I have also posted this in allergies - but thought there might be more traffic here.
Dd (6) is anaphylactic to dairy, also avoids egg, sesame and nuts. Her asthma is generally well controlled, in fact she is 100% well in terms of asthma most of the time but when she isn't there seems to be nothing (apart from short course of oral steroids) that makes it better. I know that salbutamol isn't helping and she says herself she thinks it does nothing. When she was little she had one bad attack when they gave her back to back or hourly salbutamol for 3 days. It was only when they added atrovent (every 3 doses)that her oxygen saturations went up.
I read some research last year that said there are some children (with a specific gene) for whom this drug doesn't work but no one at our hospital will listen to me (understandably they are worried I will ditch the standard treatment and cause her harm).
But I feel vulnerable that we have no drug apart from steroids that makes her better. It would be a great help if anyone has experienced similar.
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Anyone else's asthmatic child just not seem to respond to salbutamol?
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springinstep · 16/12/2010 18:54
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