Breathe Easy With Support From Middle Georgia’s Best Pediatric Allergists

Asthma is a chronic condition that negatively affects your child’s lungs. When triggered, your child could suffer a scary, dangerous asthma attack, which prevents their lungs from filling to capacity and causes their breathing to become short and labored. An asthma attack is a frightening experience for anyone, especially for young children.

There are allergic and nonallergic asthma types, each of which is triggered by different substances or instances.

Allergic asthma:

• Pet dander
• Pollen
• Mold spores
• Dust Mites
• Cockroach droppings

Non-allergic asthma:

• Air pollutants, including smoke and smog
• Exercise or physical activity
• Cold, dry air
• Hot, humid air
• Stress
• Viral respiratory infections

Common Childhood Asthma Symptoms

Your child’s asthma attack can cause troubling symptoms that include:

• Bronchitis
• Chest tightness
• Excessive coughing
• Limited breathing ability
• Vomiting as a result of excessive coughing
• Wheezing

If your little one suffers from asthma or shows asthma-like symptoms, turn to the childhood asthma specialists at Langford Allergy.

We can provide effective treatments, such as:

• Biologics
• Immunotherapy (for allergic asthma)
• Rescue medication
• Control medication
• Combination medication

Skin allergies like eczema often irritate children, including babies and toddlers, with a painful, itchy rash that does not fade with scratching. Childhood eczema is extremely common and can affect young patients who are sensitive to particular substances or allergy triggers.

Common Triggers for Pediatric Eczema

• Airborne allergens, such as pollen, pet dander, and mold spores
• Foods such as citruses, spices, and products containing gluten
• Medications such as prescriptions, over-the-counter drugs, and antibiotics
• Metals such as nickel
• Substances such as lotions, soaps, cosmetics, and chemicals
• Sweat and sweat residue
• Plants or plant substances, such as poison ivy, poison oak, or natural latex

Babies and toddlers are also prone to eczema caused by diapers (diaper rash). Diaper material is often thick and can irritate a baby’s skin as they wiggle, scoot, crawl, and move around baby-style.

Common Eczema Symptoms

An eczema flare-up can lead to a variety of symptoms for your child, including:

• Bumps and blisters
• Thickened skin at the rash site
• Oozing skin or dry, cracked skin at the rash site
• Swelling at the rash site
• Itchy, burning sensations at the rash site
• Hyperpigmentation at the rash site

If your baby, toddler, or child experiences skin flare-ups whenever they are exposed to an allergen or irritant, the team at Langford Allergy can provide an eczema treatment designed to clear the skin, ease the itch, and minimize breakouts in the future.

Our childhood or infant eczema treatment can include:

• Hydrocortisone
• Prescription steroid cream
• Immunomodulators
• Oral antihistamines, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressants
• Prescription moisturizers

If your child develops hives, or urticaria, they likely suffer from painful skin that swells, itches, and welts whenever there is a flare-up. Some children may experience hives for only a few hours, while others may fight their hive outbreaks for weeks or even months at a time.

Common Triggers for Childhood Hives

Causes of pediatric urticaria can include:

• Allergies (certain foods, medications, substances, plants, insects, airborne allergens, etc.)
• Heat (sun exposure, hot temperatures, hot showers, spicy foods, exercise, etc.)
• Stress
• Medical conditions (childhood asthma, childhood diabetes, polymyositis, lymphoma, etc.)
• Viral or bacterial infections
• Autoimmune conditions (celiac disease, lupus, etc.)

If your child suffers from acute or chronic hives, turn to Langford Allergy for treatments that soothe the skin, shorten flare-ups, and relieve the painful itch.

There are over 300 disorders that fall under the umbrella of primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDD). Many of the disorders lead to symptoms that present as allergies and asthma. In many cases, PIDD is identified in infancy.

Common Signs of Allergy- or Asthma-Presenting PIDD

• Recurring sinus infections, ear infections, or pneumonia
• Stubborn infections that are difficult to treat
• Swollen lymph glands
• Delayed growth and weight gain in childhood
• Family history of PIDD
• Development of autoimmune disease(s)

Young PIDD patients can rely on the immunologists at Langford Allergy for diagnosis and an effective, individualized treatment plan for their conditions and symptoms. We collaborate with local infectious disease specialists to create a patient-centered plan designed to help our PIDD patients thrive.