Advice needed

[Naturesvalley]

Am a newly diagnosed asthmatic. On fostair and ventolin inhalers plus azithromycin and montelukast.

I currently have a chest infection and now on antibiotics and oral steroids. How do others manage these situations

[twinkly29]

How do you mean? My initial thought is rest, pace yourself when you do feel able to do things and allow time to recover. Actually allow several days to begin to feel better as well as the steroids and antibiotics take time to kick in.

But I'm not sure if that's what you mean?

[Karate109]

Hi, it is also important to finish the complete course of antibiotics and oral steroids even if you start to feel better after a few days. Just make sure you look after yourself and rest. Take care.

[Naturesvalley in reply to Karate109]

Thank you. Have contacted my gp and he has extended my sick certificate till next week. Had lung function test yesterday so now wait for the results

[Poobah]

I'm sorry to hear you're not well plus getting to grips with a new diagnosis of asthma. This info from Asthma UK may help: asthma.org.uk/advice/trigge...

If your symptoms worsen then don't hesitate to contact your GP or the NHS 111 service out of hours.

Personally, if I have a chest infection I rest (no work or chores), drinks lots of fluids, take paracetamol (for any fever symptoms), eat simply. I also have Holland & Barrett Vit C & Zinc lozenges on hand, gargle with Listerine (if I have a sore throat) and complete any courses of antibiotics and steroids that have been prescribed. If I have phlegm on my chest I use the huffing technique to help clear it (much better than coughing endlessly). youtu.be/ZXsWJcQ5TbE(Not working as expected?)

Hope you start to feel better soon.

[Naturesvalley in reply to Poobah]

Have contacted my gp who has extended my sick certificate till next week so I can rest a bit longer. Had lung function test yesterday so am a little tired today.

[Poobah in reply to Naturesvalley]

Definitely agree you need time to recover. Take care.