Question to those with young kids

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It sounds like allergies that turns infectious from the symptoms you describe. Once there is an infection, it can manifest itself in many ways. That is terrible that it is happening with a 13-month old.

If the doctors are going with antibiotics and steroids, they are trying to delete the problem. With a patient that young, it is probable they are keeping the doses very low and will step up as necessary. If it the type of infection I am familiar with, the symptoms can subside but the infection is lying dormant waiting for the next allergic episode.

Once the infection is totally eliminated, the doctor can more easily address the allergy itself -- likely an environmental allergy that may be seasonal.

I am not a doctor and I am only pontificating from our family's experience.

It is important that you address this through your pediatrician, family doctor, an ENT, or an allergist (if that is what is being determined and solutions are ellusive). The ER is good for that specialty only -- a single event -- not necessarily for a lifestyle prognosis.

Good luck.