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Cold weather

I hate this cold snap cant go out with out being wraped up warm ! bring back the middle bit between summer in winter not to cold to set of asthma and pollen is...

I hate this cold snap cant go out with out being wraped up warm ! bring back the...

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•11 years ago

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Not quite the recovery I'd have expected

Hi Everyone Just after a bit of advice, I'm getting impatient about the slow recovery. I'm normally on Symbicort 200/6 (2 puffs AM and PM)using it as a...

Hi Everyone Just after a bit of advice, I'm getting impatient about the slow re...

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•11 years ago

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Not well at the moment: miserable, very weak and on Pred etc

Hello Everyone, I am unwell at the moment with a virus that sent my peak flow into a nosedive. I suddenly found that I was extremely weak - almost couldn't...

Hello Everyone, I am unwell at the moment with a virus that sent my peak flow i...

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•11 years ago

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Confusing Consultant

I was in A&E tonight, I was blue lighted in and taken straight to resus, had wheezing all over my lungs but was able to maintain my oxygen sats with a lot of...

I was in A&E tonight, I was blue lighted in and taken straight to resus, had whe...

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•11 years ago

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Hunger and pred

Help! i'm a student, i cannot afford to feed myself the vast quantities im needing to eat now im on pred. Anyone got any tips? I have tried really hard to just...

Help! i'm a student, i cannot afford to feed myself the vast quantities im needi...

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•11 years ago

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In Limbo......

Hello, I have had a real rubbishy time recently with my asthma, three admissions since October, HDU, IV Mag and amino, the usual works etc. I came home last...

Hello, I have had a real rubbishy time recently with my asthma, three admission...

KateMoss

•11 years ago

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Family members/Friends that smoke....

Hi I was just wondering what steps people take/have taken with family members/friends that smoke. My sons asthma has been bad over the last couple of months...

Hi I was just wondering what steps people take/have taken with family members/fr...

Thomass_mum

•11 years ago

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Mst morphine

Hi I suffer with a chronic cough and asthma. After lots of recent stays in Costa del Vic the most recent beening admitted for 12 days, I have eventually...

Hi I suffer with a chronic cough and asthma. After lots of recent stays in Cost...

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•11 years ago

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Reliever or Preventor for Exercise Induced Asthma

I was diagnosed with asthma over 20 years ago and at the time made a decision not to use my brown preventor inhaler. I get exercise induced asthma and use the...

I was diagnosed with asthma over 20 years ago and at the time made a decision no...

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•11 years ago

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Continous wheezing, itchy sensation and use of rescue inhaler?

So I've been having continous flare ups and wheezing for a few weeks now. I've come too using my rescue inhaler a few times a day worst being at night I always...

So I've been having continous flare ups and wheezing for a few weeks now. I've c...

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•11 years ago

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Feeling short of breath and having to use blue inhaler a lot

Hi Everyone, I'm 21 and I was diagnosed with asthma when I was a child - I have a blue reliever inhaler. I also have allergies to dust, pollen and animal...

Hi Everyone, I'm 21 and I was diagnosed with asthma when I was a child - I have...

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•11 years ago

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Peak flow chart

Hi, I saw my asthma nurse for the first time on friday, and shes given me a peak flow meter and a chart where Ive to chart it morning and night. Was wondering...

Hi, I saw my asthma nurse for the first time on friday, and shes given me a peak...

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•11 years ago

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Atrovent

So...slightly confused here re Atrovent. Anyone else on it and have experience/opinion/things they've been told on how often you can/should take it? I'm...

So...slightly confused here re Atrovent. Anyone else on it and have experience/o...

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•11 years ago

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Doxycycline

Doxycycline. Anyone else feel like they cant get a breath out after taking it? As if all your breath is stuck in a fat bubble inside. Not like a burp or...

Doxycycline. Anyone else feel like they cant get a breath out after taking it? A...

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•11 years ago

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steroid sparing drugs

Hi people, I'm starting steroid sparing drugs today (cyclosporin) and can honestly say out of all the meds I take, this worries me a lot! I've heard lots of...

Hi people, I'm starting steroid sparing drugs today (cyclosporin) and can hones...

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•11 years ago

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Conflicting advise GP v hospital

We have a little boy who started with what we were told was winter wheezing just over a year ago. After many chest infections & breathlessness being given...

