my 10 month old baby boy has had breathing problems since birth, he has been diagnosed with brain tissue damage and as a result can not use his right hand as a normal baby would, the doctor says its a chest infection but refuses to do an allergy test, - have changed his milk powder today from s26 gold to isomil as I suspect he is allergic to dairy, is there anythin else I can do to help him. He has a lot of phlegm which he can not cough out
It's very important to answer the following questions: does your child choke a lot? Does he cough a lot specially after feeding ? Any chest physiotherapy is being done to him ? Does the baby achieved his milestones of development ? Any family history of allergies or asthma ? If you answer yes for the 1st 3 questions and no to last 2, then your children respiratory problems is less likely to be caused by allergy even if its there, the common cause is weakness of his respiratory muscles, so he can't have his sputum out, and this predisposes him to infections chest physiotherapy is very helpful along with some nebulizer meds that his pediatrician can prescribe I hope this helps