When should your child see a pediatric pulmonologist?

Pediatric pulmonologists are specialists best at providing a comprehensive evaluation of breathing disorders in children. Conditions treated include asthma, cystic fibrosis, sleep apnea, sleep disorders, stridor, upper airway obstruction, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, bronchiectasis, recurrent pneumonia, chronic or recurrent cough and wheezing.

If your child has experienced any of the following, please give us a call or submit an online appointment request:

Bronchodilator (Albuterol® or Xopenex®) use on a regular basis (weekly or even monthly)
Chronic nasal congestion and/or chronic or seasonal nasal congestion
Chronic respiratory infections (viral or bacterial)
Cough significantly more than two days a week
Cough significantly more than two nights a month
Cough when he/she runs or exercises
Cystic fibrosis or a positive newborn screen for cystic fibrosis
Daytime somnolence, have a hard time staying awake during the day or seemingly “overly” hyperactive
Difficulty breathing or breathing rapidly or seemingly labored on a frequent basis
Hospital admission for asthma attack more than once
Making a funny noise when he/she breathes in or out
Neuromuscular weakness or spasticity and seems to cough frequently or has had pneumonia
Noisy breathing, always seemingly to have noisy/raspy/rattling breathing
Oral steroids required more than twice for asthma or croup in one year
Having been diagnosed with asthma and you want a second opinion
Pauses or stops breathing while awake or asleep
Pectus, have a questionable chest wall deformity or pectus excavatum
Pneumonia, having been diagnosed with pneumonia more than once
Poor weight gain, have difficulty gaining weight
Premature, born early
Recurrent croup history
Scoliosis or having progressive scoliosis
Severe asthma attack
Sickle cell disease with breathing problems/asthma
Snoring or sleeping poorly
Symptomatic when using MDI/nebulizers to control asthma (E.g. Singulair, Flovent, or Advair)