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Newbie advice please

Hi all i've yet to have any official diagnosis but after becoming very ill at Christmas i've been referred to chest specialist but typically with the NHS the...

Hi all i've yet to have any official diagnosis but after becoming very ill at Ch...

maddy01

•8 years ago

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Steriods!

Am very happy that today I have finished my 7 day course of prednisolone! 5 hours sleep a night when having to get up for work is not fun but feeling much...

Am very happy that today I have finished my 7 day course of prednisolone! 5 hour...

Helennn

•8 years ago

27 Replies

Upper Airways Disease?

I have undergone a few tests and found out my exercise induced asthma has been misdiagnosed and my lung function is normal. The guy doing the tests was really...

I have undergone a few tests and found out my exercise induced asthma has been m...

luckylouise08

•8 years ago

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Sore tongue

Hi my tongue is sore and feels as if it's got a furry coating also I keep having to clear my throat and nose is constantly running although I feel OK in myself...

Hi my tongue is sore and feels as if it's got a furry coating also I keep having...

Lyngal

•8 years ago

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please help

just need to whinge a bit. I am worried that my inhaler is affecting my eyes. I am sitting struggling to see the screen right now, I also have a soreness on...

just need to whinge a bit. I am worried that my inhaler is affecting my eyes. I ...

lindmat

•8 years ago

2 Replies

symbicort

could anyone tell me if they have had a side effect from symbicort. I have been on it about a week and today I have started to have a burning and tenderness in...

could anyone tell me if they have had a side effect from symbicort. I have been ...

lindmat

•8 years ago

1 Reply

What Disease Do I Have?

Dear Sir/ Madam, My name is ghalib i am 14 years old. I have allergy with scents, dusts, fumes, smoke (polluted) / Black Smoke or White Smoke not cigarette. My...

Dear Sir/ Madam, My name is ghalib i am 14 years old. I have allergy with scents...

ghalib_12

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Evening

Hi all hope u all ok Me feeling very low tonight and tired with no sleep , date been changed for my lung surgery in London to the 4th April now instead of...

Hi all hope u all ok Me feeling very low tonight and tired with no sleep , date...

Tracey1972

•8 years ago

14 Replies

Advice needed...

Hi folks. To cut a long story short, my husband collected my inhalers for me this morning from a pharmacy where they're automatically ordered on my behalf. The...

Hi folks. To cut a long story short, my husband collected my inhalers for me thi...

flossiew

•8 years ago

45 Replies

Out of hospital after asthma attack feeling terrible

I was taken to hospital last Thursday morning by ambulance with a serious asthma attack after being ok for years my oxygen level was 70 and heart rate 165 peak...

I was taken to hospital last Thursday morning by ambulance with a serious asthma...

kerrijayne

•8 years ago

13 Replies

Peak flow; wrong technique?!

Sorry for so many posts, but now I'm worried the reason my peak flow never lowers is because I've been recording it wrong. Or at least I think I have? The only...

Sorry for so many posts, but now I'm worried the reason my peak flow never lower...

GreatGateway

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Consultant-wheezing

Finally saw a consultant today re asthma after years of steroids and exacerbations but no real treatment or review. He isn't convinced I have a diagnosis of...

Finally saw a consultant today re asthma after years of steroids and exacerbatio...

Hidden

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Air Purifiers

I am considering purchasing an Air Purifier to see if that helps with my Asthma that i have had since a child. I have recently purchased a new vacuum cleaner...

I am considering purchasing an Air Purifier to see if that helps with my Asthma ...

Clameus

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Recent report suggesting overdiagnosis of asthma in children

Hello everyone, You may have seen news stories today covering a report suggesting that children may have been misdiagnosed with asthma. If you're concerned...

Hello everyone, You may have seen news stories today covering a report suggesti...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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What factors can negatively affect peak flow?

Are there things that can make peak flow lower in normal people? For example, lying down, body posture, shallow breathing or anxiety/stress? Whenever I take...

Are there things that can make peak flow lower in normal people? For example, ly...

GreatGateway

•8 years ago

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Triggers

Hi this might sound a bit strange, I know 2 triggers that set me off coughing wheezing etc. hormones and cold weather and having a cold ( sorry I know I said 2...

Hi this might sound a bit strange, I know 2 triggers that set me off coughing wh...

Lyngal

•8 years ago

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I know I need predniscolone but they won't give me it cos I don't wheeze

Helloooo, I have just got back from an emergency doctors appointment. I started with a sore throat on Sunday (today is Thursday) which has triggered my...

