<human>: My son who is 8 ,has every spring a flare up with asthma and his condition starts to flare into pneumonia, his first attack he ended up in hospital with micoplasma, it appears to happen every spring as the same symptoms occur only last year we got him to the doctors early before things flared up. What is causing this , should I be concerned about his health? He does suffer enviornment allergies.
<bot>: Hello. Thank you for asking at Chat Doctor. I went through your sons' history. From your history, I would suspect allergies first rather than repeated cytoplasm pneumonia infections. I would like to ask a few questions: At what age did his asthma symptoms started? Does he have symptoms only during spring or other part of year also? Is he on any regular medications? Do his symptoms start with fever or without fever? How, in every spring, cytoplasm pneumonia was diagnosed? Does he have allergic rhinitis? Does any of his family members have allergies/asthma? However, from your history, personally I would like to investigate him for allergies to air-borne allergens. Depending upon the reports of the allergy testing, he may be advised avoidance measures and allergen specific immunotherapy if indicated. So my personal opinion to you is to consult an Allergist-Immunologist for identification and management of his allergies. However, if he is really having repeated cytoplasm pneumonia, you should be really concerned about it as it is uncommon in child Chat Doctor. Hope this will be helpful to you. Wish your son the best of the health. Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at Chat Doctor. Regards.