Anyone else recognise this?

Does anyone else find that they get colds/infections at exactly the same times of year every year? I seem to be going for end of September, beginning of December, February and May. Last September wasn't too bad so hoping this is just a cold too.

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yes,I am the same! I came down with a chest infection this september at the exact same time as last september! I am also always ill in the middle of november, middle of december and beginning of january, and also mid march!

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Do you find that mostly you let the infection run its course or do you get medication to help? I am newly diagnosed and it's all a bit of a nightmare for me at the moment!

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hi rue and welcome to the forum! I almost always need antibiotics and or prednisolone to clear my chest infections, I do sometimes try and let them run their natural course but I tend to find they go on for alot longer and I often end up needing to take antibiotics to clear them anyway! I also sometimes end up in hospital if I leave them to long.

I think it is always best to get infections checked out by your gp when you have asthma, as infections can get worse quite quickly. Sometimes gps will prescribe antibiotics and tell you to take them if you get worse and they seem to have a lower threshold for prescribing them when you have asthma.

Also do you have action plan? If not your gp can do one for you, which can help be quite helpful.

Lejaya

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Hi, I have the same issue! I am always sick in September-October, February, and April. My doctor has started to tell me to up my asthma meds about 10 days before I think I'll be sick. I did that this Fall, and last Spring, and it seemed to take the edge off to really help.

Rue, I always take my preventer asthma meds, and my rescue inhaler for cough when I have a cold. And if these don't seem to help enough, I call my asthma doctor or see my GP. I think one thing that is confusing, is that everyone coughs when they have a cold, but if you have asthma that is also going on at the same time, and if you're like me when I first found out, what I thought of as ""a normal cough"" turned out to be ""trouble breathing"" that I automatically minimized in my head.

Bee