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Symbicort SMART-good for relief?

Hi, anyone else on Symbicort smart regime? I had an attack yesterday and found that I did not feel relief from symbicort and found myself grabbing for my...

Hi, anyone else on Symbicort smart regime? I had an attack yesterday and found t...

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•11 years ago

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Infusion sites

In this hot weather I'm having problems with my sub cut infusion sets. Particularly the tape holding them doesn't stay stuck long! Has anyone any advice or...

In this hot weather I'm having problems with my sub cut infusion sets. Particula...

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•11 years ago

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Peak Flow - does it work?

Has anyone else found that you can have a tight chest yet no dip in your peak flow. Other times my peak flow will correspond to how I'm feeling but often it...

Has anyone else found that you can have a tight chest yet no dip in your peak fl...

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•11 years ago

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What to say to kids when they see you flare

Two days ago I was at my best friends house. Her kids and I are very close (known them since birth, consider them nieces and nephews). At dinner I started...

Two days ago I was at my best friends house. Her kids and I are very close (kno...

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•11 years ago

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Summer 2013 - Suffering?

I take my preventer once in the morning and once at night, and take my reliever, on average, once to twice a week. My asthma is usually weather (cold, wet or...

I take my preventer once in the morning and once at night, and take my reliever,...

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•11 years ago

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Soph's POSITIVE cons apt :-)

Heya all, As some of you will probably know, Soph is having a pretty rough time with uncontrolled asthma and far too frequent serious hospital admissions. She...

Heya all, As some of you will probably know, Soph is having a pretty rough time...

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•11 years ago

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Add on medication

Hi guys I was wondering has anybody on here taken uniphyllin i have just been put on it today by my consultant the dosage is 200mg twice a day? has anyone...

Hi guys I was wondering has anybody on here taken uniphyllin i have just been p...

Irishboy

•11 years ago

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how to identify the asthma?

hai, how to identify the asthma?

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•11 years ago

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Adrenal Insufficiency and Severe Brittle Asthma

I have severe brittle asthma which is managed by the specialist unit in Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. I was diagnosed with Adrenal Insufficiency earlier...

I have severe brittle asthma which is managed by the specialist unit in Birming...

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•11 years ago

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When to start steroids?

Symptoms have been getting worse over last few days, not coping with heat, wheezy when I walk around an need lots more ventolin if I have to go outside. I...

Symptoms have been getting worse over last few days, not coping with heat, whee...

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•11 years ago

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Has anyone heard from Hannah Rose?

She hasn't been around for a while - since she had the stroke in March I think. I miss her.

She hasn't been around for a while - since she had the stroke in March I think. ...

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•11 years ago

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Mold and damp

Hi all I'm hoping someone might be able to help me. I am 25 and newly diagnosed with asthma following a series of infections. I have recently moved house and...

Hi all I'm hoping someone might be able to help me. I am 25 and newly diagnose...

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•11 years ago

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Foreign healthcare systems/moving abroad

Hiya, sorry for what is bound to be an extremely random post!! I know where I want to be and do in the future career wise, but it involves going back to uni...

Hiya, sorry for what is bound to be an extremely random post!! I know where I ...

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•11 years ago

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Ice cream/cold foods as a trigger?

I've been noticing recently, with more twitchy than usual lungs, that eating ice cream/cold things is tending to set me off a bit. Nothing drastic but I...

I've been noticing recently, with more twitchy than usual lungs, that eating ice...

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•11 years ago

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Should I stay or should I go now

I have been struggling all last week with my asthma and hay fever obviously the current very high and high pollen count and hot weather are not helping me....

I have been struggling all last week with my asthma and hay fever obviously the ...

Asthma-girl

•11 years ago

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Alternative electronic therapies

Hi everyone, After a recent allergic based admission, my cons expressed concern over the impact my severe hayfever is having on my asthma at the moment...

Hi everyone, After a recent allergic based admission, my cons expressed concern...

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•11 years ago

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Ferraris PiKo-6 & KoKo Peak Pro6 software for PC?

Found a pair of Ferraris branded electronic lung heath monitors in the back of a cupboard. A PiKo-6 and a KoKo Peak Pro6. Bought a couple...

Found a pair of Ferraris branded electronic lung heath monitors in the back of a...

John_Connett

•11 years ago

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waterproof pouch?

