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How long for antibiotics to kick in?!

Got this chest infection & possibly pleurisy but Just wondering how long it can take for amoxicillin 3times a day & Clarithromycin 2 tablets a day; take to...

Got this chest infection & possibly pleurisy but Just wondering how long it can ...

Lotti_321-

•5 years ago

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Salbutamol/ventolin asthma

I think doses/puffs can be confusing as it depends on what strength we are discussing Ventolin /Salbutamol (blue inhaler). I take a 200 microgram Salbutamol...

I think doses/puffs can be confusing as it depends on what strength we are discu...

LDloveslattecoffe

•5 years ago

19 Replies

Another asthma flare...

So i thought my asthma might be improving but it has started again! Chest been getting tighter each day, although peakflow hasnt massively dropped, currently...

So i thought my asthma might be improving but it has started again! Chest been g...

Melanie1989

•5 years ago

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Experts!

Why is it when you have asthma, suddenly everyone around you becomes an expert in YOUR asthma?! Safe to say I’m feeling frustrated and down after ending up in...

Why is it when you have asthma, suddenly everyone around you becomes an expert i...

RD23

•5 years ago

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Confessions of a severe asthmatic

It’s holiday season and here is a time and place to admit our sins... so here goes my most recent - Last night my PF dropped to 30%, but I did nothing but...

It’s holiday season and here is a time and place to admit our sins... so here go...

EmmaF91

Community Ambassador•5 years ago

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Asthma

Hi all. I was diagnosed with asthma as a child and was a lot worse than it is now. I don't really get any symptoms unless i'm doing something active, when i...

Hi all. I was diagnosed with asthma as a child and was a lot worse than it is no...

jen23

•5 years ago

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asthma and lifestyle

Hi all, hope your all well my questions is does the following effect your asthma and how do you tell lack of sleep lack of water acid reflux/heartburn and lack...

Hi all, hope your all well my questions is does the following effect your asthma...

ash160808

•5 years ago

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Can an asthma nurse tell if I have asthma when I have emphysema

Hi all. Like many people with copd I have been treated with inhalers for asthma for the last 3years. Only recently was it found that I have some emphysema...

Hi all. Like many people with copd I have been treated with inhalers for asthma ...

Gazza01

•5 years ago

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Only 8 days to go and counting!

Today's is my last day of taking 10mg of prednisolone then on Wednesday I'm taking 5mg every other day for a week for a week then stopping. This taper is...

Today's is my last day of taking 10mg of prednisolone then on Wednesday I'm taki...

DeanSamson

•5 years ago

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Asthma UK helpline services closed from the 24th Dec at 4pm until the 2nd Jan 2019

Dear All Asthma UK community users, Helpline Nurse services will be closed from 4pm on the 24th Dec . The services provided by the nurses will re-open on the...

Dear All Asthma UK community users, Helpline Nurse services will be closed from ...

ALUK_Nurses

Partner•5 years ago

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Chest infection

So for the past 10 days, my asthma’s been waking me up & a few times in the night & my peak flow all over the shot. Went to drs just to nip anything in the...

So for the past 10 days, my asthma’s been waking me up & a few times in the nigh...

Lotti_321-

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Winter rhinitis and non-allergic asthma?

I have non-allergic, very difficult asthma but also, somehow, hayfever. Apparently this is possible (ie atopy but non-allergic asthma), if weird! I take...

I have non-allergic, very difficult asthma but also, somehow, hayfever. Apparent...

Lysistrata

Administrator•5 years ago

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Can Post Nasal Drip Trigger Asthma?

Hi, I recently was diagnosed with what initially presented as seasonal asthma over the summer, which settled but then came back after a cold, which lingered...

Hi, I recently was diagnosed with what initially presented as seasonal asthma ov...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Gone downhill

On Thursday started with generic Aloflute instead of seretide and totally gone down hill since then. Last night was up between 2-4 am cough chest pain and...

On Thursday started with generic Aloflute instead of seretide and totally gone d...

Prestart55

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Magnesium

I’ve seen a couple of comments on here about people taking magnesium for their asthma. Can I ask how it helps? Has the dr prescribed it or do the vitamin...

I’ve seen a couple of comments on here about people taking magnesium for their a...

Jajoma1982

•5 years ago

1 Reply

It’s the most wonderful time of the year; unless you’re asthmatic!

Sorry to keep posting on here but I’m feeling really down and fed up with my asthma and on here you just get it! I’m just not ‘bouncing back’ this time and...

Sorry to keep posting on here but I’m feeling really down and fed up with my ast...

RD23

•5 years ago

33 Replies

Adult diagnosis

Not sure what to say. I was diagnosed 2017, I'd been coughing incessantly. Got spirometry, xray, peak flow diary Dr said its asthma. Gave me brown inhaler....

