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What is a rheumatoloist doctor?

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•4 years ago

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Air purifying

Hi All, I’ve been on steroids for over 20 weeks now and had two chest infections in the last two months. I’m willing to try anything to get my breathing back...

Hi All, I’ve been on steroids for over 20 weeks now and had two chest infection...

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•4 years ago

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Brown inhailer

I've just started a brown inhailer. I was told it can take up to 6 weeks to be fully effective.

I've just started a brown inhailer. I was told it can take up to 6 weeks to be ...

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•4 years ago

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asthma and exercise

So I need to loose some weight as im currently about 3/4 stone overweight and I started smoking again 4 months ago for the first time in 9 years. Im trying to...

So I need to loose some weight as im currently about 3/4 stone overweight and I ...

ash6

•4 years ago

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Nebuliser

Hi, sorry to here your unwell, it's such a horrible condition! What dose of nebuliser are you on , you can have 5mg salbutamol & 500 micrograms atrovent Also...

Hi, sorry to here your unwell, it's such a horrible condition! What dose of nebu...

Daragonfly26

•4 years ago

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PF drop after steroids

I appear to have got into a pattern with regards to my PF. I was given a 5 day course of pred at the end of October following an attack. After a few days my PF...

I appear to have got into a pattern with regards to my PF. I was given a 5 day c...

Junglechicken

•4 years ago

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Very worrying

I had a course of steroids due to a chest infections I took these for two weeks. Then about a week after I was walking down the road and it was like a wall had...

I had a course of steroids due to a chest infections I took these for two weeks....

Stu56

•4 years ago

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Asthma misery

Hi folks I don’t often post but tonight I’m really feeling weepy. I have brittle asthma and due to start those injections on Thursday. I’ve just come out of...

Hi folks I don’t often post but tonight I’m really feeling weepy. I have brittle...

Denae011

•4 years ago

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Osteoporosis at 53 due to steroids

Hi, I've just found out I've got osteoporosis in my spine probably due to steroids 😞 my hips are going the same way. I've been on the highest dose of...

Hi, I've just found out I've got osteoporosis in my spine probably due to steroi...

Noodlers

•4 years ago

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2 year old prescribed Flixotide

Does anyone have any experience of their 2 year old being prescribed Flixotide? My son (2.5) has been on Clenil 400mg for the past year and they just changed...

Does anyone have any experience of their 2 year old being prescribed Flixotide? ...

Bekahp79

•4 years ago

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Letter from asthma clinic

I was feeling all positive that I thought I might be getting a solution to my severely allergic asthma Xolair was mentioned and I am now doubting the fact that...

I was feeling all positive that I thought I might be getting a solution to my se...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Moving to Scotland

Hi All We are looking to move to Ayrshire to a rural location near the coast due to my asthma. Has anyone recently move to Scotland and found there asthma was...

Hi All We are looking to move to Ayrshire to a rural location near the coast due...

Thompson_2009

•4 years ago

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Asthma ... confused and bemused

I'm kind of after other people's experiences here as have had a bit of a weekend. My asthma is pretty well managed. My last serious episode was about 15...

I'm kind of after other people's experiences here as have had a bit of a weekend...

endotheline

•4 years ago

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Sleep?

Hopefully not too personal a question 😉 but how do you all sleep? I really struggle at night. Do you prop up with lots of pillows? Use an air purifier? Wrap...

Hopefully not too personal a question 😉 but how do you all sleep? I really stru...

Fedupwithasthma

•4 years ago

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Cotton wool

Breathing at the moment feels like breathing cotton wool, best way I can describe it 🤷‍♀️ can anyone relate? Tight chest is almost painful too.

Breathing at the moment feels like breathing cotton wool, best way I can describ...

-Butterfly-

•4 years ago

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Stupid/amusing things heard from medics

Not the asthma bingo points, just things you’ve heard from medics that make 0 sense... let’s look back and laugh now cause I’m sure no one appreciates the...

Not the asthma bingo points, just things you’ve heard from medics that make 0 se...

EmmaF91

Community Ambassador•4 years ago

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Germ Season!

Hi all, As much as I love this time of year (fresh, crisp days, cosy evenings and comfy knits), I also hate it equally because everywhere I go, someone is...

Hi all, As much as I love this time of year (fresh, crisp days, cosy evenings a...

MrsCMK

•4 years ago

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SPIROMETRY RESULTS. HELP! ASTHMA!

Hi, I've been diagnosed with asthma from 4-5 years old, when I was a child. Last years I started with repetitive bronchitis and phlegm, and they changed my...

Hi, I've been diagnosed with asthma from 4-5 years old, when I was a child. La...

miquelet1981

•4 years ago

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Weight gain from asthma meds

Hi everyone, I am trying to pinpoint exactly which medicine has made me put on so much weight this year. I’ve been on many more prednisone bursts than usual...

