Kids Get More Sick At Night

Nothing is more troubling at home than a sick child. If you think those bills to pay and work piled up are worrisome, nothing comes close to the feeling of panic and helplessness when your little one is miserable and ailing. Even I, as a kid, had frequent asthma attacks, and whenever that happens, it always puts the household on edge. Once I start to have difficulty breathing, my parents would bring me to the neighborhood clinic to be nebulized. I’ll feel much better, until later at night, when I go to sleep. I’ll have difficulty breathing again—and it’s worse than earlier in the day.

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