I have read many medical threads on here, but looking for recommendations for timing.
Long story short, my son had viral induced asthma from age 3-7ish. Never had any wheezing when not sick. For a couple of years after that I would have his inhaler refilled at his well visit. He took a puff or two if he was really sick maybe once or twice a year. In 7th grade he joined cross country and thought that the typical, out of shape windedness was asthma (he was not wheezy, just out not conditioned) and told the doctor, who put in his chart that he has exercise induced asthma. I continued to pick up an inhaler refill once a year at his well visit. This was done out of habit by a worry wart mom who remembered my sick baby! Most of the time we mis-placed it and it never got used. Then in 8th grade (covid year) he was a couch potato again. 9th grade he started an intense tennis lesson regime, and again, while getting into shape, thought he needed his inhaler after sprints. Fast forward and he is playing tennis multiple times a week, running a 6:30 mile, and told me he realized that he was just really out of shape.
We know that he will need some testing done to verify that he does not have asthma. It is my understanding that he will be able to start the application Spring of next year. Should we go ahead and schedule an appointment with a pulmonologist to get whatever asthma tests there are done? He has never had any testing. Would we submit those when he has his medical examination? I assume when they take the health history, there is a box to check asking if you have ever been diagnosed with asthma. What would he write by way of explanation? That he had viral asthma from age 3-7? He is not currently on any meds. There may be an open prescription for albuterol.
Long story short, my son had viral induced asthma from age 3-7ish. Never had any wheezing when not sick. For a couple of years after that I would have his inhaler refilled at his well visit. He took a puff or two if he was really sick maybe once or twice a year. In 7th grade he joined cross country and thought that the typical, out of shape windedness was asthma (he was not wheezy, just out not conditioned) and told the doctor, who put in his chart that he has exercise induced asthma. I continued to pick up an inhaler refill once a year at his well visit. This was done out of habit by a worry wart mom who remembered my sick baby! Most of the time we mis-placed it and it never got used. Then in 8th grade (covid year) he was a couch potato again. 9th grade he started an intense tennis lesson regime, and again, while getting into shape, thought he needed his inhaler after sprints. Fast forward and he is playing tennis multiple times a week, running a 6:30 mile, and told me he realized that he was just really out of shape.
We know that he will need some testing done to verify that he does not have asthma. It is my understanding that he will be able to start the application Spring of next year. Should we go ahead and schedule an appointment with a pulmonologist to get whatever asthma tests there are done? He has never had any testing. Would we submit those when he has his medical examination? I assume when they take the health history, there is a box to check asking if you have ever been diagnosed with asthma. What would he write by way of explanation? That he had viral asthma from age 3-7? He is not currently on any meds. There may be an open prescription for albuterol.