https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 10:37:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bees-with-insight-into-pediatric-health-issues#post-2132540 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 23:29:34 +0000 lizzywiz 2132540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: you are speaking my language! Yes to intubation, no to stenosis ( last we checked). Thank you for clarifying the difference for bacterial and viral when it comes to autoimmune issues. You were also the first person to use the term post viral hives with me, which made them much less scary and much more predictable. Although I didn't intend this post to be directed at you (with your new baby at home)I greatly appreciate your response! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bees-with-insight-into-pediatric-health-issues#post-2132537 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 23:04:57 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2132537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Immunodeficiency is typically manifest as serious bacterial infections, not viral illnesses-- though it's not impossible. I'd seek the opinion of an allergist/immunologist at your regional children's hospital. At the very least they can aid you in lessening the effects of the hives that are happening after viral illnesses. That should be an attainable goal.</p> <p>Some kids just manifest their URIs with croupy symptoms. My oldest daughter has a standing prescription for Dex that we can give at the first signs of stridor. Of course if your child has been intubated in the past, they should probably have an ENT assessing them for subglottis stenosis that may result from intubation.</p> <p>Anyway, I'm really just barely touching on your issues, but it should give you some directions to move in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bees-with-insight-into-pediatric-health-issues#post-2132528 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 22:28:14 +0000 lizzywiz 2132528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO started having health problems at 10 months and is almost 3 years now. We have seen a million emergency room doctors, a thousand inpatient doctors, and I just switched our pediatrician in hopes of if not figuring things out, then at least not being treated like an idiot for being worried about my daughter. We have seen an ENT and a pulmonologist, with no breakthroughs.<br /> LO was born at 37 weeks, induced due to my HELLP syndrome. Underweight but otherwise normal until 10 months. At 10 months, she started having croup attacks severe enough that we had to go to the hospital for dexamethasone, epinephrine and oxygen. Eventually got a home prescription of dexamethasone. She began getting sick with every little bug. When she got sick, it always went as badly as possible- a cold could lead to Bronchiolitis, RSV is a definite hospitalization for us, and she rarely has a fever that is below 104 w/ out meds. This went on until January, when on top of everything else, she started having post viral hives after her illnesses. And now the hives are bruising.<br /> The croup occurs at the unset of any illness- a cold, strep, whatever. It is usually the first sign. Hives occur when the illness has run its course.<br /> So, for example, on Thursday she goes to bed normal, croup attack in the night, treated w/ dexamethasone at home, if not successful, off to emergency room. On Friday she will develop symptoms of whatever illness she actually has and croup will not re-occur during this illness. On the last day or so of her illness, she will break out into severe hives- whole body, including eyes, ears, and mouth. These will last about three days. This month, Benadryl stopped working, so she takes Claritin and Benadryl during an outbreak.<br /> 2 weeks ago, her hives left her with full body bruising. Went to dr. and they basically said unusual, but not unheard of. Sigh.<br /> To me, it sounds like an over reactive immune response, but she was tested and nothing came up- however, I recently spoke to a mama whose kiddo was tested for immune system disorders and she went on and on about how much blood they took and they did not take much for LO, so I am wondering if we had a comprehensive test battery or not.<br /> Anyway, does anyone have any insight? I haven’t met anyone IRL who has ever heard of this particular combo of symptoms. </p>