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that closing of his throat could be an allergic reaction to one of those meds.

Especially if he had a hard time swallowing. I would not give either of them.

I would probably insist that the ped refer him to an ENT. An ENT will be able

to tell you if it is his sinuses. Just because he might have allergies doesn't

mean he couldn't have a sinus thing happening too! Good luck and I hope he

feels better soon!

need advice Please

Hi all, I need some advice, constantly has a sniffly nose and always

sounds clogged, its been going on for months, he seen an allergist and was put

on claritin and nasonex (which was last year) but it really didn't help. He

has been on it for almost a year and continues to sniff. He's allergic

to cats and dust mites so far but they won't proceed with further testing

until he gets 6 years old, that's another year to go. I took to the

pediatrician a couple days ago to make sure he wasn't sick, his lungs are

clear so

that was ruled out, he decided to change his meds to dallergy and flonase,

well

its now 4 am and I just got back to sleep, he woke up at 3 am in

panic because his throat was closing off, I gave him a drink and he couldn't

even

drink that without major discomfort. It was very hard, he was crying. I was

trying very hard not to panic myself. I called his ped and he said benydrl?

and

a steam session, I did the steam and it helped relax his throat, so now he

went back to sleep. I figure he was probably experiencing dry mouth from one

of

the meds, I am going to quit that one for now until I can get him into the

doctors just to make sure. Ok how does one know if is actually not

suffering from sinus problems, the doctors are so quick to judge about it

being

allergies, he has dark circles around the eyes and especially under the eyes,

I

was told well Mrs. Pfeifle " he is going to have these kind of symptoms all the

time because he has cf, " " or those are just plain allergy shiners " Duh I know

but all the time? I just won't accept that as an answer. Can anyone tell me

about sinus problems, what are the characteristics of it? How does one know

what

to look for? He is constantly stuffed up but not, there is no snot but he

always sounds clogged. The allergist checked for inflammation in the nose

throat,

etc., but there was none, don't you think there would be inflammation if it

was

allergies? I don't get it. If anyone has any thoughts or ideas or advice, I

would greatly appreciate it. Thanks...... mommy of 5 years old

w/cf/adhd and 2 years old no cf

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I would be asking, nay demanding, an MRI at this point. It sounds like they're

going to brush you off unless you get serious with them. Why are they waiting

until six for an allergy work up? My best friends little girl has had one two

years running and she is 4. Remember doctors work FOR you. If they are not

giving you satisfactory testing, find one who will.

Dawn mom of 4, 7 and under, the youngest wcf

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Ok how does one know if is actually not

> suffering from sinus problems, the doctors are so quick to judge

about it being

> allergies, he has dark circles around the eyes and especially

under the eyes,

Have they sent you to a Ear, Nose and Throat doctor yet? Perhaps he

has polyps/deviated septum etc. An ENT could tell by scoping him. I

would ask for a consult. My son always sounds like that especially in

the winter and we are constantly in the doctor's office. The

allergist finaly recommended we go to a ENT which is how we were led

to a diagnosis of CF after two surgeries for polyps.

jan

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