Child with severity of asthma

[Yenanne]

Hello I have a son who is adhd odd but was diagnosed with severity asthma and then ran a test on him that his lung function is at a capacity of 63% and his asthma is still not controlled I'm trying to understand all this can someone please help me

[stone-UK]

Hi

Sorry you are having problems, there is a dedicated Asthma site which may offer more answers.

healthunlocked.com/asthmauk

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If i go back when i was very young my best freind had astma very bad as when we use to play on the bank at the back off the houses we use tolive or over the rocks climing he was nevre left out he was all ways behinde us but when he use to do to much we was all ways there with him and someone will go get his mother or sister for his pump. So now because he was not raped up in cotten wool he well the last time i seen him was playing ruby for some club so just trete him like any nomal litte boy and do not rap him up as the more he plays the stronger he will be

[sassy59]

Bless you Yenanne and hope you get answers for your son. Good luck to you both. Xxxxx

[Yenanne in reply to sassy59]

Thank you sweetheart

[knitter]

My three now adult daughters had difficult to control asthma when they were young children....they are still asthmatic, but only use their Ventolin or Bricanyl occasionally now.

But they have allergic reactions to many things so have to be careful to avoid cats and dogs and small pets....and sawdust. Antihistamines help

Has your son had any allergy tests, have you noticed when his asthma gets worse .

Does he have a preventer inhaler. My youngest daughter when her asthma was extremely bad was allowed to go straight to the children's ward at any time to be treated .

Does his school know how to treat him when he has an attack, and do they make sure his inhaler is available when needed, and when to phone for help. My youngest was 999ed a couple of times from school., once from the swimming baths.....all three had problems with the chlorine.

As Stone says Asthma UK has a helpline ...I have rung them in the past.

Trying to keep him calm must be very difficult, especially when he is breathless. Is there a specialist asthma nurse in your doctors practice who can help you......ours was invaluable.

Best wishes .

[Yenanne in reply to knitter]

My son has been tested for allergies and they want to test him again he allergic to everything the world can offer. His rescue inhalers aren't helping the school is giving me a hard time so hard I had to threaten them with lawyers n reporting them to the news crew his doctor wants to see him almost every day they are thinking about putting him in ICU I'm just so scared for him because he is adhd odd so it's harder to calm him down so his lungs don't over due them selves

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Hello Yenanne,

I understand and sympathise about having a child with severe asthma. My daughter had it from the age of about 4, following on from infantile eczema. In those days, and where we lived out in the sticks, we never had any help or tests - it was just a case of get on with it, here is an inhaler with powder which sticks in the throat and makes her cry. A lady came to my house selling pegs and told me "She will have it no more at the age of 14".....and she didn't! It was like a miracle had happened overnight. I wish I could shake that lady's hand now. You don't say the age of your son, but I do wish you all the very best of help that there is available. You have it doubly hard.

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