my daugter 14 was told she had muptiple allergies singilar,advair,flonase has started shots has hurting lungs?
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Do NO SUCH THING! Don't take the opinion of random people from Yahoo Answers over your physician, especially involving a child with a respiratory problem!!\n\nNone of you are qualified to make diagnoses, or give advice to a person you have NOT met. That is DANGEROUS!!
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I suffer from chronic migraine headaches.  I was unable to use any of the inhaled allergy meds.  They all gave me violent headaches.  Let you doctor know.
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Please start by seeing a doctor.  If your family has good insurance (or Medicaid -- most states covers kids above the poverty level), I would start with an allergist or a pulmonologist.  If you lack insurance, there are often community clinics where you can go for treatment.\n\nAsthma is a chronic disease that isn't really cured but can often be very effectively controlled.  Poor control causes many issues (and you know that!) and can even be life threatening.\n\nHow is it managed?  The first step is to try and figure out what causes your asthma.  This can often be an allergy (although asthma can also be triggered by other things such as cold air and exercise).  Regardless of the trigger, a doctor will work with you to reduce that trigger.  (In the case of allergies, this can involve everything from covering the mattress if the allergy is to dust to nasal sprays to allergy shots to limiting your exposure to certain things).\n\nThe doctor may also prescribe a slower acting medicine to help reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.  This most often an inhaler but could also be a pill.  And this is important:  asthma seems to sort of feed on itself and treatment can help reduce the inflamation.  Also important is to understand that this will not stop an astma attack that you justt started having -- it takes days to have an impact.\n\nIn addition, a doctor may presecribe a fast acting inhaler (often called a rescue inhaler).  This is designed to be used to treat a current astma attack.\n\nSo the plan:  a) reduce the triggers that cause the asthma; b) longer term medication to help soothe the inflamation and reduce the severity/frequemcy; and c) a rescue inhaler when a and b fail.  If you find yourself using the rescue inhaler often, contact your doctor as the first two steps probably need refined.\n\nMake sense? Good luck!
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It isn't really possible to have a true allergy to those things because they are just hormones...your body already has these hormones.  What sounds like might be happening is when you have an increased level of hormones (when you took depo, bc pills and had your baby) your body reacted to it by getting hives.  I might go see an endocrinologist, which is a doctor that specializes in hormones.  You could go see an allergist too.
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I would say check with an Immunologist. Also, theres a new magazine for people with Immune deficiences.\n\nwww.igliving.com
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Yes I have seasonal allergies. My throat gets swollen, i recommend taking benedryl or claritin. a doctor will just make you pay more for a drug that works just as good.
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I had a flu shot last year and found out I am allergic to egg whites.My throat closed up and my taste buds swelled up to.Did you eat something you are allergic to? Call your doctor.I was lucky I was at the doctors office when this happened to me because I was treated for shock before I turned blue.
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be careful of allergy medications that you use, even over the counter ones -- especially if they include "anti-histamine" which is number one contraindicated among people with asthma. this dries up your airways, so you think you feel better -- but it can do more harm than good. \n\nmy sister also has asthma -- she was taking over-the-counter benadryl before, but when we found out, we discouraged her from taking it (because of anti-histamine). so she was prescribed singulair -- she says it works. i guess not for you. what specifically triggers your asthma? is it the pollen? dust? pet dander? one thing you can do is avoid those allergens.\n\nif im not mistaken (i kinda forgot) claritin also has some anti-histamine in it. i suggest you speak to your doctor about claritin, also let him/her know that singulair and zyrtec is not really working for you, and if there is anything that he can prescribed that is safe for people with asthma would be great. (a stronger dose maybe). but try not to self medicate. i suggest you speak to your physician first.\n\nanother option is your doctor might prescribe you some corticosteroids to help you manage your allegies. they help you tolerate the allergens that trigger your asthma attack -- but you must take them religiously.
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Your pediatrician should have given you paperwork that explains both what the immunizations are for, and what possible reactions could occur. If not, allow me:\nCommon reactions could be:\n1. fever\n2. redness and/or swelling at the injection site\n3. soreness or tenderness at the injection site\n\nIf your child has any reactions that are more severe than the ones above, call your pediatrician and/or 911 immediately.   i.e. seizures or a fever higher than 104 F\n\n***I'm a mom of two and I've been through many immunization shots!
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Well....as an ALLERGIST/IMMUNOLOGIST I can tell you no doc worth his/her salt and interested in helping patients MAKES a patient wait, so it's likely as you stated your delay is your elective choice due to insurance issues.  Until then, you are taking OTC meds, some of which have side effects, but not really to a young person's kidneys.  For Benadryl watch for sleep cycle disruptions (you may get easily sedated to GET to sleep but awaken feeling "hung over" due to this!), and sudafed is the opposite -- stimulation, caffeine-like side effects (also therefore NOT a great choice at bedtime!).  For OTC relief until Sept., I'd recommend a non-sedating antihistamine such as Claritin or Alavert for AM use or PM use, with an added Sudafed for congestion if necessary earlier in the day (AM or PM, but NOT bedtime!).  Nasal saline washed 4-8 times a day are wonderful, zero side effects and very cleansing of nasal mucosal tissues, which helps avoid pollens from adhering to them, thus precipitating allergic symptoms!! GOOD LUCK!!! Let me know how you're doing (and where you're at...I'll let you know if your selected Allergist is board-certified!).
