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Doctors are testing me for asthma, so many questions!

Hello everyone, apologies if this is a little long winded but I've not been able to get this out of my mind all week. I have previously been treated for GERD....

Hello everyone, apologies if this is a little long winded but I've not been able...

TD888

•7 years ago

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Forstair

Can you drink alcohol while using forstair 200/6 as the instructions suggest not to as I have a big party coming up thanks arbs

Can you drink alcohol while using forstair 200/6 as the instructions suggest n...

Arbs

•7 years ago

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Spiromitry

I was given an asthma diagnosis abojt 25 years ago and this has been well controlled until the end of last iyear when thijngs hace gone decidedly pear shaped ....

I was given an asthma diagnosis abojt 25 years ago and this has been well contro...

Purplejane

•7 years ago

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Time between inhalations

I've been thinking about this for a while (mainly since I got to the point where I need to double breakfast time to fit them all in), & have read a couple of...

I've been thinking about this for a while (mainly since I got to the point where...

Minushabens

•7 years ago

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When is asthma asthma and when asthma not asthma?

Hi all! My conundrum is more mundane than it sounds above. For the first time ever I have felt tight chested this winter when I go out in cold, especially if...

Hi all! My conundrum is more mundane than it sounds above. For the first time ev...

Wheezycat

•7 years ago

33 Replies

Reslizumab

Hi, Anybody on res!izumab in rbht or Wythenshawe ? Any feedback? Have you been on mepolizumab before? Can you compare ?

Hi, Anybody on res!izumab in rbht or Wythenshawe ? Any feedback? Have you been o...

Polzovatel

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Fostair

Is Fostair 100/6 four times a day (8 times on my asthma plan if I’m bad) considered a high dosage steroid or low?

Is Fostair 100/6 four times a day (8 times on my asthma plan if I’m bad) conside...

loulouliss1

•7 years ago

45 Replies

Not convinced it’s asthma

Hi All, this is my first post though I’ve been reading all of yours for a while now. I was hoping you could offer an opinion. I had asthma as a child and I...

Hi All, this is my first post though I’ve been reading all of yours for a while ...

Ljscott

•7 years ago

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May be asthma? But phobia of drs

I have started to become very short of breath and tight chested when exercising or in cold weather conditions. I think this may be asthma (due to family...

I have started to become very short of breath and tight chested when exercising ...

jelly11

•7 years ago

5 Replies

Asthma

Is there a way I can get rid of my asthma? I heard there's a treatment in Mexico where they plant leeches in your stomach, but there's not much research about...

Is there a way I can get rid of my asthma? I heard there's a treatment in Mexico...

Hidden

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Montelukast side effects

Hmmm.... since latest asthma exacerbations due to yet another chest infection in December, my Asthma Nurse tried me on Montelukast. Maybe due to the horrid...

Hmmm.... since latest asthma exacerbations due to yet another chest infection in...

ElizabethC

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Flu

Hi everyone. Just wondered if any of you are getting worried about this nasty Aussie flu. I read that the flu jab doesn't cover this strain, but wondered if...

Hi everyone. Just wondered if any of you are getting worried about this nasty Au...

Mywalti

•7 years ago

17 Replies

Newly diagnosed and anxious

I’m newly diagnosed with (mild?) asthma and I’ve become so anxious. I wasn’t really given much information on it so I started googling it and have become so...

I’m newly diagnosed with (mild?) asthma and I’ve become so anxious. I wasn’t rea...

Thommo90

•7 years ago

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Fostair swilling

I am new to fostair and am hoping for a improvement from sybmbicort after a short try on seretide that didn't work for me. I have only been on it for 3 days...

I am new to fostair and am hoping for a improvement from sybmbicort after a shor...

tazjosie

•7 years ago

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Wheezing

Should I be worried. My peak flow is good just now, but I am still getting a loud wheeze, is this normal.

Should I be worried. My peak flow is good just now, but I am still getting a lou...

Scoobs87

•7 years ago

13 Replies

xolair

I have just completed four months worth of xolair (two injections per month) and have a consultation next week. Other only needing one "dose" of prednisolones...

I have just completed four months worth of xolair (two injections per month) and...

M-D-F

•7 years ago

12 Replies

Biological Asthma & COPD Meds

For anyone interested in in-depth info (current state of play) on Biological Asthma Meds (i.e. those meds typically ending in ‘mab’) there’s an excellent...

