Do you think about your nose and nasa... - Asthma Community ...
Do you think about your nose and nasal symptoms when you are managing your asthma?
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I found out this about getting asthma of the nose by the asthma nurse some years ago.
tried nasal steroids several times, months at a time, they never made any difference.
yep agree 100 percent made no difference to me
Get bad sinus problems and have been prescribed Dymista. I think they help. To be honest not totally sure. Use Sterimar too which is good. Spend my time trying to keep my chest clear which is hard to do at times.
I found out I had asthma/COPD after years of incessant "winter colds", which I have managed to control by using beclomethasone throughout the winter as well as for summer hayfever
I had an operation on my nose to correct it so can breathe better through my nose. It helps a lot. I also use Neil Med to cleanse my nose daily to keep my respiratory system as well as possible! If I feel congested in my nose it definitely affects how my lungs feel.
Once I was diagnosed with aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease my education journey began and I'm still learning about the impact of nasal health on the whole respiratory system. I find it odd that respiratory medicine and ENT are separate disciplines.
I agree, Poobah, madness thathat I'm on waiting list for ENT for chronic rhinosinusitis, and separately for Respiratory Clinic when they are both physically connected!!
Despite my AERD giving me both asthma and nasal symptoms, asthma has always been separated out and dealt with separately. I've had to self educate about the condition as we just lag behind in terms of research and treatment (UK), with the best treatment just not available. At least I was diagnosed, which has helped enormously.
Iv'e had AERD for years but only recently found out that's what I have. Used to get reocuring nasel polyps and had many operations to cut them out but then they changed my biologic injections to Dupilumab and the polyps are slowly dissapearing. My sense of smell is coming back after years of not being able to taste or smell anything.
I was diagnosed about 40 years ago, but no treatment apart from a steroid nasal spray and a diet sheet. I've learned much more from the Samters Society. samterssociety.org/
>>> I find it odd that respiratory medicine and ENT are separate disciplines.
Same here. In Germany, desensitization to control asthma is done by allergists or ENT doctors who often to do not have the means to carry out rescue if anything goes south during allergen injection....
I use ambulatory oxygen (not because of my asthma but for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis) so making sure my nasal passages are clear, not too dry and is scratches/cuts free is a really important element for me.
Also I do my best to not touch my nose (and cannula) to avoid catching any infections as I know I will become very ill very quickly.
I can also smell it when I'm about to get a cold, anyone else? Lol
I have Eosiniphilic Asthma. It took me a long time to realise/understand that the nasal problems I had for many years, not least 20+ procedures for nasal polyps, were an indicator and actually mentioned in guidelines.
I use Sterimar regularly.
Apart from asthma, I have had problems of polyps in the sinuses. For that, I take Budesonide 64 nasal spray, once a day now, and have been without sinus problems for years.
I usually find my nose starts to run and I sneeze along with asthma attacks. But never really thought anything about that. Just assumed it was part of my asthma
No but the nose and nasalare really important part
I never used to because I'm in an odd situation - I have fairly bad hayfever and take various medications for it, but I don't have allergic asthma and pollen doesn't seem to set my asthma off.
My current (tertiary...) specialist team doesn't really care about the nasal side of things, wouldn't help at all when I said my hayfever meds weren't working anymore (just told me to keep taking them), and tried to tell me I couldn't have hayfever.
However, a previous consultant who I wish I could still see told me it was important to keep on top of hayfever even if the pollen wasn't a direct trigger because post-nasal drip could set my asthma off. I hadn't thought of that but it was really helpful.
The ALUK helpline were also great and suggested Sterimar as well as telling me how to use my nasal spray and suggesting alternatives.
Well I do, but my GP doesn't...
My hospital consultant added steroid nasal spray’s because of ‘post nasal drip’, also Carbocistein because of constant mucus….and Fexofenadine to help with allergies (where we live, we are surrounded by woodland trees (with numerous birch and laburnum also thrown into the mix, together with lots of very large shrubs). Needless to say, this time of the year can prove to very troublesome - meaning wearing a mask if venturing outside - or - staying indoors with doors and windows firmly shut…😵💫🤦♀️🤦♀️
>>>staying indoors with doors and windows firmly shut
How does one get fresh air/lower humidity then? I vent early in the morning when pollen seems to be less insane...
The late evenings I’ll venture out - or - as I mentioned previously, I wear a mask. We do have dehumidifiers in the house when needed….😊
Same thing with the mask here -- I have to wear a full respirator in the spring when I am outside. To keep the air fresh indoors, while not letting the pollen in, I run a HEPA/charcoal filter with heat-recovery, with the intake outside. This also pressurizes the flat from the inside and does not let stuff diffuse in passively through small cracks in windows and walls (smoke etc)
I believe that a holistic approach should be used in treating asthma. I take nasonex nasal spray and aerius tablets for allergies. I have regular visits with the ENT specialist. I am also being followed by a physiotherapist twice a week for pulmonary revalidation. Asthma affects and weakens the lungs. Medications and physiotherapy helps.
I have sinisitus with reoccurring polyps and when my sinus is bad my asthma is bad.
I have voted YES because my asthma is always worse when I have an upper respiratory infection.
yes as my nose and throat are blocked up a lot , especially at night
Yep me too. Always had allergic rhinitis as an adult, polyps found in 2007, CT scan showed very narrow nasal passage (perhaps inflammation, I don't know) stretched during op on '07 & face & forehead cavities were full of solid old 'matter'. Horrendous headaches for many many years (but treated for migraine, it wasn't, it was the blocked cavitiesnpressure) . No sense of smell. Used steroidal nasal spray ever since. I had absolutely no idea it was connected to asthma!
