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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 221226" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Two theories (and believe me, that's all they are):</p><p> </p><p>First, young children, especially when they are sensitive and anxious, can take a small kernel of an idea they hear and expand it until it is controlling their world (often in an attempt to seek control). I suspect Duckie heard the allergist say her asthma could be worse when she has a cold and she is finding a way to do her part to control that (washing her hands to get rid of cold germs). She may very well be anxious about her new asthma diagnosis. While I wouldn't call attention at all to the handwashing -- either positive or negative -- I might do some asthma education to allay her fears. With the medications available today, kids with asthma lead entirely normal lives. Duckie needs to hear that message.</p><p> </p><p>Second, Asmanex contains micro doses of a steroid, and steroids are known to affect emotions. Your docs would probably deny this is a possibility, but in a child with a sensitive system I wonder if the steroid is stirring up her anxiety and making her OCDish (not full-blown Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) yet). When my daughter A was prescribed Paxil for depression, one of the first signs that made me think it was the wrong medication for her was that she was suddenly driven to clean up her room. The docs all pooh-poohed my warnings -- they said she was less depressed so she felt well enough to clean up her room -- but I knew in my gut that something was wrong because she had never cleaned her room before she became depressed. A few months later her "mission mode" had tipped over into full-blown raging, thanks to the Paxil (I am not saying this will happen with Duckie, but I am saying to trust your mommy gut).</p><p> </p><p>At this point, I would not make Duckie self-conscious about the handwashing in any way, but I would keep an eye on things. If the handwashing becomes more frequent or ritualistic, I would definitely recommend a call to Duckie's doctors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 221226, member: 2423"] Two theories (and believe me, that's all they are): First, young children, especially when they are sensitive and anxious, can take a small kernel of an idea they hear and expand it until it is controlling their world (often in an attempt to seek control). I suspect Duckie heard the allergist say her asthma could be worse when she has a cold and she is finding a way to do her part to control that (washing her hands to get rid of cold germs). She may very well be anxious about her new asthma diagnosis. While I wouldn't call attention at all to the handwashing -- either positive or negative -- I might do some asthma education to allay her fears. With the medications available today, kids with asthma lead entirely normal lives. Duckie needs to hear that message. Second, Asmanex contains micro doses of a steroid, and steroids are known to affect emotions. Your docs would probably deny this is a possibility, but in a child with a sensitive system I wonder if the steroid is stirring up her anxiety and making her OCDish (not full-blown Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) yet). When my daughter A was prescribed Paxil for depression, one of the first signs that made me think it was the wrong medication for her was that she was suddenly driven to clean up her room. The docs all pooh-poohed my warnings -- they said she was less depressed so she felt well enough to clean up her room -- but I knew in my gut that something was wrong because she had never cleaned her room before she became depressed. A few months later her "mission mode" had tipped over into full-blown raging, thanks to the Paxil (I am not saying this will happen with Duckie, but I am saying to trust your mommy gut). At this point, I would not make Duckie self-conscious about the handwashing in any way, but I would keep an eye on things. If the handwashing becomes more frequent or ritualistic, I would definitely recommend a call to Duckie's doctors. [/QUOTE]
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