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Old 07-27-2020, 03:34 PM
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Please do not follow the medical advise you get on TOTV. You need to get your information from someone who knows your daughter's history and condition. Important to note, while most children with asthma have evidence of some allergies when tested either using blood or skin tests, the evidence that their asthma attacks are triggered by those allergies is weak in most cases. So do not jump to the conclusion that if you only controlled allergens all would be great.

The five most common triggers of pediatric asthma are colds [viral upper respiratory illnesses], allergy exposure, exercise, emotional stress, and cold air [not an issue in Florida].

Food allergies are a rare trigger, but not never. Cat dander, pollen, mold and dust mites can be issues for some.

Learn how to correctly use a rescue inhaler with a spacer. All those people you see doing a rapid inhalation are doing it wrong. There are two kinds of medications. Those to reduce the likelihood of having an attack and others to reverse the airway narrowing once it happens. Learn the difference. Use the preventatives as directed and you will need the rescue medications much less often.

HERE is a good source. There are others. Unless you have clear evidence that allergens are a trigger I would not be focusing on fancy air filters.

Also NO SMOKING
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