hi all my friends lil man aged 1 has had courrent chest infections.Over the last couple of days he has been grizzell and when he gets worked up about something*not wanting food or being put down( he will get in a tizz but then struggle for breath till he actually goes floppy...........this worries me and although she has a gp appt tonight i was wondering if anyone has any ideas?...........she thinks it may be asthma(i have noted the website below with interest( thanks aJane
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only just seen this, how did he get on...
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Doctor says its temper tantrums__!!!!!!!!havnt spoken in peon will do later!!!!!!!!!
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Could well be tantrums, although his chest should be urgently checked out, especially as he is unwell. Dont like the sound of 'struggling for breath' If his rib cage is also moving when trying to breathe.
If he is holding his breath when in a temper (one of mine did this regularly) blow hard in their face, it makes them gasp and breathe.
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This is probably out-of-date by now (if not, how is he now?) but I wanted to bring this to attention. Being flat on your back with breathing problems really sucks. Maybe forhealthy people too, I don't know, but I do know my dad didn't used to believe me about needing to have my chest raised all the time, so he probably didn't ever feel this effect himself. I've been told I used to cry all the time in my cot and wouldn't sleep in it, and I now think it was probably the result of being laid flat. My first asthma attack was as a baby at night, when they diagnosed it.I would aska doctor if it's OK to lay a baby like that down with its chest raised on a pillow at night (maybe this has dangers too? I don't know) because if it's safe, it must be worth it to stop it suffering. As an older child I'd be in a lot of distress when I couldn't breath at night, because you can't sleep andtire yourself out more than ever just trying to breath. Then if you do fall asleep it's such a suffocated sleep you keep waking up, I guess where your body thinks you can do something about it awake. How muchscarier must it be for a baby? I'm glad we all block out those early memories anyway...
I write this partly because I'm angry that professionals didn't take this in to account, considering that grown up asthmatics have been expressing this desire to be upright since at least my great-grandmother's time. It makes me wonder if they just didn't see how an infant felt as important, seeing asit couldn't express itself in a way that aroused any sympathy. Like how theymanhandle newborns'it won't remember by the time it's old enough to speak...' [sm=angry-smiley-030.gif]