Question: Please help. My daughter is 10 yrs. old and is a steroid dependent asthmatic. She has been on prednisone and medrol ( first prednisone, now medrol for the past 4 years. This past year hydrocortisone was added on alternating days with medrol as we are trying desperately to ween her off of the steroids. Her daily meds also include advair, singulair, prevacid and xopenex. For the past 4 months she has been complaining of something being stuck in her throat. She has been seen by her primary doctor and an ENT and neither Dr. can see anything "stuck" or blocking her airway. Aside from some redness of the vocal cords, everything looked good. She complains about it all day , everyday. The past few days have been really worrisome. In addition to the lump in her throat she is now complaining that she feels like her tongue is swollen and her tonsils are choking her. She has been waking at night coughing saying she feels like she is choking. Tonight I got a flashlight and checked her throat to assure her once again that her throat is open. Her airway was open but there are now clusters of large red bumps along the back of her tongue and on the sides of her throat. She has no fever and at the moment her sthma syptoms are at bay. Are the bumps just a coincidence or is there something more that could be going on and related to her chronic steroid use? She is miserable. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Alyssa's Mom