1YEAR OLD SUFFERS A CHRONIC LUNG DESEASE WITH A SEVERE COUGH

My baby was born with a diaphragmatic hernia. 3 days later he had an emergency op to rectify this - his stomach landed up on his left lung and his heart had moved across. He could never gain any weight and use to suffer from severe reflux. I had him in & out of hospitals barium swallows/barium meals etc has been taken and confirmed that he had GOR. A year later he had a nissen fundoplication to repair this GOR. He was for 8 days in hospital and the day that he was released he develeoped this severs cough.  I had him at 2 physicians who said that more than a quater of his left lungs airways was damaged and it would never be the same again. i was then given asteroids to give to him but this makes it all worse cause he still wont eat/sleep/ gain weight/he sweats he is so so unhappy cause this cough is there night & day.  I then opted to take him to a  homeopath who then gave him some granules to swallow when he is down & under.  my baby is 1 years old and I dont no how to make him feel better I suffer with him. His breathing gets all heavier and heavier.  the physicians said that he suffers from some CHRONIC LUNG DESEASE.  I also took him for a sweat test that confirmed negative. I really need some advice.  PLS HELP!!!!!!!!!!

REGARDS
yolanda

[National Jewish]

This is obviously a very difficult problem for your son and for you. There are several reasons for your son to have this difficult time with coughing. It is essential for someone to determine the reason for the cough in order for a specific approach to its treatment to be developed. Because of all the problems your baby had during the early months of his life, I would highly recommend that you take your son to a Pediatric Pulmonologist to evaluate the cause of the cough.  This could be an airway problem. This could be a lung tissue problem. This could be a reflux problem. Someone has to help you by finding the cause. I would also recommend never giving your son "some granules" unless you knew what they were, what they were supposed to do and had some written information about them.
Good luck

[basketcase]

One way that you may consider helping your son out is this: make sure that the air that he breathes is as clean as possible. This means NOT living the typical Amercian lifestyle with air fresheners in every room, and anti-wrinkle and anti-static products sprayed. Use the most natural soaps and laundry products which might mean going to a health food store and paying a little more. Don't be heavily perfumed yourself,etc.

I do not offer this advice as a cure. But with all of your child's problems, it is important that you maximize the things that you can do in the environment to make sure that the air he (or she) breathes is as clean as possible. (You'll be healthier for it yourself)

[bigdaddyrn]

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