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TONIGHT

9.00

CH 4

THURSDAY 06 APRIL

Documentary

Dispatches: How to Beat Your Kid's Asthma

9:00pm - 10:00pm

Channel 4

VIDEO Plus+: 8419
Subtitled

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First of a two-part documentary investigating a possible solution for asthmatics that could transform lives and save the NHS millions of pounds. Twelve families with asthmatic children undertake a radical experiment in allergen-free living.

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Taped it will watch it tomorrow if i get chance.

i missed it due to dd1 asthma.

the ads chilled me. dd1 as been like that many times.

Lockets. I was shocked by the trailers as the kid in them wasnt using a standard blue preventer but a beige one (LAB2??). Was there a reason for this?

i thought, 'thats not salbutamol' but figures they used a different colour due to the colurs used in the ads.

I cant imagine why they would not use a standard blue preventer as the reason they are all blue regardless of who makes them is so people dont confuse them and treat a potentially life threatening event with something that doesnt work.

Doh, just realised I missed it!

Did I miss soemthing that would be worth to know? Well, I'm sure I did, but did anything on it seemed like a good reference for any of you?

I caught the last half hour. All the families had to completely declutter their houses take up carpets in the kids bedrooms and put down laminate flooring. (Some of the houses to start with looked like they weren't even hoovered, the carpets were really mank.) Put anti mite covers on matress, pillows and duvets. Air the bed in the morning and the kids weren't allowed to wear the pj's outside the bedroom. Windows to be left open just a tinsy bit. All bedding and PJ's had to be washed at 60 degrees. Also vaccuuming (with special extra filtering vaccum)dusting and cleaning the whole house everyday Quite a few families had pets and they got sent away for the trial. The first night all kids said they didn't need their inhalers in the night and they all got a good night sleep for most in a long time.

Trailer for next week - parents moaning about the work and upkeep trying to keep their houses tiptop saying they couldn't fit it in even though their children benefitted! - I know it's a PITA (and I hate housework) but surely if it helped your child, you'd do it? Especially if it produced results.

hang on- aren't preventers brown (steroid) and relievers blue (salbutamol?)- I know my dd's are.

I thought the programme was quite interesting, but was quite surprised at how daft some of these parents were. Even if their children hadn't been allergy tested the information about how to improve things is out there. I got a very good leaflet from my GP surgery telling me that most asthmatics are allergic to house dust mite droppings, and how to reduce them. We've already removed most of the carpets in our house, we already air the beds everyday, have anti-allergy covers on mattress duvet and pillow, have bedroom windows open a little even in winter. There wasn't much there I didn't know already- maybe that's the reason dd's asthma hasn't been too bad recently.

Will watch the next prog, though!

so essientially its what i already do? must really do it more it dd1 room, i admit her room doesnt get the proper cleaning it used to.

have they replaced curtains with roller blinds? wet wipe often? sweep daily?

vacuum daily (child out of room), dust daily (damp cloth), wash bedding and pyjamas at 60 degrees weekly. Steam clean soft furnishings like sofa and curtains (can't remember how often). Declutter and limit soft toys. I'll probably remember more later!

yes, the dreaded soft toys, the most loved get frozen every so often.

Thanks :)

We are doing most of them (with the exception of getting rid of the dogs but they are not allowed upstairs or on furniture and carpeted areas, and they -dog beds included- also get a good washing every week!)

I don't vacuum every day, but when I do even the walls are vacuumed

We didn't realise all that the work was having much effect until the holidays, during the first ones last year DS had the worst asthma attack he has ever had, Italy 3 weeks ago was a disaster with DS caughing all the night long, 2 weeks ago we decided to take with us the anti-mite mattress & duvet cover , and bed sheets for the weekend away, it made a huge difference!

What a shame to miss it. I'm a chronic asthmatic and my dd2 looks to be heading the same way. The dog went to my mum, we chucked all the carpets and replaced with laminate and got rid of curtains in our bedrooms (mine and dd2). The difference was unbelievable! We've subsequently moved into temporary rental accomodation and the only way we're surviving the carpets in the house is to hoover every day. Its awful. I HATE CARPETS.

it was a really good programme though i couldn't believe how much some of the parents complained! it's for the good of their childrens health

i have chronic bronchial asthma, and live in rented accomodation. made dp watch it to try and make him realise what it feels like to have asthma and why i have to (supposed to ) vaccum every day. i can't get him to do it, and he moans and asks why i won't empty the vacuum bag. i just wish i could afford a bagless cleaner with all those filters in it! my astham playing up at the mo now the weather's changing, wonder if that's covered in the progs?

it was a really good programme though i couldn't believe how much some of the parents complained! it's for the good of their childrens health

i have chronic bronchial asthma, and live in rented accomodation, so i can't change carpets or curtains (for free fgs - why are they complaining? ) made dp watch it to try and make him realise what it feels like to have asthma and why i have to (supposed to ) vaccum every day. i can't get him to do it, and he moans and asks why i won't empty the vacuum bag. i just wish i could afford a bagless cleaner with all those filters in it! my astham playing up at the mo now the weather's changing, wonder if that's covered in the progs?

meant asthma

We have just been watching it -- we recorded it

Why would the parents complain and not do the full list of jobs etc.

They have been given the answers to their children's health and they don't do it

God that makes me sick!. Fransmom I'm really sorry to hear about your other half. My dh has sat by me in hospital too often. My asthma degraded seriously the first time I was pregnant and never recovered. It makes me really mad to hear about people that "refuse" to understand asthma. We're in rented like you but don't plan to be here that much longer. We've just bought our new home and dh tentatively asked about leaving the carpet in the living room. Then he watched dd2 deteriorate at this rental house from rarely a sniff to permanent candles + ecemza all over despite daily piriton + E45 cream and he changed his mind.