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Suggest Treatment For Breathing Difficulty And Cough In Baby
my 10 month old baby boy has had breathing problems since birth, he has been diagnosed with brain tissue damage and as a result can not use his right hand as a normal baby would, the doctor says its a chest infection but refuses to do an allergy test, - have changed his milk powder today from s26 gold to isomil as I suspect he is allergic to dairy, is there anythin else I can do to help him. He has a lot of phlegm which he can not cough out
Thu, 8 Sep 2016
it's very important to answer the following questions:
does your child choke a lot?
does he cough a lot specially after feeding ?
any chest physiotherapy is being done to him ?
does the baby achieved his milestones of development ?
any family history of allergies or asthma ?
if you answers yes for the 1st 3 questions and no to last 2 , then your child's respiratory problems is less likely to be caused by allergy even if it's there , the common cause is weakness of his respiratory muscles so he can't have his sputum out , and this predispose him to infections
chest physiotherapy is very helpful along with some nebulizer meds that his pediatrician can prescribe
I hope this helps
does your child choke a lot?
does he cough a lot specially after feeding ?
any chest physiotherapy is being done to him ?
does the baby achieved his milestones of development ?
any family history of allergies or asthma ?
if you answers yes for the 1st 3 questions and no to last 2 , then your child's respiratory problems is less likely to be caused by allergy even if it's there , the common cause is weakness of his respiratory muscles so he can't have his sputum out , and this predispose him to infections
chest physiotherapy is very helpful along with some nebulizer meds that his pediatrician can prescribe
I hope this helps
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