My daughter (5.5yrs) has had allergies (assumed dust, mold and ?...we never tested her) since she was about 2yrs that have worsened over the past few years and are often so bad in the night & early a.m. that her sleep is interrupted. I give her the homeopathic treatments Children's Allergy Relief from NatraBio (echinacea angustifolia 4x 6x 12x 30x, adrenalinum 6x, ambrosia artemisiaefolia 6x, apis mellifica 6x, lycopodium clavatum 6x, sulphur 6x 12x 30x, ledum palustre 8x, phosphorus 8x, histaminum 12x, + inactives) AND Allergies + Hayfever from King Bio (I alternate). These treatments do help *relieve* her but it is only temporary. I do everything I can to keep the dust to a minimum: the mattresses and pillows are covered/encased to keep the mites out (or trapped in), we have wood floors, I took the rugs out of the bedroom, I vacuum the curtains periodically, I dust and vacuum the house weekly (or more if needed in the bedroom), the windows are always open for fresh air, I keep the closet closed to prevent dust from the clothes, I wipe down the walls about once every month or two, I even occasionally spray the bed and quilt with Borax-water to kill the dust mites. We also have an Austin Roommate Air Purifier (but it doesn't seem to help). But she still has miserable allergies, some days are better than others but she always seems to have a runny and/or itchy nose and often sneezing. I really want to avoid scratch tests, her allergies are obviously environmental because they occur in the early a.m. when she hasn't eaten for hours, and they often occur in our room (we family bed). I want to go beyond temporary relief and help her rid of them before they become even worse. I don't want to use drugs, and I am even leary of the homeopathic remedies because they are natural drugs in themselves. I'm at wits end, does anyone have any ideas?
We also just found out that she has mild asthma. Her doctor (a conventional ped.) gave her a breathing drug-mist treatment in the office this past week and the drug Albuterol (sub for Proventil) to give every 8 hours at home. But she still coughs/hacks and I can still hear wheezing in her lungs. I am afraid that the same thing will happen as with her allergies, it will get worse. I don't want for her to have to depend on drugs for her entire life, especially when they only provide relief not cure. Any ideas?
If you read this far, THANK YOU for bearing with me! This is obviously something that continually haunts us. Any help would be appreciated, especially from someone who has studied this or someone who has BTDT.
We also just found out that she has mild asthma. Her doctor (a conventional ped.) gave her a breathing drug-mist treatment in the office this past week and the drug Albuterol (sub for Proventil) to give every 8 hours at home. But she still coughs/hacks and I can still hear wheezing in her lungs. I am afraid that the same thing will happen as with her allergies, it will get worse. I don't want for her to have to depend on drugs for her entire life, especially when they only provide relief not cure. Any ideas?
If you read this far, THANK YOU for bearing with me! This is obviously something that continually haunts us. Any help would be appreciated, especially from someone who has studied this or someone who has BTDT.
She sleeps so soundly now which is important to maintaining a healthy immune system. I, too, did not suspect food allergies since my dd coughed at night and snored a little bit. She had mild eczema, sneezing and some daytime coughing after eating as well. But, the restricted diet really, really helped her breathing at night too in addition to the other symptomsl. So, don't rule out a food allergy because of night time symptoms. The proteins stay in your child's body for days and can cause symptoms around the clock. Sadly to say, despite all of our efforts, my dd developed mild asthma anyway within one year.
) and he has been having mild problems, but still nothing like before. We have also heard that some NDs believe that most allergies stem from an allergy to dairy, corn, and wheat and if these are removed from teh diet, there will be no other problems. I hope this information helps. Another thing we have found to be helpful is lobelia herb...it can be found in a liquid form to be used externally and it works as a muscle relaxant and expectorant and has been found to be very helpful with asthma...we safely used it with our baby when she had bronchiolitis at the age of 6 months. (can be toxic if too much is taken internally which is why we use the external one and in small ammounts...for baby we used about 3-4 drops on the chest or back three to four times a day.)
