Does anyone's toddler have hay fever?

[lizandlulu]

Can you please come and talk to me about it?

My dd is 2 in July, she has had a chesty wheeze on and off since she was 6 months old. This last couple of months it's been more on than off and is coughing a lot.

Someone today asked if it was hay fever. Does hay fever have these symptoms?

My dd is 7 now but she has hayfever and asthma. Has your dd ever needed inhalers or steroids?

DD also takes Singulair (montelukast) which is recommended for allergy related asthma.

She did cough and wheeze a lot as a toddler but is stable now on preventer inhaler and the Singulair.

She also gets a very stuffed up nose, itchy eyes and sneezes a lot.

That sounds more like asthma than hayfever.

DS is 3.5 and has had both pretty much since birth for him when hayfever kicks in it is normally accompanied by runny eyes and nose

She does have the brown and blue inhaler, I have received different advice from the doctors, one said give her the brown oands very day to prevent the chestyness and use the blue one as and when she needs it. Another one said not to bother ith the brown one. I use the blue one when she is bad and it does work, but short lived.

She has a very snotty nose just lately which was what made me think it might be hay fever aswell.

Is there a test she can have to confirm it?

Sirzy, sorry crossed posts. Ys the doctor said it might be asthma, but she might outgrow it and can't diagnose it until she's older. Just got to keep using the inhalers for the time being

Brown inhaler needs to be used all the time to be effective. I would give that for a few weeks and see if it makes it more settled and then take it from there

My dd had allergy tests done at the hospital when she was 3. It showed an allergy to grasses, eggs, dust mites and a couple of others, so yes there are tests although I know it can be difficult to get a referral for them.

The brown inhaler is a preventer. It needs to be taken over time to prevent attacks.

Our paed diagnosed dd with asthma at 2. As he said 'she is chesty and has bad wheezy attacks/low oxygen etc and the asthma meds work, we can safely assume it is asthma'.

If you think she has the hayfever/asthma combo it would be worth getting allergy testing and maybe trying Singulair.

Does she have eczema or any food issues?

I first took DS to the docs when he was about 2 when he was diagnosed. Fortunately doesn't have asthma just hayfever.

His hasn't been too bad this year so far, has only really started in the past couple of weeks. When it rains it doesn't bother him at all. He doesn't cough much, but does sneeze a lot, sore eyes and runny nose. Her symptoms don't really sound like hay fever.

Round tower, no no food issues or eczema, none in the family either.

Redpencils, I agree, it doesn't sound like hay fever. I have no knowledge at all about it tho so didn't know the full symptoms. I have never has it before.

I think next time she is bad I will take her to the docs and ask about trying asthma medicine. Is it just more inhalers?

If she already has the brown inhaler then the first track they will take will be regulary using that and then increasing the dose if needed. They may also add in the montelukast if they think that will help, and of course the blue inhaler for when it is bad.

There are other inhalers available but they don't generally use them in younger children unless things are really bad.

How many puffs of the brown one every day?

It depends, I think the standard starting dose will be 1 puffs twice a day but that can be increased if needed.

There is a flower spray that goes on the skin and seems to help some hay fever - Pollution Protection from Healthy House. Might be worth trying - it will be mild enough for any child.