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A Childhood Illness that Stumped a Pediatrician

A Country Doctor Writes

Her pediatrician suspected cough variant asthma, but she didn’t respond that much to her medications. “That’s not like wheezing with asthma. The medical word is stridor. That way Melanie’s might get a physical ed excuse from her doctor.” I have heard it a few times in my long careeer.”

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A COVID-19 Personal Story

Metro Family Physicians

She is 30 years old, a Pharmacy Technician, with mild intermittent asthma (that is, she needs her inhaler ONLY when she has a cold). Since patients are heavily sedated while on the vent, she spent the next 10 days in the hospital being tapered down from these medications. days, she was not able to be hugged by her family.