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Article published on Jul 25, 2023

Recurrent Croupy Cough Can Be A Form Of Asthma

We are still in the middle of summer, and I am already dreading about coming fall and winter. Our 10-year-old son has croup every time when he gets a cold, since he was very young. It almost always started with cold-like symptoms, with fever, running nose, and before we know it, he would wake up... Read More

Article published on Jan 31, 2023

It Is Not Easy To Tell Whether A Child Has Asthma Or Not

Our daughter is fifteen months old. In the last few months, she has been sick a lot after she started going to daycare. Every time, she started with a cold and this invariably progressed into a bad cough that lasted for weeks. She would finally get better, and then pick up another cold and get... Read More

Article published on Aug 25, 2020

Don’t Panic About Children Going Back To School During Pandemic

We are afraid to send our children to school in September, in the middle of the pandemic. Our thirteen-year-old son has diabetes; we are struggling to keep it under control. Our eight-year-old daughter has allergy and asthma. I am concerned that her teacher will think that she has the Covid-19 virus when she sneezes and... Read More

Article published on May 29, 2018

Side Effect Of Singulair

Our daughter has quite severe asthma. She gets a bad cough whenever her asthma flairs up. She has been treated with puffers. Last fall, our doctor suggested that we should give her a pill called Singulair every day. To our surprise, her asthma got much better after several weeks. Through the winter, I stopped this... Read More

Article published on Apr 24, 2018

Spring Allergy And Asthma

Every spring, my teenage daughter and I have bad allergies. Both of us have itchy eyes, and get very congested in the nose; we sneeze constantly. We cannot do any jogging or running outside without getting out of breath or have a bad cough. We have tried Benadryl, but it makes us tired, and only... Read More