Emergency advice needed bronchiolitis and albutrol nebulizer!!! PLEASE HELP!!

[Daisy Mae]

Sorry, I'm no help just wanted to offer my sympathies to you! Ds1 has asthma (and peanut allergy) and he uses albuterol with none of those scary side effects. The dr. did put him on flovent as a preventive and we paid $300 for 2 inhalers only to have them sit in our cabinet b/c they made him act so crazy. It sucks. Hope you are able to get some answers and that Marshall feels better soon!

[Daisy Mae]

Oh, and would benadryl help? I think it is a miracle drug! ha ha!

[nuthinbutpink]

If he was allergic, he would have already had a serious reaction ith his airway. It is a steroid so that is why it makes him hyper. I think it can make their levels drop after using it because although it does open the airway, it also stirs up all that junk making it seem like things are worse temporarily.

My DD had RSV and if he is using his stomach muscles to breathe, that's how Children's Hospital told me that they are then struggling for breath.

Children's also told me to use a humidifier and if the mist wasn't getting her blanket wet, it is not close enough to her. They said that is a must have with breathing difficulty when sleeping. Other than that, suction, suction, suction.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks you guys! He did just take a turn for the worse a little while ago (he was running around a lot) and the respiratory therapist finally called me back at about the same time to tell me it prob. wasn't an allergy but I didn't have to give him the medicine if he didn't need that. Right after that was when he really did to seem to need it (stomach heaving and throat) so I decided to go for it with the Benadryl standing by at the ready if I needed it, but it went fine this time with no ill effects.

NBP - I TOTALLY agree about the steam!!!

[TTC5]

Hope he is better very soon Atomic!!!!!

[zanacal]

I'm glad you were able to recognise that he needed the inhaler and that it worked - mummy obviously knows best! When DS1 needs steroid tablets he turns into a hyperactive crazy person, it's not pretty!

[Yuzu]

I'm just reading this...hope he is feeling better soon! My sister is coming by tomorrow. She is a pediatrician and I'll ask for her input. I'll let you know what she says.

[lindi]

Just reading this too atomic! I am glad thing to be working out. How stressful! xo

[shouldihope?]

I am a respiratory therapist. Not very often now that I have kids. Only one night a week now. Anyway feel free to email me and you can call me by phone if you have a question. I would love to help you because you have been so helpful to me. You could try using Xopenex instead of Albuterol it is more expensive but sometimes people get jittery and hyper from albuterol. The steroid pulmicort can be given 2 times a day by nebulizer and has less systemic effects than oral steroids. You need to rinse their mouth or give them a drink after an inhaled steroid because it can cause thrush. In fact if he is having mouth irritation after any treatment it is a good idea. The treatments also have saline in them and is sometimes irritating. Alot of times if there us airway inflammation they give a steroid shot, iv, or oral med and that can make people act weird. Good luck. Hope that helped a bit.

[Glittergirl]

So sorry you're going through this....my husband is a pediatrician and this is what he says (I'm typing as he's telling me this) : It seems like he's having an adverse reaction to the albuterol, which is common in kids which include increased heart rate, agitation, poor sleeping, behavioral changes and skin color can change....an alternative med to this is xopenex you may wanna ask his doc about this but it tends to have fewer side effects. If he's not having any breathing difficulty now such as his chest is not sucking in and out, you can just observe him at home. Bronchiolitis is a viral illness but he may have underlying asthma. Sorry hope this helps somewhat. Let me know if you have other questions...you can always msg me.