Kids with asthma

[bevspartyfun]

My pediatrician did not recommend allergy testing because she said "that is a lot to put a little girl through!" and exactly what your doctor said, "they'd end up leaving her on the same meds anyway." She had already been poked and prodded enough times when she was small in the hospital with IV's and oxygen tents. When she was first diagnosed at about 18 months old, she was hospitalized 5 times that winter for up to 5 days at a time. They had a lot of trouble keeping her oxygen levels up.

The next year, she was only in a couple of times, and then the following year it was even less. She's been to the ER several times in the past couple years, but has not had to be hospitalized. We learned how to recognize the first signs of an attack and got her on the nebulizer immediately.

Yes, my husband and I are distributors for the noni juice. After what it has done for our Jillian, we can't stop talking about it to everyone! So now we sell it to our friends and family mostly, and I try to spread the word to people with kids with asthma.

I've been there, and I know how terrible it is to watch your child struggle to take a breath. I don't want any parent to have to go through that.

If you are interested in giving it a try, email me privately and I'll give you more information. It is totally safe for everyone. I've read many, many articles about how eating certain foods can help relieve all kinds of illnesses. This is the same thing. Noni is a fruit that is grown in Tahiti and has tremendous healthy properties.

I'd love to help your daughter. I truly would.

Bev
Schweigert@tahitiannoni.com

[janet]

I don't know if that question was directed to me but No, I do not work for that Noni company...never heard of them either.

I am a SAHM now for 2 years but I did work in a Lab at the hospital.

My son was allergy tested when he was about 5. They made 59 picks(injects allergy serum) on his back and upper arms...Then they grade the reaction by the size of the welt it makes...he was allergic to dust, cats, trees, grass, weeds...and many more. To start allergy shots they take a small part of what you are allergic to and make a serum out of it...and they inject you every week, for months to desensitize you to that allergen. It cost alot of money and when they made the first batch it was lost in transit to the doctors office...and then showed up about 1 month later...I said forget it, if you can't track that package better than that , you are not injecting that in my child...the allergy serum has to be refrigerated at all times...and did it sit somewhere for a month not refrigerated???? Was it tampered with??? and since I was paying the $500.00 for it, I needed to know this.
So we never got the allergy shots for him.
His asthma is much better now...he does all the things he wants and if in gym class he gets wheezing he takes his inhaler.
We did discover that riding the schoolbus made his asthma worse...he was having attacks everyday...first thing at school in the morning and then when he got home...we finally figured out it was the bus fumes! He had missed 22 days of school that year, compared to 2 last year.
Avoidance is the best treatment for us. We run an air cleaner all the time, and keep his room dust free along with the rest of the house...a daily battle here. Limit our exposure to fumes, strong perfumes, campfires, cats and so forth.

janet

[mumoftwo]

I have a DD aged 4, she was diagnosed with asthma, but she has an inhaler, but never uses it. She was diagnosed about 2-3 yrs ago, but she has never had any problems, unless she has a cold, or tonsilitis.

I am asthmatic as well as my ex-husband is also.

Does anyone think she could of caught it from us.

Alex and Christina also suffer from ezcema. Is that anything related to asthma.

MoT

[janet]

If one parent has asthma, your offspring have 50%chance of having asthma...2 parents and that can be increased to 70-90%.

This does not mean they "have to" suffer from this.

More asthma is common in the world now, due to pollution, more cars, trucks on the road, the ozone layer, and more population, more viruses and so on.

Now, I was always told avoidance is a good way to eliminate things that cause allergies. For ex. I am allergic to dust, dust mite droppings, so I have to keep my house as dust free as possible. I dust with a wet cloth, so the dust gets grabbed and not stirred around into the air. I removed carpet from most of our rooms and this summer we hope to get the carpet off the bedroom floors...it is easier to run a swiffer mop or a damp mop to get all the dust and keep the mites away.

My son who suffered so much when little and even had exercise induced asthma too, is now much improved. He has grown out of it..this can happen...but not always.

I got asthma at age 30...my mom has asthma, and siblings too. Now mine is well undercontrol with Flovent...I still carry my rescue inhaler, and thank God I don't need it.

Ezcema, is not uncommon in asthmatics...my son gets it in his hairline, my sister has it with large patches on her elbows, her daughter has it in her ears, my mom has it on her scalp...along with my brothers too, my older soster has a mild case, and I get it once in awhile it will flare up on my left palm and in between my fingers...no cure for it, just creams and lotions.

I hope some of this info helped you.

Take care, & here's to breathing easy!

janet

[Weishi313]

I have asthma and recently discovered that common househould products trigger asthma. There are products being made which are chemical and toxic free. Regular products such as household cleaners, shampoo, toothpaste, and makeup, have poisonous toxins and chemicals for their ingredients. The products that I buy are made with no chemicals or toxins whatsoever! Since I've changed my house into a mostly chemical free environment, problems with my asthma decreased dramatically! I haven't used my inhaler in 3 months.

[Abear]

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[stuckathomemom]

I have a son that is 12 and we just found out a couple years ago that he has asthma my father and grandma had it too