However, if you are on steroid tablets, these can make you hungry. Eating more than usual can make you put on weight. It is not the steroids themselves which make you put on weight. If you stick to your usual eating habits when you are taking steroid tablets, weight gain can be avoided. A Don't worry - just because your daughter is on inhaled steroids now, it does not mean that she will have to take them forever.
Many children grow out of asthma as they get older.
Studies have shown that children who are started early on inhaled steroids have significantly better lung function than those started some years after the onset of asthma symptoms. By getting control of your daughter's asthma early, your daughter is less likely to have problems later in life. Inhaled steroids only work over a period of time, unlike steroid tablets which act very quickly. You need to keep taking your inhaler every day, or as prescribed, even if you feel well. If you do not take it regularly, your asthma might get worse and result in you needing to take a course of steroid tablets, which involves much higher doses.