Eosinophil Asthma

[dawnhaycock]

At 17 my daughter had a number of chest infections and hospital admissions. Over a period of around a year she was diagnosed with eosinophil asthma and has had one of the highest feno counts the consultant has seen. She has been on steriods now for 2 years ( between 40mg and 20 mg) and every inhaler going but recently she has started dupulimab. After 3 injections her feno is normal and she can start to wean off the steriods. We are absolutely delighted that we have our daughter back to normal, not coughing and out of breath. Prior to 17 she had never had a chest infection and was totally healthy.

Can anyone advise how long the moon face might take to go and anything to help speed it up.

Also, is it possible that the asthma might go just as mysteriously as it started.

Thanks in advance

[twinkly29]

I suspect it won't "just go" although I'd quite like mine to do that! But if her treatment works for her then, on that, she may feel like it's much less of an issue - I'm glad for her that she's able to have such a treatment and it's working 😀

The moon face effects can take a long while to go - my consultant often says things like think how long it took for you to become this unwell....it will take time to improve. And I guess that's similar with the steroid effects. It will go though - and it must be really frustrating at her age too. Extra frustrating anyway!