Helloooo, I have just got back from an emergency doctors appointment. I started...

Amandabee123

•8 years ago

17 Replies

I'm James, developer of a credit-card sized inhaler

I'm here to understand what this community needs to best serve them. My team is developing the world's thinnest inhaler. Small enough to fit in your wallet....

I'm here to understand what this community needs to best serve them. My team is ...

jamesbloom

•8 years ago

13 Replies

Sent me packing..

After all that waiting, the consultant told me through her secretary that the cysts didn't have anything to do with my asthma or bronchitis and I should stop...

After all that waiting, the consultant told me through her secretary that the cy...

Hidden

•8 years ago

18 Replies

Morning

Well what a night I don't sleep much anyway but last night seen most of it die not to sleeping like normal but was in pain with my mouth as well taking tablets...

Well what a night I don't sleep much anyway but last night seen most of it die n...

Tracey1972

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Laughing and coughing

Hi...I'm new here and I have a burning question. Is laughing and coughing linked to asthma? Do any of you suffer with this problem? When I'm well I get a bit...

Hi...I'm new here and I have a burning question. Is laughing and coughing linked...

Happychicken

•8 years ago

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Hi

Hi everyone hope u all doing well I am in pain been hospital to day to have a whole packed in my mouth and had to cut the gum and stitch back up so hurting now...

Hi everyone hope u all doing well I am in pain been hospital to day to have a wh...

Tracey1972

•8 years ago

13 Replies

Well..

The consultant came back from hols yesterday..I called just to remind the clinic of my existence but I knew she wouldn't have had time to consult the CT...

The consultant came back from hols yesterday..I called just to remind the clinic...

Hidden

•8 years ago

8 Replies

Newly diagnosed asthma

Hi...I'm 38 and have recently been diagnosed with Bronchiectasis and asthma. Actually I had asthma since I had my tonsils out age 6 and it probably never...

Hi...I'm 38 and have recently been diagnosed with Bronchiectasis and asthma. Act...

Happychicken

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Asthma pump petition!

Hi all, please sign this petition I have created to ensure everyone suffering with asthma is entitled to free asthma pumps! No one with asthma should have to...

Hi all, please sign this petition I have created to ensure everyone suffering wi...

Helennn

•8 years ago

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Reflux

I expect this has been asked before but do asthma preventative inhalers cause reflux (GERD). I was changed to Fostair Next inhaler a few months ago and I have...

I expect this has been asked before but do asthma preventative inhalers cause re...

Karjade

•8 years ago

19 Replies

How do I tell the difference between anxiety/overbreathing and true asthma?

Recently I began checking my peak flow meter more often trying to catch my symptoms in the act. I've found that the forced exhaling into the meter actually...

Recently I began checking my peak flow meter more often trying to catch my sympt...

GreatGateway

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Xolair

Off today for my monthly xolair injections. Last reuse I've come out in a terrible rash on my face after them so then given extra steroid and...

Off today for my monthly xolair injections. Last reuse I've come out in a terrib...

paula66

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Natural treatments ?

Hello there! I'm new to this site and would like to hear of natural therapies that have been successful for members with Asthma. I am 70 next month and was...

Hello there! I'm new to this site and would like to hear of natural therapies th...

paddytheprang

•8 years ago

16 Replies

Attitude ? Is it me

I have severe brittle asthma and coupled with that hyperventilation syndrome and dysfunctional breathing due to long term asthma . My consultant is fantastic...

I have severe brittle asthma and coupled with that hyperventilation syndrome and...

Rainbows22

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Posts - Asthma Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Asthma Community Forum

All posts for February 2016

Newbie advice please

Steriods!

Upper Airways Disease?

Sore tongue

please help

symbicort

What Disease Do I Have?

Evening

Advice needed...

Out of hospital after asthma attack feeling terrible

Peak flow; wrong technique?!

Consultant-wheezing

Air Purifiers

Recent report suggesting overdiagnosis of asthma in children

What factors can negatively affect peak flow?

Triggers

I know I need predniscolone but they won't give me it cos I don't wheeze

I'm James, developer of a credit-card sized inhaler

Sent me packing..

Morning

Laughing and coughing

Hi

Well..

Newly diagnosed asthma

Asthma pump petition!

Reflux

How do I tell the difference between anxiety/overbreathing and true asthma?

Xolair

Natural treatments ?

Attitude ? Is it me

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