Justinsmama
New member
Hi,
My son Justin (8) was diagnosed last year. We have had a relativly calm 6 months, other than a couple of respiratory viral infections that lasted about a month total. Starting last week, Justin developed a non-productive cough that gets worse with exercise. He would cough up to 30 times in 6 minutes. We put him back on Symbicort 160 and neb treatments every 4 hours last Thursday. He got a little better, but not completly. I took him to the ped's yesterday, and luckily he had a lot of cough when we were there (usually stops when we pull into the parking lot). His FVC was 108 and his FEV1 was 97 (both up from last visit with virus of high 80's) but his 25/75 numbers were only at 70 (up from the last visit with the virus of 60's). They gave him a neb treatment and then the 25/75 went up to 90 so the doctor (not our usual) said it is asthma. He is now on an oral steroid started yesterday. He is outside playing basketball and still coughing as much as before. This is the first time his asthma has ever been out of control other than when he has had pneumonia. We have only used the neb once or twice a year prior to last year when all of his problems started (after being severly PI and his BMI dropping below 3% and going on enzymes). My questions for those who have children with asthma too:
1. How long until the oral steroid works?
2. Is he at greater risk of an infection?
3. Are there other CF related things that could act like asthma?
4. should his cough go completely away?
Any experience with would be greatly appreciated.
My son Justin (8) was diagnosed last year. We have had a relativly calm 6 months, other than a couple of respiratory viral infections that lasted about a month total. Starting last week, Justin developed a non-productive cough that gets worse with exercise. He would cough up to 30 times in 6 minutes. We put him back on Symbicort 160 and neb treatments every 4 hours last Thursday. He got a little better, but not completly. I took him to the ped's yesterday, and luckily he had a lot of cough when we were there (usually stops when we pull into the parking lot). His FVC was 108 and his FEV1 was 97 (both up from last visit with virus of high 80's) but his 25/75 numbers were only at 70 (up from the last visit with the virus of 60's). They gave him a neb treatment and then the 25/75 went up to 90 so the doctor (not our usual) said it is asthma. He is now on an oral steroid started yesterday. He is outside playing basketball and still coughing as much as before. This is the first time his asthma has ever been out of control other than when he has had pneumonia. We have only used the neb once or twice a year prior to last year when all of his problems started (after being severly PI and his BMI dropping below 3% and going on enzymes). My questions for those who have children with asthma too:
1. How long until the oral steroid works?
2. Is he at greater risk of an infection?
3. Are there other CF related things that could act like asthma?
4. should his cough go completely away?
Any experience with would be greatly appreciated.