Suggest Treatment For Asthma, Difficulty In Breathing And Allergy
Better to start antihistamine ,inhaled bronchodilators and ICS.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Uncontrolled allergies cause inflammatory reaction in airways. And hence airway edema, secretions etc are seen.
If this is not controlled timely than infection is inevitable.
And this infection actually worsens asthma further.
So despite of not exposing to allergen, he is still symptomatic.
Best treatment in such cases is inhaled bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS).
These will surely improve him.
It would also be worthwhile to get chest Xray along with sputum culture while he is symptomatic. This will rule out any concurrent / supersided infections. Discuss about these options with his pulmonologist
Hope this helped. Wishing good health to your son.
Thanks
His current symptoms are mostly due to worsening of underlying asthma.
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Thanks for your follow up question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Yes, in my opinion, his current symptoms are mostly due to worsening of underlying asthma.
According to the guidelines, first line treatment for asthma (maintenance) is inhaled treatment consisting inhaled bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS).
Singular is having montelukast. It is anti allergic drug. Singular and immunotherapy (allergy shots) are add on treatment. They should be started as first line treatment. They should be given if patient is not controlled by inhaled treatment.
So in my opinion, you should consult pulmonologist for him.
Get done PFT (Pulmonary Function Test) with reversibility. First diagnose himself and than start appropriate treatment.
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