Respiratory Problems in a 9 Month Old

[jrm03e]

My son is a little over nine months old.  During the past nine months he has had numerous respiratory problems.  He has has pneumonia twice and been hospitalized for a week with bronchilitis once.  In addition to these, he has bee diagnosed wtih severe acid reflux and asthma.  His whole life he has been congested, coughing, wheezing and sick.  He is a big baby, not small and week, actually he is 31 inches long and weighs 26 pounds.  He is above average developmentally, however, he is constantly getting sick.  He is being treated for his reflux and gets breathing treatments twice a day for his ashtma, yet he is sick again.  I know baby's get sick, however, his respiratory issues are ongoing all the time.  Any suggestions?

[momtofourboys]

chris has some medical issues, respiratory, cardiac and narrowing of his throat. when he was 5 weeks old and 2 1/2 years old he had RSV and he was always in the hospital with pneumonia and bron.  he also has asthma.  We had taken him to the allergist since his cardiologist was convinced he had allergies (they also can run bloodwork for allgeries) that was negative, however more concerning the the allergist/immune doctor was he had pneumonia several times already. he ran some blood work and his immune system was compromised. he did have several choices, to get the boosters (DtAP, and the pnumovax) , take anitbiotics orally for 6 months or have IV antibiotics once a month for 6 omnths over a 24 hour period. we choose the booster to see. they said it could take 3 months to have an effect, by golly what a difference it made. he gets sick now like he used to (we went 2 1/2 years healthy, well he got you avg. cold but nothing serious now he is getting sick all over again and they want him to be at a healthy time when they re run his blood work.
This is just a thought
Good luck and I hope you find out some answers.

Michelle

[sportsmom20]

Many local hospitals have asthma clinics and respiratory therapists that can help.  I am not sure what your physicians have already told you, but some suggestions to control asthma are raise the mattress slightly at the head level.  Remove all stuffed animals from the room.  Remove all carpeting. Don't use heavy drapery in the room.  Don't open windows, don't ever allow pets in the room and put a humidifier in the room.  make sure you inquire about the medications being used for astham.  Most are steriod based and some are systemic.  Systemic steriods can cause other issues in children  Become very knowledgeable in your childs illnesses and don't be afraid to disagree if you think others are wrong