RE: Gave Steriod dose, now what?

[Guest guest]

Hi Shanna,

I cannot comment on what the steroid is supposed to do and not do because we

never tried it.

However, I can comment on one thing. My son used to get ulcers all over

his tonsils, some episodes he got the puss on his tonsils. However the ulcers

on the tonsils were by far the WORST episodes. They were extremely painful and

he would refuse water and food most of the time. They also seemed to linger

longer than the rest of the symptoms. Each time he tested negative for strep.

These ulcers only reared their ugly heads during the nastiest of episodes.

Mom2

Born 5/11/06

T & A May 2008, fever free since

[Guest guest]

Hi,, I do know that when my daughter got the pred.. the fever went away.. not

the tummy ache and just over all feeling tired.

sent to you from sarah..have a great day..smooches

[Guest guest]

Hi Shanna,

To my understanding the Predisone is help knock out the fever and symptoms with

a much faster pace. However doing so will sometimes cause a childs cycle to

return faster, which was our case so we stopped using the steroid monthly. Our

son does get very nasty white puss sacks on his swollen tonsils ever month and

sometimes a few canker sores along the cheek walls. He also gets stomach ulcers

and very high fevers sometimes his fevers aren't so high but the puss sacks are

an always. Before he was diagnosed with his symptoms always resembled

strep throat but cultures always came up negative. " Hence the label. " As

too with your child, went through the summer cycle free and returned

right after school began. Symptoms were right back to his " normal " cycle. All

we gave him was Motrin for his fever and pain. His cycle lasted for 5 days and

in fact ended today like clock work. Yes, the steroid normally works very fast

and very well

but there are long term affects to using steroids and the cycles tend to return

faster. So your darn if you do and darn if you don't for us the extra 3 days of

hell is worth keeping him off the steroid. However; as I know that I'm writing

to you all there will be a time that we will need to use a dose or two because

of the severity of his attacks at times. Everything in moderation is the key

for us.

I hope this helps, and stay strong and keep up the great work for your munchkin!

Thanks to all,

Suzanne

[Guest guest]

Hi Shanna,

To my understanding the Predisone is help knock out the fever and symptoms with

a much faster pace. However doing so will sometimes cause a childs cycle to

return faster, which was our case so we stopped using the steroid monthly. Our

son does get very nasty white puss sacks on his swollen tonsils ever month and

sometimes a few canker sores along the cheek walls. He also gets stomach ulcers

and very high fevers sometimes his fevers aren't so high but the puss sacks are

an always. Before he was diagnosed with his symptoms always resembled

strep throat but cultures always came up negative. " Hence the label. " As

too with your child, went through the summer cycle free and returned

right after school began. Symptoms were right back to his " normal " cycle. All

we gave him was Motrin for his fever and pain. His cycle lasted for 5 days and

in fact ended today like clock work. Yes, the steroid normally works very fast

and very well

but there are long term affects to using steroids and the cycles tend to return

faster. So your darn if you do and darn if you don't for us the extra 3 days of

hell is worth keeping him off the steroid. However; as I know that I'm writing

to you all there will be a time that we will need to use a dose or two because

of the severity of his attacks at times. Everything in moderation is the key

for us.

I hope this helps, and stay strong and keep up the great work for your munchkin!

Thanks to all,

Suzanne