you should try 6 cloves of fresh garlis a a small piece of fresh genger boil together and sweeten with honey, give them 1cup in the morning and 1 cup before bed time, boil both together for 15mins strain and cool so they can drink it.fresh garlic and ginger is good for coughing. good luck

you can try fresh garlic about 6 cloves ans small piece of fresh ginger boil together for 15mins and strain and sweeten with honey 1 cup in the morning and 1 cup at night.good luck.my son has lamellar ichthyosis and asthma so iknow aht your experience on cool days he will have a runny nose and that tell me that hes getting sick ,especially when the weather goes form hot to cool so sudden the cough,i give him the above tea for a few days if it doesnt clear up in a few days i use the poffers , and antibiots if need be, but these are last resort for me.

Interesting! Julia seems to breathe harder at times, not really *laboring* at breathing, but not at a normal pace. I've often wondered if she has a touch of asthma. But was always confused, b/c NS has a high rate of allergies, anyway.

I guess something to look into!

My son Alex, who is 18 months also has a mild case of Asthma. We assumed that he got it from me, becasue we were told that if a child has one parent who has allergies or asthma than he has a 50% chance of haveing allergies and asthma himself. I never really thought about it being related to the icthyosis. something to think about.

Heather

I personally have never experienced an asthma attack or had eczema even though I would have a compromised skin barrier due to my moderate IV. Others in my family with IV have both asthma and eczema.

I think one reason that caused my better resistance to allergens is that in the first four years of my life I was exposed to the four different *unsanitized* environments. As my parents taught in remote Anglican mission/CMS schools during my infancy my immune system was exposed to really 'wild' changes. I was born in the jungles of Borneo, Malaysia while my parents taught the Dayak natives there. In my second year of life I was in the monsoon valleys of the Western Ghats in India. During my third year, they were teaching on the savanah of Uganda and after that I was in rural Canada for 2 years. During the first three years of my life I was drinking fresh *unpasteurized* cow or buffalo milk, was washing in and consuming untreated river water, well water or rain water, and was exposed to all manner of fauna and flora. I believe that as a consequence, I have a very healthy immune system that never has allergic reactions to anything and is generally resitant to bacterial infections.

My point is that my young immune system got a real work-out when I was in my earliest development. That has benefitted me in the long run as my body is able to distinguish between friend and foe. That's what a allergic histamine reaction...when your body reacts to something harmless, like pollen or nuts, as if it is being attacked by a harmful foreign substance. Having ich children, if you try to shield them too much from bacteria and allergens early on, you will be hindering the ability of their immune systems to be able to tell what is good and what is bad and thereby encumbering them in the long run. Recent research has show that the increase in allergies and even certain auto-immune diseases in the West has some connection to the overly germ-conscious, anti-bacterial society that prevails in many Western countries. Some studies have even shown that infants who grow up around dogs or farms have much stronger immune systems and less allergies.

So while you should try to prevent bacterial infections in children, don't become fanatical in cutting all exposure to germs/bacteria. A young immune system needs this exposure to strengthen itself and fine-tune its response parameters. So let them eat dirt once in a while and limit the anti-bacterial products around the house. Germs aren't always bad.


jdante:

I just googled garlic and it is indeed a natural expectorant.

I have in the past boiled black tea with ginger, coursely cracked black pepper and honey/sugar as an 'elixir' to soothe a cold. I certainly will add garlic next time.

BTW to anyone who tries the tea I mentioned, make sure you grind the pepper *coursely*...you have to be able to be strain it out before serving. It actually tastes pretty good. What the garlic will do to the flavour, I'm not sure.

I have asthma, and had it since birth. I am the carrier of XLI, but asthma is in my family regardless. My boys two of them have had to take medication. (not daily) My oldest when he has a lung infection/cold. That tends to aggravate it. When he was younger, especially in the spring, when allergy season hit, he would have to carry his inhailer just in case, plus take allergy meds. (he has not been on long term meds) My youngest son, he came home from the hospital with a nebulizer, but he needed it infrequently, and for the past two years, (you know I just jinxed myself right), he hasn't needed it. I have it the worst, and I am on Seravent, and a neblizer, and Zyrtec, and albuterol,daily steriods when needed. You name it, I have probably had to take it, or I am on it.
Sometimes my asthma is allergy triggered, dust, dander, mold, pets. I have to keep my bed sealed, as to not have too many dust mites. (the boys beds are that way too, just because it never occured to me to do it anyother way)No feather pillows, they keep dust and mites. Sometimes, my asthma is triggered by strong smells, like lotion with perfume, or a strong scented hairspray, new laundry detergent that has a strong perfume scent, or even a change in my shampoo! Vicks vapor rub would kill me! (crazy, but I have been living this way my whole life) Occasionally, back to the allergy thing, it is food triggered-preservatives, nuts. Last, mine is also sports triggered, but usually only if my lungs are recovering from illness or a bad allergy induced attack. Controling it for me is to try to not get sick (not easy), or stay on my allergy medication and Servent. Avoiding triggers which are trial and error.
I know servent does not have the greatest track record, but I need this medication to breath, I have no choice. So far, I feel my boys have been extremely lucky to only have the XLI and not so much the asthma. I hope (one wish from me to them) is that they never have asthma the way I have it.
I was also in the hospital when I was young, constantly for Pneumonia. The bright side is that there are so many more ways to treat asthma now, that your daughters lungs will not be damaged nearly as bad as mine were early in life. Talk to her doctor often, consult with a pulmonary dr too. Maybe an allergist. Then start weeding out different things that trigger it. (speaking of weeding, ragweed and I are not friends) (ooo, I left out strong scented candles, air freshners, and cigarette smoke).

I don't have much time to read through all the posts, so if this was mentioned, sorry for the repeat. I've also made mention another post in another area. But my son at 7 has just started developing a night time cough and daily wheezing. The Dr said it was asthma and an inhaler cleared it up quick. Then I stopped the inhaler and it came back. So then I stopped milk and milk products and it's gone again without the inhaler.

You may want to do some research on milk allergies (not to be confused with lactose intolerant) for your little one. Milk is a well known trigger for asthma, I think it just depends on the person on how extreme the effect is. I just figured, I would rather take something away then give more medications. Good luck.

I agree 110% with that! Unfortunately, having trouble convincing my husband otherwise! lol His mother was (is) very germaphobic, bleaches and disinfects EVERYTHING, and some of those habits are ingrained in my husband too! lol Maybe I'll ask our ped. to give us a print out about germs or something!

I never thought about the milk allergy causing my sons asthma. He is allergic to milk, he can't have any dairy at all. And now that I think about it his asthma calmed down once we took him off the milk. Intresting something to talk to the allergist about this week. I always just thought he got it from me. Thanks for the info