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Dr Jonty, family GP, on asthma

Expert Dr Jonty, family GP, on asthma
Average rating: 4 out of 5 star rating

If your child is having a bad asthma attack and develops severe symptoms, you should sit her up, keep her calm and give her up to 10 puffs of her reliever inhaler, one at a time and get urgent medical help.
Dr Jonty, Family GP

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4 out of 5 star rating

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m mcdonald, over 2 years

my grandson has asthma bad he takes blue inhalers and purple also he takes montelukast on a night also some steroids when need be he has little imune to most things he is getting wrong at school of not runing when he gets out of breath the school has been told but they dont seem to take any notice of his mother when she told them she even leaves a inhaler at the school they seem to know better than his mother and doctors i feel for any one who has asthma as i see him panic all the time

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