My 4 month old son has Bronchiolitis what do i do?

i have taken my 4 month old son to the doctor and im still not happy my son has Bronchiolitis and i was given antibiotics for him but was told that would not help him he gets worse of an evening and coughs for about 2 mins and struggles to breath when he is like that should i take him to the hospital? it tires him out all the coughing and i feel so sorry for him as i feel there is nothing i can do for him
hope someone can help me.
thanx.

I do breathing treatments, sterioids or antibiotics, and a cough suppresant. If he has problems breathing, take him to an ER so they can do a chest x-ray. It may be something way worse than bronchitis.

Take him to the doctor

go to the hospital ASAP

take him to hospital.









i dont wish stuff like this upon anyone.

Bronchiolitis is terribly common for infants of your sons age. Most do not require hospital admission and the antibiotics the doctor gave you should make it go away over the next few days. If the doc was overly worried about your sons condition he would have sent you to hospital straight away.

You know your child the best so the thing to do is, if you're very concerned about his breathing (not just sorry for him) then dont hesitate to take him to hospital.

Yes, take him to the hospital. That's your baby and if you don't look out for him, no one will. Maybe the medication works for other children and it doesn't work for yours. Get a second opinion...see another doctor.

You should take him to the hospital and say that you feel soo bad for him b/c he's coughing all the time,You have to go ASAP.

A humidifier will help. If he has alot of problems, get a hot shower going and hold him where he can breath the steam without getting wet.

yes take him to hospital now. he may need something to help him breath. my daughter is on a machine to help her now.dont take no for an answer from the doctors,its your right if your that concern.

I'd ask the doctor when you should be considering the hospital. Did your doctor mention plenty of fluids? Pedialyte? How about running a hot shower and sitting in the bathroom with baby? Or a humidifier? Is there a Vicks chest rub for infants? When I have trouble breathing from bronchitis, it helps me stretch out my arms and expand my chest...make sure he's not all scrunched up when he's struggling to breathe. But please call your doctor and have him clarify for you what to watch for to make the decision when to bring an infant to the hospital.

Please take him to hospital now. If he is having trouble breathing that is a good enough indication that he needs to be seen by a paediatrician, not just a GP. Get him there now, and please let us know how you get on. Good luck, I hope he's better very soon :)

my son had it but he grew out of it. i took him when he was 3mths. the second time they gave me an inhaler for him. i used it the first 3 days every 4 hrs then i stopped. i didnt want him to have to depend on it. so when he started getting conjested. i bought baby vapor lotion. since he was young i just put a little damp under his nose. see can you get him to drink some lemon herbal tea warm, just a little. when he get a few month older give him a tsp of lemon juice, make sure the room not to hot for him, also when he get older at night when he's sleep and conjested wave vicks sab under his nose not too close. but lemon will help him loosen the flulim in his chest. then he will start learning how to cough it up and not save it and hopefully he will grow out of it when he get about one or 2. catch it while he's young

if your child cannot breath then his lungs are congested, put a pillow under the top of his back and neck to stop him laying flat down, or put him in a high chair so he is in the upright position, do not let him lay flat or the fluid will return to his lungs, this is not a good thing to happen, if his breathing is still very bad you must take him to the hospital straight away, do not hesitate his life may depend on your actions.

When an illness gets worse in the evening, the critter causing the illness is a virus. Unless they have developed antibiotics that now kill viruses, the illness has to run it's course. When your son starts coughing and having trouble breathing, put him in a steam tent with Vicks in the water. There are two or three ways to do this:
1. The old way is to put streaming hot water in a basin and hold the baby securely over or very close to the basin and cover both of you with a large towel. A very tried and true method.
By the way, may I ask if the baby turns blue or shades of purple? If he is take him straight back to the doctor to rule out that the bronchitis has become pneumonitis!
2. Use a cool mist vaporizer the same way again with a liquid like Vicks.
3. If you do not have a vaporizer, get into a hot shower with your son, but be sure not to let the hot water hit you. Keep the curtain and bathroom door closed to insure optimal stream effect. Keep an eye on the baby at all times, for blockages in his windpipe, changes in color, if he coughs up anything look to see what color it is-save it is a clean jar and lid--and if there is any rust-colored flecks in it (sign of pneumonia), and how much effort it takes for him to breathe and let the doctor know if any of these occur. Take the coughed up stuff to the doctor if you go.
Every hour, mix Pedisure with 7 Up and try to get the baby to drink at least a couple of ounces or more--to give the poor kid energy to fight the illness off. Don't worry about sugar at this point, it is an energy source the baby needs, but don't add extra!!