Follow the asthma action plan your physician developed for handling symptoms. Watch your infant closely for signs to seek emergency care. Count the number of breaths in 15 seconds and multiply by 4. Suckling or feeding stops, or becomes difficult. Skin between your infant's ribs is pulled tight.
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Cry changes in qualitybecomes softer and shorter. Do not wait until the last minute to learn how to handle an emergency. Have an asthma action plan that includes how you'll get to your physician or hospital and who will watch your other children. Things to Be Aware of Asthma is sometimes more difficult to diagnose in young infants compared to older children. Over one third of children with asthma will have symptoms under 1 year of age and more than half will have had symptoms by 2 years of age.