Hi, being a chronic asthmatic myself (regularly hospitalised) I've always thought that if one of my children turned out to be unfortunately asthmatic that whilst I would be sad I would handle the situation calmly. But no! DD2 has been showing clear signs of being asthmatic and rather than taking it all in my stride I've fallen apart at the seams and want to take her off to hospital at the slightest wheeze. I really need some guidelines here (before my gp bans me from her room) on what is minor and what is major.
DD2 is just recovering from measles and it has left her with an awful hacking cough from which she struggles to catch her breath. During the day she has a slight wheeze but apart from that carries on as normal. The moment I put her down to sleep however she wheezes like an old smoker and coughs to the point where she gags. I've tried putting a couple of pillows under her mattress to raise her up but she seems to take delight in turing 180 degress around and sleeping head down feet up so I spend most of the night turning her around. After lying down for over an hour you can normally hear up bubbling and wheezing from our bedroom and her coughing will wake her 5 or 6 times a night.
During the day though - this all clears up so that the gp can only hear a slight wheeze. There's no infection as there is no temperature.
Any advice/help. Would appreciate any methods anyone has to help their little ones get through the nights AND some guidelines on when a wheeze is bad and when its not. For me personally I know my peakflows and understand my body and can understand when its going wrong - but hearing it my child completely unhinges me.
Really hoping someone out there can help thanks
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Wills · 07/12/2004 14:27
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