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How Can Asthma Be Treated?
Hi, my son has just turn 12 months old, he is breasfeed on demand and has breakfast, bananas and fruit smooths, the odd rusk and dinner with a petit flue. On Tuesday he was diagnose with asthma and so after neubalisers etc we came home and he is on two inhalars, one for preventing asthma attak and the other to help him with his breathing, which we ll give him for a week. We are happy with all that, its just that since we came home he seems to be vomiting up everything he eats, twice or three times he has kept the breastmilk, this is acompanied by sticky white mucus and soild nappies with A LOT of this mucus, its been 24 hrs.,he is happy and smily but hungry and unable to keep food down, any ideas? He also had taken for 3 days stereoids 20mg for three days, I manage to give himwater, but I am still worried!!
Tue, 15 Jul 2014
Hello
As your son diagnosed a patient of asthma , so I will try to explain you some preventive measures for your son for asthma .
He is now taking steroid and one more inhaler , if your son don't have any symptoms or discomfort stop all medicines .
2nd point is about the vomiting , he is having . The cause of vomiting may be due to gastritis developed by drugs and asthmatic attack .
When such patient visit I advise my patient to take ondansetrone syrup or mouth dissolving tablet before any medicine ( inhaler or steroid ) .
Now I want to tell you that there are few causative factors responsible for asthma , these are dust , mite , pests ( cockroaches ) , hay smoking , sudden increase or decrease of temperature , pollen , molds , fine dusting powder .
So if possible please avoid these factors .
Measures to reduce exposure to indoor allergens .
Wash all bed covers in hot cycle (55-60 degree C ) every week.
Treat carpets with tannic acid.
Clean upholstered objects in dust cupboard .
Keep dust accumulating dust board.
Replace curtains with blind 7 easily washed curtains .
Hot wash/freeze toys.
Use vacuum cleaner .
Encase mattress
Keep pets out of living rooms .
Install air conditioner or dehumidifier .
Eliminate suitable environment for cockroaches .
These measure will help your child .
When such case visit I prescribe monteleukast syrup with bambuterol syrup 0.2 mg / kg body weight / day once or twice in day depending upon the severity of disease .
Since this is a prescription drug so consult your doctor and get his opinion.
Usually I don't prescribe steroid to my patient except in EMERGENCY .
Good luck.
As your son diagnosed a patient of asthma , so I will try to explain you some preventive measures for your son for asthma .
He is now taking steroid and one more inhaler , if your son don't have any symptoms or discomfort stop all medicines .
2nd point is about the vomiting , he is having . The cause of vomiting may be due to gastritis developed by drugs and asthmatic attack .
When such patient visit I advise my patient to take ondansetrone syrup or mouth dissolving tablet before any medicine ( inhaler or steroid ) .
Now I want to tell you that there are few causative factors responsible for asthma , these are dust , mite , pests ( cockroaches ) , hay smoking , sudden increase or decrease of temperature , pollen , molds , fine dusting powder .
So if possible please avoid these factors .
Measures to reduce exposure to indoor allergens .
Wash all bed covers in hot cycle (55-60 degree C ) every week.
Treat carpets with tannic acid.
Clean upholstered objects in dust cupboard .
Keep dust accumulating dust board.
Replace curtains with blind 7 easily washed curtains .
Hot wash/freeze toys.
Use vacuum cleaner .
Encase mattress
Keep pets out of living rooms .
Install air conditioner or dehumidifier .
Eliminate suitable environment for cockroaches .
These measure will help your child .
When such case visit I prescribe monteleukast syrup with bambuterol syrup 0.2 mg / kg body weight / day once or twice in day depending upon the severity of disease .
Since this is a prescription drug so consult your doctor and get his opinion.
Usually I don't prescribe steroid to my patient except in EMERGENCY .
Good luck.
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