hi. my son, who is 1 year and 5 months old has bronchiolitis. he s wheezing since the past 2 days. He was prescribed solbutimol (10 puffs 4 times a day) and a steriod inhaler (2 puffs twice a day). we started the medication yesterday. He had a good sleep at night and had a bit of breakfast this morning. His breathing is better but still not normal. is it ok for me to take a 6 hour flight with him tomorrow?
Bronchiloitis is the inflammation of the small bronchiole of the airway, it is a self limiting disease but can be serious of there is hypoxia, which means an oxygenation of less 94 in a child. Bronchodialtors can be helpful .but traveling 6 hours with 35000 feet with low pressure can make the breathing difficult because the child has already narrowed airways because of the inflammation. I recommend not to fly