Has anyone heard of Periodic Breathing in children?
Sunday, May 31st, 2009I took my 6 year old to the Dr. this evening for breathing problems. For the past few days as he’s been watching cartoons or playing with his toys I noticed that he was loudly sighing an breathing in deeply as if to catch his breath or trying to get a deep breath in. I noticed him doing it alot over the past few days. Then this afternoon in the car he specifically told me that he was having a hard time breathing. (so I knew then that it was not just me being paraniod.) We took him to his doctor last year for this same thing. This time they sent him to the pediatric lung Dr. She said he is getting plenty of oxygen and that his lungs are perfect and that he is very healthy. She said that he has what is called “Periodic Breathing” and that he will grow out of it, she stated that she sees many children with it. I have never heard of this and I searched the web and only found instances of it in infants not older children. Does anyone know anything of this or have any info on it?








