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5 or 7 days for antibiotics

Sorry, I know I'm asking a million and one questions at the minute, hopefully this'll be my last for a while!! The Gp have me pred and antibiotics and said...

Sorry, I know I'm asking a million and one questions at the minute, hopefully th...

•10 years ago

Bronchial Asthma

I am English, seventy years of age and have lived with my family in Argentina/Uruguay for the last twenty years. I am presently domiciled in Buenos Aires where...

I am English, seventy years of age and have lived with my family in Argentina/Ur...

•10 years ago

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Breathing tube - Frank Goddard

Does anyone know where I can purchase a breathing tube which is a natural way to treat asthma. The tube was invented by Frank Goddard who had asthma for years...

Does anyone know where I can purchase a breathing tube which is a natural way to...

•10 years ago

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Trying to find ""Living on a Knife Edge

Can anyone help us find the above which I was going to be featured as the once a year campaign, and a guy came down to Bournemouth to take lots of pics. etc....

Can anyone help us find the above which I was going to be featured as the once a...

•10 years ago

Getting off prescriptions

If I ask my doctor to take me off prescriptions will they? If I'm off all prescriptions for 4 years, I can get into the army without lying.

If I ask my doctor to take me off prescriptions will they? If I'm off all pres...

•10 years ago

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Is it safe.

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 ...

•10 years ago

Local support groups

Hi everyone I was just wondering if anyone attends or runs a local asthma group? I would love a reason to get out of the house and chat to people in a similar...

Hi everyone I was just wondering if anyone attends or runs a local asthma group...

•10 years ago

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Psychosomatic Asthma

Does anybody have any advice for how to deal with asthma that's purely in your head? I've had asthma since birth so I'm well aware of my triggers and carefully...

Does anybody have any advice for how to deal with asthma that's purely in your h...

•10 years ago

xolair treatment

Hi I was wondering if anyone was on xolair injections and if they have found them helpful. I have just been referred by my consultant for them so hopefully I...

Hi I was wondering if anyone was on xolair injections and if they have found the...

•10 years ago

UPDAT

I WANT TO UPDATE ASTHMA SUFFERERS WITH MY CONDITION - I KNOW WE ALL SUFFER DIFFERENTLY BUT I HOPE IF ANYONE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE TO MINE - IT MAY HELP -...

I WANT TO UPDATE ASTHMA SUFFERERS WITH MY CONDITION - I KNOW WE ALL SUFFER DIFF...

•10 years ago

inhaled steroids

Usually I keep prednisalone in and my doctor and.consultant know Im ok to take it with my own judgement now. Anyway I've been put on flixootide 4 puffs aday...

Usually I keep prednisalone in and my doctor and.consultant know Im ok to take i...

•10 years ago

how long does pred last?

I just wondered how long pred had an effect on your lungs, I know literature suggests it starts to have an effect in a few hours, but just wondered how long...

I just wondered how long pred had an effect on your lungs, I know literature sug...

•10 years ago

Lack of interest in Asthma by my local NHS

I was diagnosed a year and a half ago with Asthma. It took the NHS 40 years to diagnose me, and did so after an x-ray, peak flow and lung capacity test. All...

I was diagnosed a year and a half ago with Asthma. It took the NHS 40 years to d...

•10 years ago

Air Pocket?

Hi everyone, needing a bit of advice. Latest sputum test shows a couple of bugs so im back on antibiotics again! (repeat infections since October). Dr...

Hi everyone, needing a bit of advice. Latest sputum test shows a couple of bugs...

•10 years ago

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What is this?

I always get Asthma after a chest infection and it plays havoc with my running. Its been over a month now and I suspect it still hasn't quite left me. Can...

I always get Asthma after a chest infection and it plays havoc with my running. ...

•10 years ago

Asthma attack info

I had an attack yesterday and made an appointment with my GP this morning and all he suggested was 'honey and lemon tea' surely that's not right? Should I...

I had an attack yesterday and made an appointment with my GP this morning and al...

•10 years ago

action plans - what do they say?

I don't have any form of action plan so whenever I have asthma trouble I have to 'wing it' and unfortunately I'm not very good at it! I'm a bit like a wounded...

I don't have any form of action plan so whenever I have asthma trouble I have to...

•10 years ago

Smog

Hi everyone in the UK. Hope you are faring not too badly with this latest smog. X Sue

Hi everyone in the UK. Hope you are faring not too badly with this latest smog....

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•10 years ago

Harrison's Sulchus

Leo has developed a 'dip' in his sternum lately, like a hollow in the middle at the top of the 'v' shape of the rib age. The consultant looked at it at his...

Leo has developed a 'dip' in his sternum lately, like a hollow in the middle at ...

•10 years ago

Sleep problems

Has anyone else found that corticosteroids cause their child to have sleep problems? Our son had to come off Montelukast a couple of years ago due to a total...

Has anyone else found that corticosteroids cause their child to have sleep probl...

•10 years ago

Persistent Daytime cough that never goes....advice please!

Do any of you suffer from a persistent daytime cough that never goes? My daughter was diagnosed aged 20mths, she's now 3, and has suffered with a cough since...

Do any of you suffer from a persistent daytime cough that never goes? My daughte...

•10 years ago

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emotions

How do you cope with unwanted feelings when your asthma is bad or during attacks and after attacks out of the blue. Since my asthma got a lot worse I feel...

How do you cope with unwanted feelings when your asthma is bad or during attacks...

•10 years ago

3 year old struggling to get the right care

My daughter was diagnosed at the age of 20mths with a persistent cough and occasional wheeze/asthmatic. She suffered with a constant choking cough from the age...

My daughter was diagnosed at the age of 20mths with a persistent cough and occas...

•10 years ago

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