Breathing & Allergy Care
Asthma & Allergy Care
Ongoing support for childhood asthma and allergies, including diagnosis, trigger review, medication-device coaching, and personalized action plans.
Comprehensive Pediatric Care
Support for breathing easier and staying active
Asthma and allergy concerns may first come up during a sick visit, a preventive visit, or after symptoms begin affecting sleep, school, or play. Your child’s pediatric provider can evaluate symptoms, help identify triggers, and develop an ongoing treatment plan.
Care may include
- Evaluation of new or changing symptoms
- Review of allergy and environmental triggers
- Inhaler, spacer, nebulizer, and medication coaching
- Personalized action plans for home, school, and caregivers
Ongoing Support
How we help
Care is tailored to your child’s symptoms, age, activity level, and response to treatment.
Diagnosis & monitoring
Evaluate symptoms, track control over time, and adjust the care plan as your child grows.
Trigger & allergy guidance
Identify likely triggers and build practical strategies for home, school, sports, and seasonal changes.
Medication-device coaching
Learn how and when to use inhalers, spacers, nebulizers, and prescribed medicines correctly.
Action plans for school
Create clear instructions that families, schools, coaches, and caregivers can follow.
Maintenance & Flare-Ups
Asthma care continues between flare-ups
Maintenance visits
Follow-up timing depends on your child’s symptoms and level of control. The pediatrician may recommend check-ins every few months or at least yearly, and may request an evaluation before renewing medicines so the plan stays safe and effective.
New or worsening symptoms
Call your child’s practice for new symptoms, frequent coughing or wheezing, nighttime symptoms, exercise limitations, or increased rescue-medicine use. For severe trouble breathing or another emergency, call 911.
Trusted Parent Resources
Learn more from the American Academy of Pediatrics
These resources can help you understand action plans and medication devices. They are educational and do not replace advice from your child’s pediatric provider.
Choose Your Practice
Select the practice where your child receives care
Choose your child’s practice for the correct office contact and scheduling path.
North Bethesda
Metropolitan Pediatrics
Call Metropolitan Pediatrics for new breathing or allergy concerns, maintenance visits, action plans, or medication-device questions.
Germantown
THH Pediatrics
Call THH Pediatrics for new breathing or allergy concerns, maintenance visits, action plans, or medication-device questions.