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Suggest Treatment For Difficulty Breathing With Wheezing In Babies

yes i have an 3 month old baby and he is having really bad trouble breathing, he has this really bad wheezing sound when he breaths. it sounds like he is gasping for air. he cant sleep at night nor lay on his back because of this. his doctor keeps saying its an cold but i know that there is something wrong and i really need help
Fri, 20 Jun 2014
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Pediatrician, Pulmonology 's  Response
Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic.

By what you quote I put forth these possibilities -
1. Congenital airway anomaly - this causes noisy breathing (both inspiratory and expiratory noise, actually inspiratory will be more than expiratory noise). But the child will not struggle to breath and there will not be fast breathing and in-drawing of chest wall. The sound will be more heard during sleeping and feeding.
2. Wheezing - Here the sound will be predominantly expiratory, the kid will be struggling to breathe, might turn blue and require oxygen and may have chest wall in-drawing.

But both are associated with recurrent cough and cold. But these might not always be bacterial infections which require antibiotics and usually are predominantly viral and are self limiting.

Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.
Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,
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Suggest Treatment For Difficulty Breathing With Wheezing In Babies

Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic. By what you quote I put forth these possibilities - 1. Congenital airway anomaly - this causes noisy breathing (both inspiratory and expiratory noise, actually inspiratory will be more than expiratory noise). But the child will not struggle to breath and there will not be fast breathing and in-drawing of chest wall. The sound will be more heard during sleeping and feeding. 2. Wheezing - Here the sound will be predominantly expiratory, the kid will be struggling to breathe, might turn blue and require oxygen and may have chest wall in-drawing. But both are associated with recurrent cough and cold. But these might not always be bacterial infections which require antibiotics and usually are predominantly viral and are self limiting. Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health. Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,