children suffer from severe cough, asthma and broncho problems though they are given proper treatment and care.Other than heriditary can u give any reason?

A: Allergies….we all have em. Some people are sensitive to dust particulate matter because their nerves and their lungs are geared that way. These are generally your sensitive people and they get sick more often than many other people. If the air has a high dust content, they suffer from limited breathing and can have breathing attacks. Treatment for asthma is probably drugs. That won’t help purify their breathing air and that is what they need.

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Q: What do you know about Cough Variant Asthma?
My son is 10 months old and has had a cough for about 6 weeks. I have taken him in to the doctor 3 times and every time they say his lungs sound fine. At times over the past 6 weeks, he has had other symptoms that coincide with other illnesses (colds, stomach virus, etc) The cough is there both when he has other sicknesses going on and when he’s healthy.
At a recent appointment, I spoke with his doctor about it and he mentioned something called “cough variant asthma” but said it was too early for him to be diagnosed. I would like more info if anyone else has a child with this.

My husband and sister both had asthma as children, and speaking with my mother, it sounds like my sisters may have been more along the lines of cough variant asthma. Does this run in families?? Does anyone know how young children are when they can be diagnosed? Will they typically outgrow this type of asthma?

A: cough variant is a chronic cough with no corelating chest constriction or bronchial spasms…and normal pfts.

However the most common symptom of ASTHMA is cough. With or without wheezing. Especially in young children and infants. Also in people whose asthma is centered in their SAP’s (as opposed to large airways) this is because it takes more airway to allow wheezing so the smaller the opening (like with younger children or SAP (small air passages) centered asthma you get coughing instead of wheezing. Also with this type of asthma excessive mucus is common which can also cause gagging and/or vomitting/dry heaving and fevers (my oldest son still runs up to 104 degree fever with a severe flare..has had a few flares with over 105 (hospital verified)..my youngest son routinely runs 102 with bad flares). This is because the body can not differentiate between mucus caused by infection and mucus caused by asthma, so reacts as programmed..with a fever to burn out the infection…

I have had asthma since infancy..my oldest had his first flare at 6 days of age..finally diaged at 10 mths (now 27 yrs)…..my youngest son had his first flare at 2 mths of age (now almost 14 yrs)..diaged immediately…and neither have ever wheezed even though both have severe persistant asthma…

my grandson has an appointment at my kids pedi pulmo on Apr. 8…he will 10 mths old…and I fully expect that he will be officially diaged with asthma at that time…he has been on a neb off and on since an emergency room visit in Feb.

Asthma can and is diagnosed from birth on..based on symptoms and family history…but it takes a specialist..a pediatrician or general doctor is not qualified to diagnose or treat asthma. Ask for a referral to a pediatric pulmonologist. The sooner the proper treatment plan is began the less risk of permanent irreversible airway remodeling and/or scarring(which raises the risk of COPD and lung cancer in later life)

for now go to http://www.nationaljewish.org and http://www.keepingkidshealthy.com

also http://www.lungusa.com (or http://www.lungusa.org I never can remember which) and http://www.ginasthma.com

ETA: infant onset asthma is genetic and is not usually outgrown (the only asthma that is *outgrown* is RAD that is from RSV which can cause asthma like symptoms for up to 6 yrs after the infection). However many people do have periods of remission as they age during which time (sometimes for years) they have few if any asthma symptoms or flares. And often they will assume asthma flares in adulthood are allergies, chest colds, bronchitis, etc instead of asthma. Also because asthma is a chronic condition most people with asthma do not recognize that they have constricted breathing. Because to them it is *normal*. The more severe the asthma the less likely the person is to recognize the chronic constriction.

Q: in a child with asthma (coughing fits from bronchitis) would it be good or bad to serve hot ramen soup or some
thing cold like a PB&J sandwich. I have never dealt with this type of asthma symptoms before and not sure what would be the best or what would be harmful…he is on medication and treatments for the coughing.

A: My son had asthma when he was tiny. I would shut bathroom door, run a hot bath with menthol oil in it eg eucalyptus oil and steam up the room. I would not take him outside. I am sorry i cant help more but as for the food, give him what he fancies, soup should be fine. best wishes x

Q: What expectorant is good to release phlegm in asthmatic children?
Apart fro the usual preventer and bronchodilator to treat asthma coughing in my child of 7 years I was told I can give an expectorant to help to get rid of phlegm in the airways which one is good? Thanks for answer

A: Robitussin expectorant works great. Mucinex works great also, I just don’t know if your child is old enough to take it .

Q: does your child cough at night and he doesn’t haev Asthma?
how long can a night acough last after having a cold in children , my daughter coughs only at night , she took antibiotics after a sinus infection and she became better and now she has cough again .. her doctore doesn’t think she has Asthma , as she doesn’t have any other symptoms ,, is it only a matter of time , did this ever happen to any of your children , my daughter’s age is 21 months

A: It could be a reaction to the fabric softner. I started washing her things with organic soap and softner. It helped alot, as the store bought cleaners have to much fragrances. You can use bear as a softner, the yeast makes the water soft.
Try also putting salt water in her room the moisture might help – it help mine. I gave my baby fennel tea in a bottle and she would cough and in her sleep take the bottle and drink.
If you want to make her stonger take her out in the mountains and let her walk alot to strenghten her lungs. I took my daughter into the italien mountains hicking , she really did alot of walking and when we got back she never had lung problems again. I make a not to go to the mountains at least every two years, and this has kept her healthy.
Good luck

Q: Do children get puffy face or become fat, by using the brown inhaler for the control of their asthma?
My child of almost of 7 years has been puffing the brown inhaler for 3 years. she takes Pulmicort 50 mg twice a day, more if she’s having a cough. I do wonder if she may get a puffy face or become fat in the future because of the amount of steroids. My Doctor says, no, but a friend of mine swears that her daughter got full moon face by using the steroids for control of asthma. Thanks for your answer. Big regard.

A: No, It helps them clear there lungs. Why would you think this?

Q: What is Asthmatic Bronchitis in Children?
Can you explain to me further pls. Is Asthmatic Bronchitis in Children is more on Asthma? or Coughing?
A 1 year old patient who always cough, and was diagnosed to have an Asthmatic Bronchitis.

A: It’s another name for asthma. Asthma is an allergic reaction to a trigger. A trigger can be dust, pet hair/dander, dust mites, mold / mildew, smoke or any other smell or substance that causes the allergic response.

If you can identify the trigger, you can avoid it. This should make symptoms go away.

Some with asthma wheeze, some cough, most have shortness of breath. Signs and symptoms can very.

Good luck.

Q: Why do my kids cough when at an indoor waterpark?
We were staying at a hotel this weekend that had an indoor water park. My kids couldn’t have much fun because they were continuously coughing. Once they were out of the water park, the coughing slowly subsided. Why does this happen? I saw a few other children coughing also, but not as bad as my kids. None of them have breathing or asthma issues.

A: take ‘em to grandma’s pool =)

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