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A place to moan about Hayfever!

Hi :) A place to moan about hayfever! Since we all do it, we might as well have a thread for it! Does anyone else seem to have really random occurrences...

Hi :) A place to moan about hayfever! Since we all do it, we might as well ha...

Janna123

•11 years ago

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Worsening symptoms but no wheeze

Hi All, Just wondering if anyones had any silmilar experience to me, brirfly have been asthmatic since a baby, very bad in childhood with monthly admissions,...

Hi All, Just wondering if anyones had any silmilar experience to me, brirfly ha...

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•11 years ago

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Can't get my asthma controlled

I have had asthma since I was 10 and has been fully under control until christmas this year I'm now 42. Since christmas I have been on steroids 5 times and...

I have had asthma since I was 10 and has been fully under control until christma...

Ihogg77460

•11 years ago

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Managing intermittent asthma - how do I know when to use inhaler?

Hello all I have cough variant asthma but only when I have a major physical stress in my life. Examples are third trimester of pregnancy (when I was first...

Hello all I have cough variant asthma but only when I have a major physical str...

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•11 years ago

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Management of reflux

Really quick question, I'm in hospital and they're messing around a lot with my meds. They've messed up and halved my omeprazole and stopped my domperidone...

Really quick question, I'm in hospital and they're messing around a lot with my ...

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•11 years ago

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antibiotics - what next?

A month ago I started with a chest infection, was given steroids and antibiotics ( amoxycillin) they didn't work so given another course of steroids and...

A month ago I started with a chest infection, was given steroids and antibiotics...

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•11 years ago

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New to this .

Hello all , I was just recently diagnosed with Asthma , and only after a really scary attack . A year ago my brother died of an Asthma attack suddenly and...

Hello all , I was just recently diagnosed with Asthma , and only after a really ...

Maurveen

•11 years ago

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Morning dip in peak flow + symptoms

Does anyone here have issues with morning dips in their peak flow, that coincide with coughing/wheezing fits? I've had asthma for nearly 2 years now, I started...

Does anyone here have issues with morning dips in their peak flow, that coincide...

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•11 years ago

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Alevels and Asthma

Hi, im kinda hoping someone here can help me as im running out of options. Since Christmas I have had 9 attacks that have required me to be hospitalized im on...

Hi, im kinda hoping someone here can help me as im running out of options. Since...

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•11 years ago

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Royal Brompton admission

I am due to be admitted to The Royal Brompton hospital in London in July for 4 days and was wondering if anyone else had experienced this and if you knew what...

I am due to be admitted to The Royal Brompton hospital in London in July for 4 d...

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•11 years ago

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Seriuosly Annoying Throat Clearing!!

Ok, so quite a few years ago I was diagnosed with Asthma, apparently I have post nasal drip as well which may be the cause of the need for clearing my throat...

Ok, so quite a few years ago I was diagnosed with Asthma, apparently I have post...

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•11 years ago

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Just been told son can go on cyclosporin and new on here

Hey I have a son who is nearly 11 years old and has been an asthma and eczema sufferer since he was 10 months old,we have been down the long and tiring road...

Hey I have a son who is nearly 11 years old and has been an asthma and eczema ...

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•11 years ago

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Shaken after unexpected asthma attack.

I was diagnosed with asthma summer 1999 and, aside from some bad chest infection and occasional inflamation, it has been very well controlled. However I had an...

I was diagnosed with asthma summer 1999 and, aside from some bad chest infection...

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•11 years ago

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Use of other medication with asthma medication

I have recently been diagnosed with asthma and am now using QVAR100 and Vertine Salmeterol inhalers twice a day. I have been using viagra/kamagra with no ill...

I have recently been diagnosed with asthma and am now using QVAR100 and Vertine ...

BowmanEd

•11 years ago

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Advise on a symptom

Hi, I'm new here but have had asthma since contracting another condition, dermatomyositis 2 years ago (DM causes muscle problems and various systemic issues)....

Hi, I'm new here but have had asthma since contracting another condition, derma...

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•11 years ago

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living in hell

im a single mother living in a temporary private accomdation its a one bedroom flat i was diagnosed with asthma 4 years ago when i first moved out to a two...

im a single mother living in a temporary private accomdation its a one bedroom ...

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•11 years ago

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Newly Diagnosed - Help with cough - can this really be Asthma?

Hi, I have had a cough for about 12 weeks, After 4 lots of antibiotics (Believed Sinusitis) the 5th Doc i have seen sent me for a chest xray (all clear) and...

