Monday, 6 July 2009

Asthmatic Or Not?

yaya demam lagi, kali ni hanya panas badan belum ada tanda2 selsema dan batuk. i prayed hard everytime dia sakit biarlah ia kali terakhir or at least the last for a long long time. dah kerap sangat dia tak sihat sekarang ni. batuk2 dan selsema dah macam mainan pulak setiap bulan. disebabkan dah terlalu kerap, sekarang kalau dia batuk aku dah tak bagi dia ubat batuk tapi kuberi dia minum madu dengan perahan limau kasturi je. melainkan kalau tekak dia naik merah baru kubawa jumpa doktor.

bukan demam, batuk & selsema dia aja yang buat aku risau. saiz badan dia yang kecil & kurus halus juga buat aku risau. semakin kerap dia sakit semakin lama aku rasa aku harus akui satu fakta yang selama ni aku cuba tepis. the fact that she may have inherited my asthmatic. maybe sebab dia ni aktif jadi aku tak realised yang dia ada asthmatic symptom, aku pun kurang ambil peduli as long as aku nampak dia aktif, keletah, banyak mulut.

i brought her to see a doctor tengahari tadi. confided to him my fears, had him to look through yaya's past medical records, he asked me few question related to yaya's coughing pattern and other siblings health condition. his conclusion is that yaya could have what the medical term classified as mild asthmatic with the symptoms such as dry (without mucus) persistent cough in the middle of the night which continues until the child eventually vomit. this is very true in yaya's case. tengah malam kalau dengar dia batuk teruk secara tiba2 mesti cepat2 bangunkan dia coz in most times dia akan muntah. masa mula2 dulu kami (me & hubby) pelik juga tak pernah jumpa orang batuk sampai muntah. lama2 bila dah terbiasa kami put it down to maybe yaya ni lain dari orang lain. but now we know better.

in fahmi's case pulak the symptom is more physical sebab dia kena eczema. sekurang-kurangnya jelas dan terang untuk kami tahu yang fahmi memang mewarisi asthmatic aku. dan eczema dia sekarang tak teruk sangat, well at least tidak seteruk masa dia baby dulu - sampai melecet dan bernanah hijau kat keliling leher, pelipat kaki & celah kangkang. kesian kat dia dulu.

dalam usaha aku nak memahami apa itu mild asthmatic symptom aku google and found this article. i'm going to paste it here, hope this article can help all parents out there yang berhadapan dengan anak2 yang ada mild asthma to undertsand it better. at least now aku dah tak rasa bengang lagi bila tengok yaya batuk teruk sampai muntah. and i know how i can help her go thorugh this phase.

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