Pale or bluish lips, gums, skin and fingernails. Give prescribed medication. Ease distressed breathing with a cool mist vaporizer. You suspect your child may have asthma or has a cold with breathing difficulty. Have the person evaluated and treated.
Most doctors encourage continued outside activities and sports.
Check with your doctor to determine precautions. If child stops breathing or can not breathe on their own. Return to list Choking Sometimes children may swallow a small toy, coin or candy or food which is too large to go down their throats. Begins to get red and then blue in the face. Gasps for air.