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Asthma Specialists
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| While many Pediatricians treat children with asthma, if your child has persistent symptoms that aren't improving, have symptoms that are restricting your child's activities or making it difficult for him to sleep, if he has had severe, life-threatening asthma attacks that have included a stay in an Intensive Care Unit (especially if he required intubation and being placed on a mechanical ventilator to support his breathing), or if he is having frequent attacks that require treatments with an oral steroid (more than twice in a year), or if your Pediatrician isn't comfortable caring for children with asthma, then your child may need a referral to a Pediatric Pulmonologist, who specializes in treating children with asthma.
It may also be useful to see a Pulmonologist if your child needs additional testing or monitoring that is not available in your Pediatrician's office, such as pulmonary function testing (spirometry), or if you need additional education to help you better manage and prevent asthma attacks.
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