Re: A question about mucus

[Guest guest]

It actually started when he was born and being breast fed and I switched to

formula at 3 weeks old because of his coughing. The gastro says it's not an

allergy, how can I check to see if it is?

Amy - mom to Jack, sweat test scheduled 8/25(6 months old), Max (3),

Sydney(8), (12)

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[Guest guest]

Amy, what concerns me is your past statement that he responds so well

to antibiotics, It is very hard to diagnose asthma in a baby, although

a different gastroenterologist might have a different opinion about the

role of possible gastro-esophogeal reflex disease (GERD). Also, all

asthma is not allergicly caused, just to make the picture really clear.

What does seem clear is that his signs (what you can perceive) and

symptoms (what he can feel) have not been definitively diagnosed.

One of ours, not the one wcf, was treated for asthma at about four

months and the result was that the kid simply never slept--for four days

and four nights and went right on wheezing. My husband had had it

and went out and bought Benadryl, which worked marvelously (I am not

recommending this!), and shows that all doctors are not always right

all of the time!

Good luck, and keep us posted,

n Rojas, wcf, mom of 3 older adults, one wcf, too

[Guest guest]

could be an allergy. Is your son breast fed or formula fed? Milk

can cause excess mucus. After crying--well, he probably brought

stuff up after all the effort from crying

> I hope that I am not getting to be a pain in the butt....I have a

ton of

> questions. My son seems to sound most mucussy during/after he eats

and also after

> he cries...very gurgly sounding like he needs to clear his throat.

He is

> always very gurgly....almost 24/7 and sometimes worse than others.

Has that

> happened with any of your children?

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> Amy - mom to Jack, sweat test scheduled 8/25(6 months old), Max

(3),

> Sydney(8), (12)

> Click to read " Max's Story " <A

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Max</A>

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[Guest guest]

Has he been tested for reflux? Patti sounds gurgly and such when we need to

increase her reflux meds.

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

[Guest guest]

One way to test an infant for an allergy is to do a bronchoscope (day

surgery procedure) and take some tissue from the intestines. If the

intestines show irritation then the only reasonable cause would be an

allergy. This is what I learned from my daughter's bronchoscope at

seven months old that showed a milk allergy. She had also be refusing

to eat and vomiting daily almost since birth. The doctors had told me

that skin testing is not accurate at such a young age. The best

advice would be to switch formulas (soy, we used Nutramigen for milk

allergies) for at least 3 to 4 weeks; it takes that long for the

digestive system to return to normal.

Sharon, mom of Sophie, 2 years with cf

> It actually started when he was born and being breast fed and I

switched to

> formula at 3 weeks old because of his coughing. The gastro says

it's not an

> allergy, how can I check to see if it is?

>

> Amy - mom to Jack, sweat test scheduled 8/25(6 months old), Max

(3),

> Sydney(8), (12)

> Click to read " Max's Story " <A

HREF= " http://www.cappskids.org/CAPPSCranioKidMax.htm " >CAPPS CranioKid

Max</A>

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