…ow), but also deserve mention here. It is just like the albuterol inhaler but has two main differences. It doesn’t start working for 30 minutes. It therefore won’t “rescue” your child immediately from wheezing. It lasts much longer (up to 12 hours). It is therefore generally used twice daily more as a maintenance or preventative medication (see below) to keep wheezing from starting, but it can also be helpful to use for a…
…enerally fine in between colds. Infant asthma. Your nine-month-old has had many colds since birth, but has generally been well. Recently the colds have seemed to affect him more, causing rapid, labored breathing with audible wheezing. He begins to have these episodes of wheezing several times a week, even when not sick with a cold. The number of wheezing days seems to be greater than the well days. Exercise induced bronchospasm (EIB). Your…
…0 in older children, this is too fast. Is there audible wheezing? Is it very mild or very louder and tight sounding? Some children can even be so tight during an attack that not enough air is even moving in and out to make a wheezing noise. Check the peak flow several times. Dr. Sears suggest to color-code the wheezing: Green Light (Don’t worry.) If it is 80% – 100% of normal, that is a good sign. Yellow Light (Worry, start…
…s. Rapid breathing or panting is common in newborns. If there is no other sign of illness, it comes and goes and your baby is breathing comfortably most of the time, there’s no need to worry. Wheezing – most cases of newborn wheezing are simply due to “junky breathing” due to saliva and regurgitated milk, and are not a worry. True wheezing with labored breathing and “caving in” of the chest that persists for hours despite steam, upright…
…ng that is causing some tugging in the front of the neck and ribs, but it doesn’t seem to be slowing him down or causing much distress. Your doctor can probably prescribe some medication over the phone to help with the wheezing until the morning. If this happens in the middle of the night, try steaming him before you page the doctor. No need to page the doctor if the wheezing is mild and not troubling your child at all. This can wait to be…
