Asthma has come to be an unwanted word in our home. Our youngest was first diagnosed with asthma when he was about a year old. His first asthmatic attack resulted in an emergency room visit. The doctors went through all the possibilities as to why his asthma could have started. The top of their list was allergies, however, at that time they wouldn’t test children that young.
Asthma has become one of those things that you just never know when it is going to hit. At one point my son became part of a study at Children’s Hospital of Milwaukee. He eventually received allergy testing but what he was showing allergies to, weren’t things that he was around. So they figured it had to be seasonal but then that never proved out.
Over the years his asthma has come and gone. He could go an entire year without a problem and then one day it hits. The problem with my son’s asthma is that it never becomes something we can control at home. Every single time it results in a visit to the hospital.
Last week my son missed almost three days of school because of the sudden onset of his asthma. He also had a double ear infection, which was blamed as the culprit. As a result he ended up on four different medications. In three days we made one trip to the doctor and one trip to the emergency room.
Apparently there are some common asthma triggers. Allergies, additives in food, exercise-induced, heartburn, smoking, upper respiratory infections and infections are the most common. I guess it does make sense that if my son had a double ear infection his asthma could have been triggered.
However, there have been a number of other times where he was perfectly fine, had no other symptoms. Asthma can be really scary. When you know that your child’s breathing is being compromised it can raise your concerns.
If you or your child has asthma, it is best to try and figure out what the triggers are so that you can prevent asthmas attacks.
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