Colic: Preschooler, Albuterol

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Is It Asthma?

I have a 13 month old. She has been sick since she was three months old. First with colic, then cold after cold. At 10 months, she managed to swallow something that had unknowingly to my husband and I been stuck in her throat for a week. She only displayed cold symptoms during that time too. We finally trusted our instincts and took her to the hospital, where she vomited it out after being treated with a steroid shot for croup that they thought she had. After that incident, she has had cold after cold. Now, our Dr. tells us she has a...

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My Son's Fevers

I have a 16 month old boy named Joel. Every month he runs a fever ranging...

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What Is Colic?

My 7 week old daughter might be colic. This is my first and I hear different...

Signs & Symptoms

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4 Year Old Son with Allergies/asthma

My 4 year old son was recently diagosed with allergies associated with asthma. He gets a persistant cough this time of year and in the fall. The cough sometimes causes him to vomit. He has had allergies since he was a baby, however, the asthma part of this is new to me. I feel uneasy about it because he seems to be on lots of medication now. We have a nebulizer and he inhales albuterol twice daily. He also has nasonex, zyrtec and singulair. Zyrtec was the most effective, but now doesn't seem to work as well--this is when he was given...