He’s having headaches, trouble breathing, trouble sleeping, coughing at night. I have brought him to the doctor for this and he says its allergies and prescribed Zyrtec which didn’t help at all. What are the symptoms of asthma, especially in a child?

I was about his age when i was diagnosed with asthma.
I know that my symptoms were:
Shortness of breath
wheezing
coughing fits
being sick in the morning
i could barely walk up stairs without getting out of breath
i found it hard to breath when i got upset or stressed in any way, much like a panic attack.

I really hope this helps, cause i hated being asthmatic.
I grew out of it though, so he has it im sure he will too.

my kid is 4yrs old and every month, he will be given antibiotics because he has colds eventually leads to cough and asthma. he has maintenance med, (salmeterol+fluticasone propionate, cetirizine) still he cough. I give him also nebulization (combivent). how can he be asthma free? are there herbal med? or natural asthma prevention? my kid is obese. at 4yrs old he is 29kg. and i find it hard to let him on diet because he cant understand what diet is.how can i let him reduce his weight?

don’t mess with asthma! Trying a bunch of natural nonsense drugs may get him into a life and death situation. Look at your house, see what is causing his problems, smoking, paint fumes, animal dander, dust etc. eliminate it from your environment and pray for him to outgrow it. a number of kids do. As for the weight, you caused it by overfeeding him, you have to take steps to help him eat healthy foods. Keep him away from jusk food, no soda, no cookies , no crackers….teach him to eat good food and he will lost the weight.

Allergy is real bad in California now. Anyone have any idea which is the best medicine that can help?

Benadryl.

When I have an allergy attack I take an anti-histamine, but that takes 30 minutes to kick in. Is there a way to make this 30 minutes more bearable?

since allergy attack effects mostly your nose, try to moisten it and wash out allergens.

either buy a serum-spray or do this:
boil 1 1/2 cup of water, add 1 teaspoon salt and half sugar. let it cool off and insert into your noise with a pippette or a small plastic spray bottle.

i always have small spray bottles in my bag available.

Apparently, they give the kids itsy bitsy amounts of peanut over a period of time and eventually the kids lose the allergy. I read it somewhere that they’ve begun trials on it and after a year or so, the children lose the allergy.

Anyone heard this or trying this treatment?

Yes. And my allergist in Houston is friends with the main person on it.
It will take a LOT of time for this to become mainstream. They tried it a few years ago and one of the children either died or had a near fatal reaction to the "treatment". So, they stopped it for a while. Now, it is extremely controlled.

My son has a life threatening peanut allergy and personally I won’t be a part of it until it is really proven safe this time.

If anyone you know has a peanut allergy, please check out my website. I have a short animation as well as a list of peanut safe candy (there is so little!). www.judethedude.com

I have seasonal indoor and ourdoor allergies. It seems as though whenever I experience my other symptoms – sneezing, runny nose, etc. – the inside of my ears also itch like CRAZY. It’s probably worse than the other symptoms. And no, my ears do not have a lot of wax build-up… it’s ONLY when I am experiencing my allergies.

Has this happened to anyone else before? What do you do about it, other than rub your ear like an insane person? Thanks!

Yes, it is possible because itching is an allergic response. Your body gets inflammed upon experiencing the trigger and a whole range of symptoms can result, including itching.

I have been having trouble with my asthma for about a week now, I’m on prednisone and using my rescue inhaler as needed. I have been drinking coffee and trying to get enough sleep and rest, but I am still having problems. Does anyone know of any home remedies that could speed up the process?

Sorry but when the asthma flares up it normally needs something stronger than home remedies. You are doing all the right things but maybe a little extra help is needed at this time.
What dose of prednisolone are you on?, if it’s still a low dose or maintenance dose, an increase may help. Do you have an infection and need an antibiotic?
Basically if your asthma has been giving you discomfort for a week, it’s time to visit the docs and find out why.
Best of luck

My wife has long wondered why she has a strong body shape that makes it more difficult than you would expect to loose weight. She has always said that she had extremely bad asthma for years as a child and took alot of medecine for it. I recently learned that asthma treatments use steroids. Now, it seems obvious to me that it is related.

I wonder if exercise/health gurus know of ways to specifically address this. I can not find anything online about it though. Can anyone help? Thanks!!!!!!!

This site should help you out, specially concerning your link between asthma and body shape:

http://starturl.com/asthmafree

Some things listed there include:
>> How to safely and effectively lose any excess weight – and therefore treat your asthma
>> How to increase your energy, endurance and fitness levels
>> How to increase your circulation
>> How to make anxiety and depression a thing of the past

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