Justinsmama
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Hi,
I have a question about normal frequency of colds/virus thoughout the winter. My son, 8 years old, had a rough year last year when he was diagnosed. He had 4 bacterial infections back to back. He had either a bacterial or viral (put on antibiotic because of exerbation) in August and October of this past year. On Feb 7th he started with a cough. On 2/12 his PFT's were down and still had cough so was put on an antibiotic and Symbicort. Saw again 2/25 because he was not any better (got better a day here or there but then sick again). 2/28 had a fever and cough so chest x-ray (clear). Next day seen by GI and she noted swollen glands and had a lot of broncospasm. 3/18 still coughing (did not have a baseline cough until early Feb now mostly bronchspasm unless he has another virus) and his 25/75 numbers were down so he was put on 5 days oral steroid. Steroids kicked in on the 5th day (day we saw CF doctor) and his FEV1 and FVC were great (FVC 110 and FEV1 109) but because his FEV 50 and 75 were still a little low (80 and 70) on both the oral and inhaled steroids we added hypotonic saline (to try for 3 months or switch to pulmozyme). He only cultered staph since last summer when cultured which he has cultured consistently (even after several antibiotics for other things) for the past 7-8 months. As of yesterday (10 days latter) he has another viral infection (seems viral with increased nasal mucus) with increased cough. This is like the 4th since Feb 7th (2 months). His GI suggested talking to the ped about checking his IGG levels because he seems to be getting too many infections. Does this seem like a lot or just what happens to kids over the winter? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
I have a question about normal frequency of colds/virus thoughout the winter. My son, 8 years old, had a rough year last year when he was diagnosed. He had 4 bacterial infections back to back. He had either a bacterial or viral (put on antibiotic because of exerbation) in August and October of this past year. On Feb 7th he started with a cough. On 2/12 his PFT's were down and still had cough so was put on an antibiotic and Symbicort. Saw again 2/25 because he was not any better (got better a day here or there but then sick again). 2/28 had a fever and cough so chest x-ray (clear). Next day seen by GI and she noted swollen glands and had a lot of broncospasm. 3/18 still coughing (did not have a baseline cough until early Feb now mostly bronchspasm unless he has another virus) and his 25/75 numbers were down so he was put on 5 days oral steroid. Steroids kicked in on the 5th day (day we saw CF doctor) and his FEV1 and FVC were great (FVC 110 and FEV1 109) but because his FEV 50 and 75 were still a little low (80 and 70) on both the oral and inhaled steroids we added hypotonic saline (to try for 3 months or switch to pulmozyme). He only cultered staph since last summer when cultured which he has cultured consistently (even after several antibiotics for other things) for the past 7-8 months. As of yesterday (10 days latter) he has another viral infection (seems viral with increased nasal mucus) with increased cough. This is like the 4th since Feb 7th (2 months). His GI suggested talking to the ped about checking his IGG levels because he seems to be getting too many infections. Does this seem like a lot or just what happens to kids over the winter? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
