asthma in 2.6 ds? anyone help?

[mad4mybaby]

ds1 2.6 possibly has asthma (in family plus he has food allergies and ecxema) since last summer kept getting awful cough that not cough medicines helped with and went to gp who prescribed liquid salbutamol as she said he was too young to do peak flow but said prob make him hyper so i didnt give any to him and then it went. came back again so went back to gp who gave more salbutamol but again i ddnt want him getting hyper as the cough was worse at night and i was heavily pg with ds2...

anyway it came back with avengance in october and 3 diff gps said chest was clear and no chest infection. however went to diff gp as was affecting him badlhy and this gp said he heard crackling in bottom of ribs so gave anti b's for chestinfec and it went.. anyway its come back again a week ago but he also has runny nose... not sure if a cold or what.... i thought WAS a cold until just now where me and him were playing chase and he had huge coughing fit.. my ds2 (9weeks) is in hosp at mo so i havent been able go to gps..i will next week though.

just want peoples experiences etc at this age what happens...?

Well perhaps my GP (who is a woman and a parent) is a bit more understanding?

My DS has been on inhalers of one kind or another since he was one. Started on Atrovent (I think) and now has Becatide daily and Salbutamol top ups for when he is worse.

I administer these through a spacer device, have had 2 types, he is used to it all fine.

He is 4 and has never had to do a peak flow. Have never been given liquid anything, unless you count prednisilone when he is really bad?

I would ask to try it to see if it makes a difference without the peak flow tests.

do you mean ask for an inhaler? Is it possible its a coincidence that he has a cold on top of asthma at the mo? It doesnt affect their nose does it?

No it doesn't affect their noses, but sometimes if DS has a upper respiritory virus (cold) it can seem to exacerbate his wheeziness.

A persistent cough in young DC, particularly at night needs to be taken seriously by your GP imho.

fwiw DS has never had an asthma attack, he may not even had asthma 'proper' - he was recussitated a few times as a newborn and was on a cpap machine, one explaination I have been given for his breathing problems is this.

He also has a heart valve problem, although this wasn't known unilt he was 3, but it may be responsible for his low o2 sats and he had recurrent bronchoilitis with seriously low O2 sats many times before he was 2.5

Salbutamol will send them hyper (she says having learned from experience). Ask to see the Asthma nurse at your docs. They are excellent. Get an inhalor of Salbutamol as you have more control over it rather than the liquid. Anymore than two puffs for my ds and he gets a bit hyper. Agree with the spacer device too, very good. My ds was always coughing etc through the winter months with numerous colds etc. It took an emergency trip to hospital for mild asthma to be diagnosed. He now uses the "brown inhalor" twice a day during October through to February, and then only Sabutamol when needed (rarely). It works well - but I never need to give more than two puffs. Ask at your docs if they have an Asthma nurse and then take it from there. Good luck

My DS sounds very much like yours, continual coughs and colds, night cough, history of eczema.

He was diagnosed with asthma just before his 2nd birthday, he is on flixotide inhahlers 2x daily, salbutamol inhaler as necessary and now montelucast( singulair) granules at night.

He has been doing really well but had surgery yesterday to have adenoids and grommets and his asthma is playing up today.

As a young baby he was prescribed orciprenaline for the night time wheezy cough by the GP before diagnosis.