My 10 year son was just diagnosed with asthma. In the beginning of August he had a fever.
2 days later the fever went away, and he played basketball with his team. The next morning at 5am he was gasping for air. When I called the ped. she told that he had croup and to put him under a steam shower for 20 minutes. After about 10-15 minutes the breathing was better. When we went to the docter, he had an ear infection in each ear and sinusitus. She gave him antibiotics. After he took the med. for the 10 days,he still had a bad cough for a long time that wouldn't go away, and he was having coughing fits. When he was rechecked he had bronchitis. He was given amoxicillin,and a neubulizer with Zephonex to be administered 3 times a day, but he still was having coughing fits. At this point I asked our ped for a referral to an allergenist, because I felt like there had to be something else wrong. The docter happened to also be an asthma docter. All the environmental allergy testing can out negative, but after being on the steriod inhaler for 10 days, the docter determined that my son had asthma. We also have had a major water leak in our house in April with a lot of damage to the house. I had the house tested for mold and all the environmental hazards. Everything can out normal. I can't help to think that the day my son developed the asthma on the day he played the basketball game. I have alot of regrets!
I also have 2 other children. One also developed a fever around the time my son did but the other didn't. They both ended up with bronchitis, but nothing else. It's 3 months later, and everyone is still coughing, but much better. What did I do wrong? Could the bronchitis and asthma been prevented?