Gear & Toys: Albuterol

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Viral-Induced Asthma Rescue/Sick Plan (Albuterol)

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!! So, my 2.5 year-old gets asthmatic with every cold, which can lead to ER visits and also coughs that can last all fall or winter long. So for daily prevention, we're on Flovent 2 puffs a day (was twice a day for a month and then stepped down to once daily) and Singulair once a day. At the very first sign of a cold, we are supposed to start Albuterol puffs via spacer 4 times a day every 4 hours (not overnight tho). The plan says to do the 4 puffs/4 hours for 5-7 days. The Albuterol definitely helps and the...

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My Baby Has Asthma - UPDATE

My son had bronchiolitis when he was three months old, then it turned into asthma. Once he gets a cold, he starts coughing and then wheezing. So I have to give him the rescue medicine Albuterol via a nebulizer and Pulmicort as a daily dose. It takes a week or two to recover everytime he gets sick and I feel I am pumping so much medicine into his body. Does anyone have the same experience? How do you deal with it and have you explored more natural approach (herbs, chiropractic care)? I would love a Mom's input.

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3 Year Old with Low Oxygen Saturation Levels.

My son is 3, and has been very healthy and active, he has stayed at home until now. We started him in daycare 3 days a week in February (purposefully waited until flu season was almost over). Since he started school he has been sick several times, mostly with upper respiratory infections. Last month he started with a runny nose, fever and then a cough that would not go away so we took him to the pediatrician they said his ears were a little red and I was shocked when they checked his oxygen level it was 83%. They put him on an antibiotic,...