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| 32.1 | | 8713::HOE | Sammy, why are you so quiet? | Tue Jun 19 1990 00:43 | 15 |
| Pam,
I know how hard it is to see little tykes suffer from allergies.
It's dangerous also if they develop too many sinus infection. My
family doctor suugets the Rash (sp?) test where they draw 2 small
viles of blood and test for histimines but the allergist
looked Sam over and said that he should be kept on antihistimines
until his immune system gets more accustomed to the stuff in the
air.
Like I said, it's a fine line. Hope you anxiety survives better
than your little one. Me, I get very upset to see him all stuffy
and not be able to give him ice cream (which he loves).
cal
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| 32.2 | dust reduction | TLE::RANDALL | living on another planet | Tue Jun 19 1990 12:28 | 56 |
| Pam,
I hope you can find something to help him get through this
difficult time. It's unfortunately true that there's very little
they can do for a very small child because their immune systems
are still maturing and don't always produce the right amounts of
the substances they need. So giving them medications to boost or
suppress histimine function often does more harm than good.
After Kat had a bout of respiratory infections, including
bronchitis and pneumonia, we found a certain number of
nonmedicated things that helped. Even if pollen is the primary
allergan, reducing the total amount of gunk in the air for your
son will help reduce the total stress.
These are bargain-basement techniques because at the time we
couldn't even afford an air conditioner. If something like this
happened now, that's the first thing I'd do -- get an air
conditioner for the room to reduce the amount of outside air that
gets inside as much as I could.
We took out the carpets in her room, leaving a linoleum floor, and
replaced the curtains with a blind. This reduced the amount of
dust in the room and helped her sleep better.
We got an air cleaner. This was almost 12 years ago now, and they
have much more effective ones than we ever used. That helped a
lot.
A humidifier to keep the air moist made it easier for her to
breathe.
I regularly cleaned under forgotten places like the refrigerator
and the bookshelves with an inch of space between the bottom shelf
and the floor. We even got rid of the cinderblocks that were
propping up the other bookshelves -- we used plastic milk crates
isntead.
Make sure there aren't any hidden pockets of mold etc. in places
like the refrigerator drainage trays.
And we cleaned the air ducts -- not much help at this time of
year, I admit, but a big help during heating season. It's
incredible the amount of dust that circulates through a forced hot
air heating system! The furnace and filter were clean and in
good shape. I took off all the vent covers and vacuumed out the
ducts (they were filthy), and then covered both the intake and the
outtake vents with several layers of cheesecloth. This allowed
the air to flow normally but added two extra filtering layers to
the hot air system.
--bonnie
p.s. I asked Neil if he could remember any of the other things the
doctor recommended when Kat was sick. He said, "Double Scotch --
for the mother."
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| 32.3 | Clean machine = MOM | BRAT::SCHUBERT | | Tue Jun 19 1990 14:34 | 17 |
| They ped can run the RAST test's on him. We are just going
thru this with Alex (4/21/87). He's had a gazillion ear infections
since he was 5 months old, he is allergic to the protein in milk
and in a week we will find out about dust/pollen/trees/the great
outdoors/cats/ etc.......
The doctor we saw suggested putting a plastic case on his matress,
a plastic case on his pillows, removing all stuffed animals, removing
curtains from his room, and eventually the rug. Also told us to
keep the bathroom(S) spotless from mold that grows on shower curtain,
around the tub, sink, toilet. Since mold and pollen love to grow
in New England (specially this time of year) doctor said to be
extra careful for the next few months.
Anybody got a good maid they can recommend?????
Good luck, allergies are tough..........
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| 32.4 | Try Rynatan | NRADM::TRIPPL | | Mon Jul 02 1990 21:07 | 11 |
| I suggest that you catch my note 29.10. The drug Rynatan was orignially
given for allergies, since for some reason the runny nose, etc seemed to
trigger a nasty Asthma attack and a hospital admission.
As for the "sterilize the world" thinking, AJ has stuffed animals on
his bed with his afghans and carpet and curtains as well. Have had
allergy "patch" testing done, even though we're pretty sure it's triggered
by freshly cut grass and April blossoms those tests were negative.
Lyn Tripp, AJ's mom (1-2-87)
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