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How Safe Is To Give Inhaler Continuously To A Child?

my child is 3 year old he is suffering from cough & breathing problem from past 7 months with break inbetween 10 days contineously .doctor told 2 use inhaler contineously for one & haly years .is using inhalers is safe? any side effects? is my child become habittual of inhalers?
Tue, 26 Dec 2017
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Hello. Thanks for asking on Healthcaremagic. Inhalers with salbutamol or levosalbutamol along with steroids are given to children experiencing allergic cough along with wheezing. It is a safe alternative to giving drugs orally because it produces local effect on the respiratory tract rather than systemic body effects by oral drugs. Mostly in 50% of cases a child with wheezing outgrows it with age and only 50% cases develop into asthma in adulthood. However you can talk to the doctor if you can taper it off by decreasing the dose slowly. In case of changing seasons or superadded flu you ll need to give it regularly. Use a spacer, rinse the mouth after using an inhaler to minimize systemic absorption. It is always better to take medicines rather than have a breathlessness attack. All in all talk to your doctor. Hope I helped. Thanks.
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How Safe Is To Give Inhaler Continuously To A Child?

Hello. Thanks for asking on Healthcaremagic. Inhalers with salbutamol or levosalbutamol along with steroids are given to children experiencing allergic cough along with wheezing. It is a safe alternative to giving drugs orally because it produces local effect on the respiratory tract rather than systemic body effects by oral drugs. Mostly in 50% of cases a child with wheezing outgrows it with age and only 50% cases develop into asthma in adulthood. However you can talk to the doctor if you can taper it off by decreasing the dose slowly. In case of changing seasons or superadded flu you ll need to give it regularly. Use a spacer, rinse the mouth after using an inhaler to minimize systemic absorption. It is always better to take medicines rather than have a breathlessness attack. All in all talk to your doctor. Hope I helped. Thanks.