Hi everyone, I am trying to pinpoint exactly which medicine has made me put on s...

hilary39

•4 years ago

15 Replies

Asthma & Anxiety

Hi there I have been having ongoing issues with my sinuses, post-nasal drip leading to chest tightness but no wheezing. Went to doctors and she has given me a...

Hi there I have been having ongoing issues with my sinuses, post-nasal drip lead...

Barbs80

•4 years ago

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Home

I’m going home after lunch

Tracey1972

•4 years ago

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Tight Chest struggling!

Hi Can anyone please help me with this? I would be really grateful for any help or advice. I am on the highest dose of steroid inhaler. I have been taking this...

Hi Can anyone please help me with this? I would be really grateful for any help ...

Hidden

•4 years ago

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Home

Just been told I could be going home tomorrow all being well had X-ray and no infection on there still on regular nebuliser and had some in the night but got...

Just been told I could be going home tomorrow all being well had X-ray and no in...

Tracey1972

•4 years ago

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Asthma

Just wondering if anyone gets really thick gunck that gets stuck and can't cough it up. I've had that for a while now and not sure if I'm getting a infection...

Just wondering if anyone gets really thick gunck that gets stuck and can't cough...

Lovely123

•4 years ago

1 Reply

Publicity

Pulmicor any one on it using in a nebulizer any side effects thought I had lung damage turns out ita chronic allergy to dust I wonder is that good or bad oh...

Pulmicor any one on it using in a nebulizer any side effects thought I had lung ...

picboy

•4 years ago

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Medical trial?

I have developed nose polyps, apparently asthma patients can develop these, for which am about to take part in a medical trial of clorethromycin. It is...

I have developed nose polyps, apparently asthma patients can develop these, for ...

Palette

•4 years ago

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Prednisolone/Prednisone

Hello I am suffering from an Asthma flare up at the moment. It is not bad to warrant a hospital visit but still bad enough to have me coughing all the time. I...

Hello I am suffering from an Asthma flare up at the moment. It is not bad to war...

oussssss

•4 years ago

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Wasp sting allergy

About 8 years ago I was stung by a wasp (second sting in my life as stung once as a child). Hives all round the sting site took two weeks of daily...

About 8 years ago I was stung by a wasp (second sting in my life as stung once a...

alexanderosman

•4 years ago

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Fed up with asthma

I’m having trouble with my asthma following a chest infection, I’m on spireva, revlair, montelukast, prednisone, avamays and fexofenadene. Fed up! Hoping to...

I’m having trouble with my asthma following a chest infection, I’m on spireva, r...

Sailingsal13

•4 years ago

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New to this forum

I always feel very sore and inflamed when asthma flares up plus coughing. I have a symbicort inhaler and salbutamol . Just wondering how you all deal with the...

I always feel very sore and inflamed when asthma flares up plus coughing. I have...

purple64

•4 years ago

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All posts for November 2019

What is a rheumatoloist doctor?

Air purifying

Brown inhailer

asthma and exercise

Nebuliser

PF drop after steroids

Very worrying

Asthma misery

Osteoporosis at 53 due to steroids

2 year old prescribed Flixotide

Letter from asthma clinic

Moving to Scotland

Asthma ... confused and bemused

Sleep?

Cotton wool

Stupid/amusing things heard from medics

Germ Season!

SPIROMETRY RESULTS. HELP! ASTHMA!

Weight gain from asthma meds

Asthma & Anxiety

Home

Tight Chest struggling!

Home

Asthma

Publicity

Medical trial?

Prednisolone/Prednisone

Wasp sting allergy

Fed up with asthma

New to this forum

Search posts

Pinned Posts

Latest poll

Do you think about your nose and nasal symptoms when you are managing your asthma?

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Posts - Asthma Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Asthma Community Forum

All posts for November 2019

What is a rheumatoloist doctor?

Air purifying

Brown inhailer

asthma and exercise

Nebuliser

PF drop after steroids

Very worrying

Asthma misery

Osteoporosis at 53 due to steroids

2 year old prescribed Flixotide

Letter from asthma clinic

Moving to Scotland

Asthma ... confused ***and*** bemused

Sleep?

Cotton wool

Stupid/amusing things heard from medics

Germ Season!

SPIROMETRY RESULTS. HELP! ASTHMA!

Weight gain from asthma meds

Asthma & Anxiety

Home

Tight Chest struggling!

Home

Asthma

Publicity

Medical trial?

Prednisolone/Prednisone

Wasp sting allergy

Fed up with asthma

New to this forum

Search posts

Pinned Posts

Latest poll

Do you think about your nose and nasal symptoms when you are managing your asthma?

Topics

Archive

Asthma ... confused and bemused