Health: Myself, Steroids

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Help with Sick Child

I am needing some advice with my sons health. He is 3 years old, will be 4 in August. He has allergies to food, pets and outdoor irritants. He also has asthma. It seems like he is always sick. Either a virus, strep throat, ear infections pretty much the common things that children get - but it seems like he ALWAYS has something. Winter time is the worse. His asthma is under control with medication - we did have a rough winter though and he was on Prednisone 4 times from about Nov. - March. He sees an allergist and a dermatologist regularly,...

Home Remedies

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Asthma & Steroids

Hello, I am seeking advice from other Mom's that have experience with young Children with Asthma. My son who was born with Asthma has been on Allergy medicine and (an Albuteral inhaler as needed) from birth, He is now 9 years old and doing great in school, very little Asthma attacks! Now that we have moved here, his allergies really hit a High and has triggered his Asthma attacks more frequently, So we are on a regumine of allergy pills and now also added Advair, (which is a steroid on a daily dose about 5 months now) But this has been...

Respiratory

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Children Suffering with Asthma and Pneumonia

My daughter is 6years old and she has had pneumonia 4 times in 6 months. We had blood work done and her ch50 and igg came back very low, only thing is I have know idea what that means. Her doctor told me to make an appointment with a Allergie doctor which she has seen 3 years ago. If you know anything about blood work that deals with ch50 or igg please let me know. Thank you