Hi, I have had a cough for about 12 weeks, After 4 lots of antibiotics (Believe...

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•11 years ago

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QVAR MDI

Does anyone have problems with qvar mdi nozzle getting clogged or blocked? How can the nozzle be cleaned, an overnight soak in water doesn't do it. Poking...

Does anyone have problems with qvar mdi nozzle getting clogged or blocked? How c...

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•11 years ago

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Flutiform - adding another steroid inhaler

I've been taking Flutiform 125/5 for about a month and I am really loving it. I switched from Symbicort to flutiform because Symbicort caused paradoxical...

I've been taking Flutiform 125/5 for about a month and I am really loving it. I ...

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•11 years ago

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Help with advice for swimming pool?

Whilst swimming is one of the very best things asthmatics can do to help them keep fit and keep their asthma under control, unfortunately for my son and I it's...

Whilst swimming is one of the very best things asthmatics can do to help them ke...

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•11 years ago

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sooo thirsty

Just wondered if incredible thirst is due to the pred I'm on? I've been on pred before but only ever had 5 days worth at a time, this time I've been on it for...

Just wondered if incredible thirst is due to the pred I'm on? I've been on pred ...

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•11 years ago

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Mouth and throat care

Hi guys! Hope you're all doing ok! Am currently captured and that's probably what's triggered this as not moved out of bed for a few days and so not brushed my...

Hi guys! Hope you're all doing ok! Am currently captured and that's probably wha...

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•11 years ago

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Adrenal worries

Anyone got any advice re adrenal crisis?? My daughter has adrenal insufficiency as a result of high dose pred. She was diagnosed 3 yrs ago. The last week we...

Anyone got any advice re adrenal crisis?? My daughter has adrenal insufficiency...

yaf_user681_15459

•11 years ago

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rhinitis and montelukast

Hi. I saw a consultant about 6 weeks ago that said to change to symbicort 2 puffs BD for a month and if my asthma was not well controlled to introduce...

Hi. I saw a consultant about 6 weeks ago that said to change to symbicort 2 puf...

yaf_user681_53148

•11 years ago

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Seretide is it the answer?

Hello I've had asthma since I was born and it seems worse controlled than ever with lots of exacerbations oral steroids and thrush in my throat and airways....

Hello I've had asthma since I was born and it seems worse controlled than ever...

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•11 years ago

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eating disorder and brittle asthma

Hi guys! I'm a brittle asthmatic and have been on continuous oral steroids for the last three years. Unsurprisingly, my weight has increased to the point...

Hi guys! I'm a brittle asthmatic and have been on continuous oral steroids for ...

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•11 years ago

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niox breathing test

Does anyone understand the results from this test? As nurse didn't say anything. The results came back as 22! Thanks

Does anyone understand the results from this test? As nurse didn't say anything....

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•11 years ago

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Ulcers

Are mouth ulcers a potential side effect of inhalers and/or pred? I've been on some doseage of pred pretty much solidly since November- originally 40mg PD now...

Are mouth ulcers a potential side effect of inhalers and/or pred? I've been on ...

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•11 years ago

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Quick question I can't hear ...

Quick question I can't hear my own whezzeing (I use hearing aids) does this happen to anyone else?

Quick question I can't hear my own whezzeing (I use hearing aids) does this h...

yaf_user681_4328

•11 years ago

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Coughing for 6 weeks

Hi everyone, I have been coughing for 6 weeks started as a chest infection had antibiotics and now chest infection cleared doctor has put me on more inhalers...

Hi everyone, I have been coughing for 6 weeks started as a chest infection had ...

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•11 years ago

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Asthma Community Forum

All posts for April 2014

A place to moan about Hayfever!

Worsening symptoms but no wheeze

Can't get my asthma controlled

Managing intermittent asthma - how do I know when to use inhaler?

Management of reflux

antibiotics - what next?

New to this .

Morning dip in peak flow + symptoms

Alevels and Asthma

Royal Brompton admission

Seriuosly Annoying Throat Clearing!!

Just been told son can go on cyclosporin and new on here

Shaken after unexpected asthma attack.

Use of other medication with asthma medication

Advise on a symptom

living in hell

Newly Diagnosed - Help with cough - can this really be Asthma?

QVAR MDI

Flutiform - adding another steroid inhaler

Help with advice for swimming pool?

sooo thirsty

Mouth and throat care

Adrenal worries

rhinitis and montelukast

Seretide is it the answer?

eating disorder and brittle asthma

niox breathing test

Ulcers

Quick question I can't hear ...

Coughing for 6 weeks

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