I have a 5-month-old diagnosed with CF when he was born. Our clinic has us doing manual CPT on him once a day for 20 minutes. They keep saying they won't add a second time until he starts coughing during it.<div><br></div><div>Does this sound right? Everything I'm reading says twice a day is normal, so I'm trying to figure out if it would be more beneficial in the long-run to start twice a day anyway. I find that I'm more aggressive than our clinic, so I wanted to get some feedback from others living through this.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div>Erin</div>
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Infant CPT
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I have a 5-month-old diagnosed with CF when he was born. Our clinic has us doing manual CPT on him once a day for 20 minutes. They keep saying they won't add a second time until he starts coughing during it.<br>Does this sound right? Everything I'm reading says twice a day is normal, so I'm trying to figure out if it would be more beneficial in the long-run to start twice a day anyway. I find that I'm more aggressive than our clinic, so I wanted to get some feedback from others living through this.<br>Thank you!<br>Erin
I have a 5-month-old diagnosed with CF when he was born. Our clinic has us doing manual CPT on him once a day for 20 minutes. They keep saying they won't add a second time until he starts coughing during it.<br>Does this sound right? Everything I'm reading says twice a day is normal, so I'm trying to figure out if it would be more beneficial in the long-run to start twice a day anyway. I find that I'm more aggressive than our clinic, so I wanted to get some feedback from others living through this.<br>Thank you!<br>Erin
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mom2mason
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We have always done twice a day since he was 1 month old. We didn't wait until he "needed" it. IMO it helps your baby (and you) get used to the treatments & the lungs will benefit from additional CPT. <br>
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mom2mason
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We have always done twice a day since he was 1 month old. We didn't wait until he "needed" it. IMO it helps your baby (and you) get used to the treatments & the lungs will benefit from additional CPT. <br>
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mom2mason
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We have always done twice a day since he was 1 month old. We didn't wait until he "needed" it. IMO it helps your baby (and you) get used to the treatments & the lungs will benefit from additional CPT. <br>
Thank you for your responses. This is what I thought.
So, as a follow-up, do you give your child albuterol before each treatment or only once? I'm just worried about an increase of the medicine, but I'm assuming that we need the bronchial tubes to be open with each treatment.
For people who do it three or four times a day, do you do albuterol before each treatment?
So, as a follow-up, do you give your child albuterol before each treatment or only once? I'm just worried about an increase of the medicine, but I'm assuming that we need the bronchial tubes to be open with each treatment.
For people who do it three or four times a day, do you do albuterol before each treatment?
Thank you for your responses. This is what I thought.
So, as a follow-up, do you give your child albuterol before each treatment or only once? I'm just worried about an increase of the medicine, but I'm assuming that we need the bronchial tubes to be open with each treatment.
For people who do it three or four times a day, do you do albuterol before each treatment?
So, as a follow-up, do you give your child albuterol before each treatment or only once? I'm just worried about an increase of the medicine, but I'm assuming that we need the bronchial tubes to be open with each treatment.
For people who do it three or four times a day, do you do albuterol before each treatment?
Thank you for your responses. This is what I thought.
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<br />So, as a follow-up, do you give your child albuterol before each treatment or only once? I'm just worried about an increase of the medicine, but I'm assuming that we need the bronchial tubes to be open with each treatment.
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<br />For people who do it three or four times a day, do you do albuterol before each treatment?
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<br />So, as a follow-up, do you give your child albuterol before each treatment or only once? I'm just worried about an increase of the medicine, but I'm assuming that we need the bronchial tubes to be open with each treatment.
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<br />For people who do it three or four times a day, do you do albuterol before each treatment?
I wanted to add, that because we'd been doing cpt on ds 4 times a day since he was only a few days old, it actually calmed him and he would fall asleep or sleep thru his treatments. A friend of mine whose daughter was diagnosed until she was 18 months old struggled with CPT treatments -- she would scream and struggle the entire time.
I wanted to add, that because we'd been doing cpt on ds 4 times a day since he was only a few days old, it actually calmed him and he would fall asleep or sleep thru his treatments. A friend of mine whose daughter was diagnosed until she was 18 months old struggled with CPT treatments -- she would scream and struggle the entire time.