Hi,
My son has asthma and now he has to go to Children's Hospital to the Pulinmary department for lungs..Could anyone tell me what kind of testing do they do for this???My son is only seven years old and the last test he had kind of terrified him with this hospital..Thanks

Hi,
My son has asthma and now he has to go to Children's Hospital to the Pulinmary department for lungs..Could anyone tell me what kind of testing do they do for this???My son is only seven years old and the last test he had kind of terrified him with this hospital..Thanks

Well I also have asthma and used to visit All Childrens Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida so I can give you an overview of what was done to me. The main thing they do is have you blow into a tube for as long as you can so that is very simple. In my case I also had allergy tests which included a normal blood test along with the needle pricks all over my back. I was 8 when this was done and it didn't hurt that much. It felt like a small little pinch but again nothing major. I also had a chest xray and an ultrasound and as you know both of these don't hurt at all.

So with that said I can't see them doing more than what I've said and they may not do the allergy testing or blood test and if that is the case nothing will hurt. I also got weekly breathing treatments and I still even today get breathing treatments each and every month at my now local hospital.

Thanks for your help...The doc at first wanted him to see an allergist but i told him that there was no way my son would do those test..I hope they wont want to do the allergy test on him, i think he will freak out because of test in the past resulted in a bad experience..