Asthma CASE 3 - BEN

It is 8.30 am and six-year-old Ben is seeing you with his mother for respiratory problems again.

Mother tells you Ben has had a cold for the last few days and has been coughing since coming home from school yesterday. She has been giving him blue Turbuhaler every 4 hours since yesterday afternoon. Last night he needed his medication every 3 hours. He woke this morning with much coughing, dry retching and vomiting. He had medication with some relief but is starting to cough and dry retch since arriving at the clinic.