Health: Preschooler, Xopenex

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Nebulizer and a 3 Year Old

Hi Moms My son had his 3 year doctor visit. We went in with a few regular questions but thinking our little guy was a very healthy boy. He has had a cough through the summer but it would last sometime just a few hours or with cough medicine it would go away all together. Well when the doctor listened to his lungs she heard some wheezing. I was very surprised and feeling a little guilty for not bringing him in sooner. She set him up with a drug called pulmicort that is delivered through a nebulizer. We did our first treatment last night...

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Nebulizer and a 3 Year Old

Hi Moms My son had his 3 year doctor visit. We went in with a few regular questions but thinking our little guy was a very healthy boy. He has had a cough through the summer but it would last sometime just a few hours or with cough medicine it would go away all together. Well when the doctor listened to his lungs she heard some wheezing. I was very surprised and feeling a little guilty for not bringing him in sooner. She set him up with a drug called pulmicort that is delivered through a nebulizer. We did our first treatment last night...

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Coughing at Night

Our little man (2.5 years) has had a cough for a while now and it only...

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Nebulizer = Asthma?

Every time my 20-month-old son gets sick, the dr hears wheezing in his chest and gets him on Xopenex to clear up his lungs (administered via nebulizer). My Dr. then says that given his history of eczema and allergies (dust, dogs, cats), he probably has asthma. Every time he says this, it confuses me and I try to clarify whether my son actually has asthma or not and the dr always says, its safer to say he has asthma and treat him like he does than to say that he doesn't. OK. But my son only seems to need the nebulizer when he's sick. ...