Not sure what to say. I was diagnosed 2017, I'd been coughing incessantly. Got ...

Artforever

•5 years ago

15 Replies

Can Fostair or Spiriva affect your menstral cycle?

Hello. Does anyone have any experience or your asthma medication affecting your menstral cycle? My periods have gone from fairly regular, only a few days long...

Hello. Does anyone have any experience or your asthma medication affecting your ...

Jajoma1982

•5 years ago

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Asthma confession

Ok so I feel like an awful person even though I know full well that your first thought is not what counts, your second is.. But I can’t help but get...

Ok so I feel like an awful person even though I know full well that your first t...

Hidden

•5 years ago

14 Replies

Aches and tiredness

I probably know the answer to this as I’m typing it, but I guess I’m just looking for some reassurance. I had a bad attack on Wednesday and I do feel my...

I probably know the answer to this as I’m typing it, but I guess I’m just lookin...

RD23

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Week 2 of steroids

Well week 2 and I’m still wheezy. Consultant says he doesn’t want to increase preds and seeing him again on the 18th. I feel bloated and gross and fed up of...

Well week 2 and I’m still wheezy. Consultant says he doesn’t want to increase pr...

Happy-51

•5 years ago

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Best asthma memory?

There’s always going to be a lot of negativity on forums like this and that’s totally fine because this is not a positive condition. We often hear about...

There’s always going to be a lot of negativity on forums like this and that’s to...

Hidden

•5 years ago

13 Replies

Cough suppressant advice

Hello, Wondered if anyone can recommend a cough suppressant that actually works. I am on antibiotics, prednisolone and increased inhalers and these last...

Hello, Wondered if anyone can recommend a cough suppressant that actually works...

JoBo1979

•5 years ago

18 Replies

Worried

Hi for first time since my diagnosis I was admitted to hospital with breathing difficulty it has scared me to death. I was discharged on the Sunday..letter...

Hi for first time since my diagnosis I was admitted to hospital with breathing d...

Hidden

•5 years ago

40 Replies

Rib pain

Hi all, hope you are feeling healthy this horrible Friday morning! I just wondered if any of you had had similar to me, I have had a few bouts of rib pain on...

Hi all, hope you are feeling healthy this horrible Friday morning! I just wonder...

Kate261

•5 years ago

9 Replies

Continuous bad attacks

Just wondering if anyone can offer any advice/reassurance as I’ve got to the point where I’m just so fed up of my asthma. My attacks seem to have taken on a...

Just wondering if anyone can offer any advice/reassurance as I’ve got to the poi...

RD23

•5 years ago

24 Replies

Xolair

Hi everyone, they have rung to tell me to go in for Xolair every 2 weeks. How does everyone get along with this drug,would like to know some of the problems...

Hi everyone, they have rung to tell me to go in for Xolair every 2 weeks. How d...

Joycies

•5 years ago

7 Replies

Asthma and Air Quality in Bangkok

I have chronic asthma (currently under control) and am wondering about the air quality in Bangkok. I see previous threads in 2010 but I'm wondering what it's...

I have chronic asthma (currently under control) and am wondering about the air q...

NikkiNicole

•5 years ago

3 Replies

Athma and Bangkok

I have chronic asthma (currently under control) and am wondering about the air quality in Bangkok. I see previous threads in 2010 but I'm wondering what it's...

I have chronic asthma (currently under control) and am wondering about the air q...

NikkiNicole

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Hypnagogic jerks after taking prednisone?

I've just come off a short course of prednisone following an attack. Everytime I try to fall asleep I experience hypnagogic jerks (gasp for air) which send me...

I've just come off a short course of prednisone following an attack. Everytime I...

Helliwell

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Posts - Asthma Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

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All posts for December 2018

How long for antibiotics to kick in?!

Salbutamol/ventolin asthma

Another asthma flare...

Experts!

Confessions of a severe asthmatic

Asthma

asthma and lifestyle

Can an asthma nurse tell if I have asthma when I have emphysema

Only 8 days to go and counting!

Asthma UK helpline services closed from the 24th Dec at 4pm until the 2nd Jan 2019

Chest infection

Winter rhinitis and non-allergic asthma?

Can Post Nasal Drip Trigger Asthma?

Gone downhill

Magnesium

It’s the most wonderful time of the year; unless you’re asthmatic!

Adult diagnosis

Can Fostair or Spiriva affect your menstral cycle?

Asthma confession

Aches and tiredness

Week 2 of steroids

Best asthma memory?

Cough suppressant advice

Worried

Rib pain

Continuous bad attacks

Xolair

Asthma and Air Quality in Bangkok

Athma and Bangkok

Hypnagogic jerks after taking prednisone?

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