This article is regarding chest congestion symptoms. Allergens, bacteria, and fungi may all cause contagions resulting in chest congestion.

You will find the following data very helpful in all situations whether you are dealing with an adult or a child.

This morning a close friend called and asked if she could speak to the ‘nurse’ in me. Her daughter had called to come home from school. That morning for the duration of Athletics the daughter had been running track and experienced a great deal of breathing difficulty. This it seems was not the original episode. A doctor’s appointment was scheduled for the afternoon but Mom was marveling if a trip to the Urgent Care Center would be better.

Since her daughter is closely 14 I was capable to ask her questions and get reasonable answers. Some of her sensations or changes were:

1. labored breathing
2. difficulty in talking
3. swallowing was difficult
4. tightness in her chest
5. deep, congested cough

Mom and I decisive to undertake an over-the-counter antihistamine and if there was no betterment in 30 to 40 minutes, or if chest congestion sensations or changes became worse, then a trip to an Emergency Room or Urgent Care Center was necessary.

Mom would be observing for these chest congestion sensations or changes such as:

• tongue sentiment thick
• lips swelling
• breathing became more labored
• swallowing became more difficult

It’s always a tough decision for a parent to make whether or not to go to the Emergency Room or Urgent Care Center because not all children may tell you just how they feel.

So here are galore signs to look for to know when to seek care.

• Congestion you may hear.
• A fever you may feel,
• Bluish color to fingernails and around the mouth you may see.
• Watch chest movements.
• Is your child just nasally congested or does it go deeper?

My friend’s daughter had had a cold a couple of weeks back and she just wasn’t capable to shake it. Running track aggravated her capacity to breathe.

But are we looking at an infection from the earlier cold, allergies, asthma? These are things only a doctor may tell you. But you may help your child … calmness is contagious.

If you stay calm, your child will feel this and the old adage: monkey see monkey do applies here.

Here as some further and added things you may do as you evaluate your child’s chest congestion symptoms:

• Feel the child’s head; is it warm or hot.
• Listen for nasal congestion or deep-coughing congestion.
• Is there any drainage?
• Is the child coughing up secretions?
• What color and consistency are the secretions (nasal and coughing)?

The divergence in secretion coloring.

1. Clear and thin … okay
2. Yellow to grey or thick … need attention?

These are things you need to be competent to tell your medical doctor.

If possible, save a sample of the thick or colored secretions. Your medical doctor may look at them and determine a culture needs to be taken in order to help determine which antibiotic to prescribe.

If an antibiotic is prescribed for the chest congestion symptoms, be sure to read the directions carefully.

1. Is it taken 3 times a day?
2. Every 6 hours?
3. With or without food?

Be sure to read the flyer the pharmacist gives you. Above all ask questions and be sure you understand the answers.

Three (3) times a day may mean with each meal. Every 6 hours may mean around the clock and you need to wake up the child to give it. But most significantly … take ALL the medicine.

If you stop taking the prescription too soon just because you feel better and then relapse, the same antibiotic may not work again. The germ (bug) may become immune and the next antibiotic could be more expensive.

I’m glad to say the antihistamine worked. My friend’s daughter felt relief and was capable to each lunch and will be seeing her doctor in the afternoon.

There Is An Urgency

Born into a world of horror, madness and chaos in 1973 to Debbie, a 23-year-old drug addicted prostitute and Howard, a 24-year-old addict and convict, Gregrhi Love grew up quickly with the Department of Children’s Services getting an active share of his life in 1974. With Howard in prison, the only father he knew as a child was Bobby, his mother’s pimp, drug dealer, and lover. In 1980, he was placed in his initial foster home. While foster care was ofttimes horrifying, not one thing equated to the every day near-death experiences he pulled through living in Father Panik Village with Bobby and Debbie. On May 23, 1980 his coerced testimony sent Debbie to prison. Now a grown man, Mr. Love uses his childhood traumas to change lives. Working as a teacher allows him to use the experiences of his life to aid children who live in a similar world. His experiences give him a perspective most people do not have and psychological result of perception learning and reasoning that can not be received from any textbook. There Is An Urgency explores these experiences in an crusade to make others conscious that humans like him walk amongst us each day. There Is An Urgency is inimitable in that it juxtaposes Mr. Love’s experiences as an adult, working with children in school and juvenile detention settings, with personal accounts of physical and sexual abuse from his childhood. There Is An Urgency to percentage this story of hard won hope and resilience after years of terrifying abuse by a real life monster.

About the AuthorAfter a series of misguided choices, missteps and untrue starts, Greg Love moved to Tennessee in 1995 to attend college and earn a degree in Art Education. Before attending his initial class he had gotten a occupation as an assisted-living caregiver at a local non-profit. Mr. Love worked as a live-in caregiver, supplying daily training in adaptive living achievements and community involvement for a series of men diagnosed with a assortment of disablements while earning his undergrad degree.
Working with the men on such an intimate basis required him to dig deep within himself to discover the depths of his abilities and when he did he found that he possessed goodnatured tolerance and a tenderness he did not know existed. He duly changed his major from art education to special education and came across a new aim in life. When time came to do his student instructing he felt as if it were his reward for all of the hard work he had done in college. While student instructing Mr. Love had the privilege to work in a school with a conduct intervention program, where he expended a lot of time. Mr. Love knew then that his life experiences, behavioral intervention experiences working for the non-profit, and university training would culminate helping underserved children in an substitute conduct setting.
After earning his Bachelor’s degree in Special Education in 1999, he stayed on as a caregiver until he went to work as a teacher in the fall of 2000. He has been instructing at-risk and hard-to-reach students ever since and becomes more ardent regarding it each day. He has since earned a Master’s degree in education. Mr. Love is presently living the quiet, normal life he has always wanted in Tennessee.

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
Stunning!!!
By Kevin
Having known the author for a short time in high school, I was absolutely stunned at the horrendous level of abuse he suffered. This compelling work has made me re-evaluate my interactions with everyone I encounter in my life, especially my wife and children. Thank you Greg!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Literature worth reading!
By Audrey Black
There Is An Urgency is the most inspiring true story I have ever read! I could not stop reading until I reached the end. Gregrhi Love constructs his life story masterfully with words that are lucid, but dark. Emotionally, I was on a roller coaster through-out the book with mostly heartfelt tears dripping on my pages. In some areas of the book, you literally have to stop and collect your thoughts because the text is so raw. Gregrhi Love’s blunt honesty will melt your heart with the turn of every page. Reading this book will change your thoughts on life, love, mercy, and family norms. I know for me, my awareness from a teaching stand point has been changed forever because I will never look at a case of abuse the same again. Without hesitation, I recommend this book as a must read for anyone seeking literature that is worth reading.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
A must read for those who work with children and for survivors of child abuse!
By Gigi
I am astounded by this book and Greg’s story. Even though we know that so many children are growing up in terrible, abusive situations, Greg’s experiences are beyond anything I have ever imagined. The amazing part is that he survived and uses his experiences daily to have such a positive impact on those around him. This is a story of awareness and of hope. I have such respect for Gregri Love and his accomplishments, including sharing the story of his heart-wrenching childhood. I hope everyone who works with children will read this book!

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