why my son wheezes for weeks?

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My son is 4 and has a cold which turned into am infection. (green boogies}
I took him to the pedi for treatment, she feels he has Asthma. I think he has bronchitis because hes mildly coughing but also has wheezing. This is the second time in a year hes gotten this same thing. The last time it lasted for a couple months even with Polmacort and albuterol treatments. Is asthmas supposed to go away after treatment for a couple of days? Or will the wheezing continue? Im confused??? Is is Asthma or Bronchitis?
 
If he is wheezing (and has a cough) that goes on for that long, it is more likely that he has asthma. Bronchitis usually goes away completely after a few weeks, and people with bronchitis may wheeze a little bit but it's unusual for the wheezing to stick around once the infection is gone (even though the cough may).



Asthma does not go away after treatment for a few days, it is a chronic (ongoing) disease.

Because your son is only 4 it is probably too early to tell for sure if he asthma, particularly if he is mostly wheezing after being sick, but you should treat it like it is asthma. He may outgrow the wheezing, or may only wheeze when he's been sick, but it's unlikely that bronchitis is causing him to wheeze for two months after an illness.
 
Bronchitis is a lot more serious then some people think. Many common colRAB can be chest infections.. but they are virus, and you can only give it time to get over. Asthma meRAB work wonders for this. But it may not be asthma.
Bronchitis is a bacteria, and people die from bacterial infections, because unless you have a super strong immune system, chances are you cannot get over it yourself. If you have not given your child antibiotics, then this can go on and on and on, if its bacterial, it can do a lot of damage to the lungs. And one day he will NEED a puffer for life.

If you have tried antibiotics and they don’t work. It could be a super bug, or asthma, or a virus, either one, the doctor will use the same inhaler, as all treated the same.

So first thing to do is antibiotics. If they don’t work.. then get a puffer weather it is asthma or not, it don’t matter he neeRAB to breath.
 
Make him lay on the couch, feet on the couch and head and arms down to the floor, then pat fairly hard on his back, this will break things up in the lungs. My son at age 4 had asthma, one lung collapsed and this is what I had to do. It helped a lot, eventually the lung healed itself.

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