Lung kids (asthma, RAD, chronic bronchitis) - Do you take them outside in the winter? - Page 2

[pixiekisses]

No, not to play or be outside. Cold weather makes her worse. But that, of course, depends on the kid. If cold weather didn't affect her, we'd take her out.

[becoming]

Took him out for half hour on Tuesday, and now he's super sick and back on his meds. Guess I have my answer.

Thanks for the advice, ladies.

[Village Mama]

What a shame. It is such a cold/ flu bug time of year too. Sometimes the winter just seems like endless sickness.
My mom had chronic bronchitis as a kid and wore a scarf wrapped around her mouth. When she would breathe through it, it would warm up the air significantly. Such a pain to have breathing issues tied to air temp changes because so many places keep buildings sooo hot and the shock to the lungs is awful.
My boys aren't triggered by the cold with thier asthma. Actually , we would take them for a walk in the night when thier asthma was acting up and the meds weren't working fast enough. We discovered this when we would rush to the emergency... a 20 min drive away... and thier breathing would always be so much better. I thin that we are odd ones out in that regard though because docs always told us to avoid cold air or bundle to filter the air and make it warmer.

[2boyzmama]

Connor (laryngotracheobroncho malacia) flares up from dry air, so sometimes it's hot AND cold. When we turned our heat on for the winter, he had a bloody nose for the first few days, and his malacias started acting up. We just spent last week in Michigan where they have a ton of snow, but the air was much drier than where we live, and he ended up with bloody lips and a raspy cough. Nothing terrible, but dryness is definitely a trigger for him. We have a fire place in our house, but we have to limit his exposure because his little lungs can't handle it.

My mom would take my sister (asthma and symptomatic CF carrier) to stand in front of the freezer when her breathing would get bad at night, so the cold dry air of the freezer was good for her. My brother, though (recurrent bronchitis) she would take into a steamy bathroom (run the water on as hot as it would go) so he responded to hot moist air. Each kid is different, I guess.

[pixiekisses]

We have something called "Jonas mask" here, this is a picture (I couldn't really find a good picture). It helps many kids bc it warms up the air they breathe in.

[ksera05]

Sydney starts coughing, so no, unfortunately...

[Hey Mama!]

Youngest dd's asthma seems to flare when exposed to cold air, so no.

[bdavis337]

Poor Gavin. HOpe he perks up soon.

[4imprints]

We're in Louisiana too and I'm struggling with this one!!! We just got out of the hospital on Monday for a collapsed lung and pnemonia. Our 3rd hospitalization in 18 months. Poor baby. I kept him inside all day today and he was so mad at me. But its SCARY!!! Especially since his health turns on a dime - very few signs.

[Karry]

I'm in AZ, so it doesn't get too cold here, but we have lots of pollution. We are keeping dd in on days of high pollution as we think it is a trigger for her asthma. It's been hard on her, she loves to ride her bike and scooter with her brother. It's also been a little bit colder than usual, and that may also be bothering her lungs right now. She's on controller meds and rescue meds as needed, but we are still having issues keeping her asthma under control.