Hi, all -- new to the board and happy to be here!

Here's my question: My four-year-old has been on Flovent (recently reduced to 110) and Singulair for years. Over the past two years, we've noticed that he does tend to get a lot of sinus infections, which usually trigger attacks.

Last winter, after a particularly stubborn infection (several antibiotic courses couldn't clear it up) we opted to have his adenoids out, assured that this would help.

It didn't. We didn't go back to the ENT after the post-op visit - I felt a lot like I'd taken my son to a "chop shop!" - but his pediatric pulmonologist put him on Nasonex. This worked well throughout the summer, but within a week or two of completing the Rx (no refill) he had another infection!

He's back on it now and doing well, but do I really want him on the stuff forever? The asthma meds alone are alot of medication for a preschooler, and now we've added another steroid to the mix. I feel like we're just supressing symptoms of a larger problem, but I don't know what to do to fix it.

I will take him to a new peds. ENT, but I was hoping someone else had some off-the-books insight or experience with this.

Thanks for your help!

Aimee aka "The AngryAsthmaMama"

Saw an article in the paper either yesterday or today about something called - I think - an ear-popper...blows air thru the sinuses and on thru the ears to clear them out and help reduce ear infections and the need to tubes, etc. You might ask about it.