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Well, let me tell you what I know about asthma.\n\nWhat causes it?  Allergies can trigger it...Many triggers include, dust, dander from animals, pollen, leaf mold, dust mites and I read that roach pooh can trigger it. (UGH)\n\nMy youngest daughter had asthma and outgrew by age 5.\n\nMy oldest daughter began experiencing symptoms when she was eleven. (shortness of breath and wheezing, especially upon exertion) She is 31 years old now and has lots of problems with it. She has been hospitalized several times in the last few years with it. She uses a puffer. Her Dr prescribed her meds for a nebulizer. For her birthday --I bought her a nebulizer.\n\nSeveral of my grandchildren had problems with wheezing when they were infants.\n\nI didn't experience problems with shortness of breath and wheezing until I quit smoking about 6 years ago. I smoked for over thirty years. I have COPD but I also have asthma. \nWith the asthma I experience shortness of breath. Even getting ready to go to work can leave me breathless, at times. When I have overexerted myself, I wheeze. I experience thses symptoms every day.\n\nPeople who bath in perfume or aftershave really tear my lungs up. I get wheezy after a few minutes of inhaling the mess.\n\nWhen the wind blows, dust and allergens send my lungs into a tail spin. Sometimes extremes in temperature affect me too.\n\nI am on  Zyrtec (for allergies), Spiriva (a steroid dry powder inhaler), Advair (another dry powder steroid inhaler), Prednisone (a steroid) and I also have a nebulizer to use when I am having a really rough time.\n\nSometimes emotions and stress can affect Asthma.\n\nThey use to say that asthma wasn't that serious but now they know different. A person can die with a serious attack. \n\nIf you suspect that you, or any person in your family has asthma, Go to a Dr. Only your GP or a pulmonologist can gauge the seriousness of your condition and prescribe medications to alleviate your symptoms and make life a bit easier for you.\n\nTake Care,\n~Linda~
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I'm allergic to everything known in the out side world.  My Dr. prescribed Flonase.  Worked like a charm.  You have to use it every day, even if there are no symptoms.  It took about 5 days to get the best results.  If you don't have insurance try the walmart brand of nasal spray, pump action.
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NO, mixing Singular (a luekotriene blocker) with Claritin (an H1 histamine blocker) will not cause an allergic reaction, and many many people take both drugs without any problems. And generic drugs are the basically the same as name-brand, so that isn't the problem. She may be allergic to something in the Claritin, or it could have been an allergic reaction to something else.. Most likely food or another medication considering the symptoms. Obviously she already has allergies or mast cell problems since she is taking Singular and an antihistamine to begin with....
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Adverse Reactions: Mild local reactions consisting of erythema, pain and tenderness, swelling and induration at the injection site are common, usually self-limited and subside without treatment. \n\nUp to 70% of children receiving a booster dose at 4 to 6 years of age have been reported to develop local redness and/or swelling ³5 cm in diameter. This is generally self-limiting and subsides without treatment. \n\nPersistent nodules at the site of injection have occurred following the use of adsorbed vaccine, but this complication is unusual. Sterile abscess at the site of injection has been reported (6 to 10 per million doses). \n\nMild to moderate systemic reactions occur frequently following injections of this vaccine. These usually consist of one or more of the following symptoms and signs: temperature elevation ³38°C, drowsiness, fretfulness, anorexia, vomiting, irritability, persistent or unusual crying. These symptoms are most frequent during the first 24 hours following vaccine injection and may persist for 1 to 2 days.The incidence and severity of fever and irritability can be reduced by administration of acetaminophen (15 mg/kg/dose) at the time of inoculation and again 4 and 8 hours after vaccination. \n\nPersistent, inconsolable crying lasting 3 or more hours (1%) and high-pitched, unusual screaming (0.1%) have also been reported after DPT vaccination. Convulsions and a hypotonic-hyporesponsive state have each been reported to occur at a frequency of about 1:1 750 injections of DPT. Most convulsions are brief, generalized and self-limited, and are usually associated with fever. Neither febrile nor afebrile convulsions have been shown to be associated with subsequent seizure disorder. Complete recovery, with no persistent sequelae, has been observed on follow-up of children with hypotonic-hyporesponsive episodes or convulsions. (See also Contraindications and Precautions.) \n\nAlthough there has been a concern about the possible association of severe neurologic illness (including encephalopathy) occurring within 72 hours of the administration of pertussis-containing vaccines to previously healthy infants, the risk of an association is so small compared to the background rate for these types of events that the question of causation probably cannot be answered. \n\nReanalysis of the National Childhood Encephalopathy study (NECS) in the United Kingdom has failed to confirm that there was an increased risk of permanent brain damage following acute neurological illness occurring within 7 days of pertussis vaccination. Additional studies have also failed to demonstrate an association between pertussis vaccine and permanent neurologic sequelae. \n\nSudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been reported in temporal relationship to the administration of vaccines containing diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine (DPT). Review of the evidence does not indicate a causal relationship between DPT vaccine and SIDS. Studies showing a temporal relation between these events are consistent with the expected occurrence of SIDS over the age range in which DPT immunization usually occurs.
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I used to have the same problem when I was younger, turns out I had really bad allergies. I ended up taking allergy shots. I also had to make a conscious effort to stop though. Nasal spray inhalants may help some.
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Flonase is awesome! I use it, and it clears up those pesky allergies in a snap. It is a nasal spray. I used to take Claritan etc. but now since I got a script for this, I don't take anything but the spray. Ask your doctor for it.
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It could be allergies.