For anyone interested in in-depth info (current state of play) on Biological Ast...

Matman

•7 years ago

5 Replies

Cough that keeps you awake!

Hello all I have been suffering another flare up past week and no sleep etc! However I have bought a bottle of Albas oil, normal people would only need a few...

Hello all I have been suffering another flare up past week and no sleep etc! How...

Charlottewalker2017

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Fostair

What's the dosages on fostair. I'm on 200/6 Is there an higher dose if this dose does not work. ??

What's the dosages on fostair. I'm on 200/6 Is there an higher dose if this dose...

tazjosie

•7 years ago

15 Replies

I'm new, having flare up, any ideas?

Hi everyone, new here. I’ve had asthma all my life but it has been extremely well controlled for most of my life, allowing me to do some pretty intense...

Hi everyone, new here. I’ve had asthma all my life but it has been extremely we...

Craigus

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Fostair for asthna

Hya. I am struggling at the moment to control my asthma. I have been on symbicot for many a year and recently tried seritide ehich didnt work and went straight...

Hya. I am struggling at the moment to control my asthma. I have been on symbicot...

tazjosie

•7 years ago

17 Replies

Help me for my cough?

Iam living in a place like India where many dummy doctors are surviving with respect and money.coming to my problem by birth iam a allergy sufferer and main...

Iam living in a place like India where many dummy doctors are surviving with res...

Mansooraliahmaed

•7 years ago

2 Replies

not again

well had paramedic out at teatime got a tickle in my thoart sob thought i was having aa as they come out it turned out to be panic attack again every time i...

well had paramedic out at teatime got a tickle in my thoart sob thought i was ha...

mini2525

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Son has severe brittle asthma

Hi my son is 11 years old and has severe allergic persistent brittle asthma, he is on step 5 of the treatment ladder, he has had biological treatments and been...

Hi my son is 11 years old and has severe allergic persistent brittle asthma, he ...

Sarah0291

•7 years ago

10 Replies

Hi Folks

I have had asthma for a number of years and found this site whilst looking for info about side effects of Uniphyllin (which I have been prescribed recently)....

I have had asthma for a number of years and found this site whilst looking for i...

adi63

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Bacteria in the lungs?

Good morning! I’ve just received a message from my surgery telling me that my sputum test results arrived and they found a bacteria in my lungs and to keep...

Good morning! I’ve just received a message from my surgery telling me that my sp...

Memoc

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Morning

Good morning everyone hope u all doing ok , I’m not so good been awake all night coughing, wheezing again got to go London rbht this wed for clinic if I that...

Good morning everyone hope u all doing ok , I’m not so good been awake all night...

Tracey1972

•7 years ago

23 Replies

Coughing and steroids

I have coughed for years, just been diagnosed as asthmatic. I have tried steroid inhalers but they make me worse. Oral steroids work but I don't want to take...

I have coughed for years, just been diagnosed as asthmatic. I have tried steroi...

Antrim

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Describing Symptoms

I am trying to figure out how to describe my symptoms, or if I am describing them in a way that makes sense. I hear things like "elephant on the chest" or...

I am trying to figure out how to describe my symptoms, or if I am describing the...

anjyil

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Pain relief and asthma

I have chostochrinditis . I can’t take ibuprofen because it affects my breathing, if co-codamol isn’t easing pain. What else can I take to ease my pain.

I have chostochrinditis . I can’t take ibuprofen because it affects my breathing...

Scoobs87

•7 years ago

74 Replies

Posts - Asthma Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Asthma Community Forum

All posts for January 2018

Doctors are testing me for asthma, so many questions!

Forstair

Spiromitry

Time between inhalations

When is asthma asthma and when asthma not asthma?

Reslizumab

Fostair

Not convinced it’s asthma

May be asthma? But phobia of drs

Asthma

Montelukast side effects

Flu

Newly diagnosed and anxious

Fostair swilling

Wheezing

xolair

Biological Asthma & COPD Meds

Cough that keeps you awake!

Fostair

I'm new, having flare up, any ideas?

Fostair for asthna

Help me for my cough?

not again

Son has severe brittle asthma

Hi Folks

Bacteria in the lungs?

Morning

Coughing and steroids

Describing Symptoms

Pain relief and asthma

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