Toddlers with Viral induced asthma and attacks

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Hi there, well yet again my little one ended up in A and E and was admitted for a few days due to another attack this past weekend. It is happening every 4-6 weeks, every time she gets a little snivel.
She has been taking Montelukast and the Becotide every day so what I wondered is if these meds actually work and if they work for your little ones. I am at a loss what to do. I am on the verge of stopping her going to playgroups at the moment (and Dr agreed!) but aslo don't want to be paranoid or prevent her doing stuff.

What do other mums do with this problem? Please tell me any ideas. At our wits end as DH keeps having to take days off work and we have a newborn too which makes her staying in hosp quite difficult.

Agree that if they need nebulising then they ought to be monitored in hospital, though my GP has given me one to take home in the past. On that occasion we still ended up in hospital and they were horrified that we'd had the neb at home!

Getting the right preventors is the key. Keep pushing to try something different

Not much good to you now, but ds1 had countless hospital admissions from age 2 to around 8. He still takes becotide and daily Singulair and the occasional puff of ventolin, but at 13, he hasn't been to A&E with asthma for at least 3 years.

Thats encouraging verity. Even so you had a good few years of it. :( Glad he is better now.
What I found with DD was that in the summer months it tended to be allergic reactions which started it off whereas now its the viruses. Now we have the allergies pretty much in check (although we can't control the hayfever and environmental stuff we know which foods she is still allergic to and to steer clear of).