offtopic Asthma peak flow meter

[Guest Guest_efgh]

Jean

 

what is the cost of the peak flow meter? Is it simple to use in the house? How often do you use it in the house?

 

thanks.

[Guest Jean]

Efgh,

 

I don't remember if our doctor charged for the meter (maybe he did to our insurance). It's a very simple/small mechanical one. All you need to do is to ask your child to below the air to it. Then the indicator will be moved to a point where you can read the value from . The flow meter that we have is similar to the one here:

 

http://www.portablenebs.com/omronpeakflow.htm

 

Jean

[Claire]

efgh, re Houston Nutriceuticals--I have an entire thread (or two) dedicated to the topic, if you will just search this site for "Houston Nutriceuticals", you will find lots of details. Pfeiffer recommended these to Jennifer (and later to me) as being pretty effective for kids with sensitivities to gluten/casein. We still don't have him eat gluten (gluten-free house now), or milk, but do have him take the peptizade enzymes when he has cheese.

 

It provides enzymes that the body is missing to digest proteins in milk/wheat, e..g casein/gluten.

 

I personally take their zyne prime for carbs and fats when I have cheese and it has lactase among other things and gets rid of my recent lactose intolerance. I also haven't been able to eat raw carrots for years (stomach upsets) and this makes me able to eat them. I have tested and retested that one.

 

I can't say what peptizade it does for my son or not. I am just hoping he is actually getting the protein from casein/cheese now.

 

Best to experiment for when they 'cheat' occassionally and have milk/casein and see if they don't show symptoms with the enzymes--assuming that there are any immediate symptoms anyway. My son had no visible symptoms from casein/cheese anyway.

 

Claire

[Guest Guest_efgh]

Jean

 

Just got the peakflow meter. My son's value is little over 250 and the doctor says its very low for his weight, age and height. He wants us to start medication. I am still not sure on this since he is otherwise healthy.

What is your son's age? What is his weight? I remember you mentioning that his value is around 200 plus.

Is there any website which says the reference values for the children of a particular age, height and weight etc?

 

thanks.