For quite a while one of my swimming friends has been trying to persuade me to try open water swimming. I've been saying i'm not interested but one of my...

For quite a while one of my swimming friends has been trying to persuade me to t...

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•11 years ago

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Exercise induced asthma research: Gloucestershire, UK

Request for research - removed as against forum T&Cs

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•11 years ago

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where to go next?

Hi. I'm 20 and I've been diagnosed with asthma for the last 16 years, I've had various degrees of control over it throughout the years, ranging from needing...

Hi. I'm 20 and I've been diagnosed with asthma for the last 16 years, I've had...

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•11 years ago

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Asthma Prevalence different age groups

I want to ask about pattern of asthma prevalence in children age groups whether there is any patho-physiology of disease regarding the pattern that younger age...

I want to ask about pattern of asthma prevalence in children age groups whether ...

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Bonjela and asthma

Just wondered if anyone has ever had asthma symptoms brought on by asthma? I have sores in my mouth so went to get some bonjela, slapped it on my sores ...ten...

Just wondered if anyone has ever had asthma symptoms brought on by asthma? I hav...

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•11 years ago

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Questions about Omron micro Air nebuliser

Hi everyone, I have finally got round to buying a portable neb and it came today. Just a couple of questions I have... It says to move the mouthpiece away...

Hi everyone, I have finally got round to buying a portable neb and it came toda...

yaf_user681_30355

•11 years ago

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Home peak flow vs Lung function test peak flow

Hi there! I have been monitoring my peak flow twice daily for the past few years and my personal best is around 360, and my lowest is 200. However, I recently...

Hi there! I have been monitoring my peak flow twice daily for the past few years...

yaf_user681_51862

•11 years ago

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Todays appointment

Well, I saw my consultant again today (sort of my consultant, he deals with inpatients and this was my 2nd outpatient with him, but going back to my usual one...

Well, I saw my consultant again today (sort of my consultant, he deals with inpa...

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•11 years ago

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Another non listening doctor!

I just came back from the doctors after having 2 days of being really short or breath and coughing, and almost going to a&e last night, I mentioned to the...

I just came back from the doctors after having 2 days of being really short or b...

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•11 years ago

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Seretide - osteoporosis side effect?

Osteoporosis - Seretide side effect? At 41 years old I have just been told I have Osteoporosis. I went to the doctor about the bruises I have as a side...

Osteoporosis - Seretide side effect? At 41 years old I have just been told I h...

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•11 years ago

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DLA FOR ASTHMA

Hi Guys I was wondering if asthma is classed as a disability? I'm currently off work at the moment after a few bad asthma attacks the reason I can't work is...

Hi Guys I was wondering if asthma is classed as a disability? I'm currently of...

Irishboy

•11 years ago

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Asthma Reveiw and been refered to asthma specialist

Good Evening to everyone, Hope you are all enjoying the hot weather and your hay fever and asthma are not playing you up to much. A few weeks ago I went to...

Good Evening to everyone, Hope you are all enjoying the hot weather and your ha...

yaf_user681_6778

•11 years ago

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Bleurrgh

Been feeling rubbish all day with worsening hayfever, eyes and nose itching and streaming like mad and both quite red now, sneezing, sore throat and headachy....

Been feeling rubbish all day with worsening hayfever, eyes and nose itching and ...

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•11 years ago

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All posts for July 2013

Symbicort SMART-good for relief?

Infusion sites

Peak Flow - does it work?

What to say to kids when they see you flare

Summer 2013 - Suffering?

Soph's POSITIVE cons apt :-)

Add on medication

how to identify the asthma?

Adrenal Insufficiency and Severe Brittle Asthma

When to start steroids?

Has anyone heard from Hannah Rose?

Mold and damp

Foreign healthcare systems/moving abroad

Ice cream/cold foods as a trigger?

Should I stay or should I go now

Alternative electronic therapies

Ferraris PiKo-6 & KoKo Peak Pro6 software for PC?

waterproof pouch?

Exercise induced asthma research: Gloucestershire, UK

where to go next?

Asthma Prevalence different age groups

Bonjela and asthma

Questions about Omron micro Air nebuliser

Home peak flow vs Lung function test peak flow

Todays appointment

Another non listening doctor!

Seretide - osteoporosis side effect?

DLA FOR ASTHMA

Asthma Reveiw and been refered to asthma specialist

Bleurrgh

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