We have a little boy who started with what we were told was winter wheezing just...

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•11 years ago

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When will the wheezing stop?

Hi started on prednislone and anti b's and inhaler on sunday, I took my last lot of steroids today, the tightness has gone but I'm still wheezy, as this is all...

Hi started on prednislone and anti b's and inhaler on sunday, I took my last lot...

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•11 years ago

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advice please?

hi ive just joined this forum and am after a bit advice about my daughter who is 3, i'll give you a brief run down of her history leah is 3 and is growing and...

hi ive just joined this forum and am after a bit advice about my daughter who is...

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•11 years ago

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Fed up and want to moan!!!!

So fed up of my chest right now! For the past week I haven't been able to sleep properly or go to the gym and it's driving me crazy! I know it's because I...

So fed up of my chest right now! For the past week I haven't been able to slee...

Janna123

•11 years ago

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Care plan for work

Does anyone have a care plan for their asthma/allergies at work, so that colleagues know what to do? I'm writing one for myself, have put the standard asthma...

Does anyone have a care plan for their asthma/allergies at work, so that colleag...

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•11 years ago

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Montelukast - Some advice please.....

My Daugter Emily is 4 and has just started school, She is on a preventer inhaler x2 daily and blue symptomatically. She had a bad weekend and had to take the...

My Daugter Emily is 4 and has just started school, She is on a preventer inhaler...

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•11 years ago

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Just diagnosed

Hiya, I'm a newbie...I was diagnosed on sunday with asthma. A few years ago I had bronchitus and was given an inhaler to use till I was better, then a few yrs...

Hiya, I'm a newbie...I was diagnosed on sunday with asthma. A few years ago I ha...

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•11 years ago

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•11 years ago

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Good old asthma memories

So I was just sharing with a friend, that I'm set to go home for our upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the States, and that I'm a bit apprehensive at the idea...

So I was just sharing with a friend, that I'm set to go home for our upcoming Th...

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•11 years ago

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Salmeterol and Montelukast

Just got some new medication for my asthma from the docs , the asthma nurse has given me Salmeterol 25mcg instead of my usual preventer inhaler since i didnt...

Just got some new medication for my asthma from the docs , the asthma nurse has ...

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•11 years ago

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Sofa surfing antics, what are you up to?

I'm soo bored. Last week I started knitting a hat which I finished yesterday and started on a hoodie for my little neice. Today I've been making christmas...

I'm soo bored. Last week I started knitting a hat which I finished yesterday and...

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•11 years ago

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Flu jab and egg allergy

My son has asthma but has never been offered the flu jab. I understand it is cultured in egg, he is allergic to egg so I assume he cannot have the flu jab....

My son has asthma but has never been offered the flu jab. I understand it is cul...

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•11 years ago

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Weird question

Has anyone else experienced an attack being brought on by listening to people talking about asthma/allergies? Was having some training about anaphylaxis today,...

Has anyone else experienced an attack being brought on by listening to people ta...

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•11 years ago

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good heat does help

been diagnosed with Asthma for 30 years now coughing and wheezing all the time,,when heat on feel much better ,but cant afford the expensive bill any more & my...

been diagnosed with Asthma for 30 years now coughing and wheezing all the time,,...

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•11 years ago

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Nearly 2 weeks of pred and still not right :(

I think this might be a long post so please bear with me. About 3 weeks ago I had my first ambulance ride to A&E with my first serious asthma attack since...

I think this might be a long post so please bear with me. About 3 weeks ago I ...

Agrajag

•11 years ago

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All posts for November 2012

Cold weather

Not quite the recovery I'd have expected

Not well at the moment: miserable, very weak and on Pred etc

Confusing Consultant

Hunger and pred

In Limbo......

Family members/Friends that smoke....

Mst morphine

Reliever or Preventor for Exercise Induced Asthma

Continous wheezing, itchy sensation and use of rescue inhaler?

Feeling short of breath and having to use blue inhaler a lot

Peak flow chart

Atrovent

Doxycycline

steroid sparing drugs

Conflicting advise GP v hospital

When will the wheezing stop?

advice please?

Fed up and want to moan!!!!

Care plan for work

Montelukast - Some advice please.....

Just diagnosed

ASUS ZenBook UX31 Battery , ASUS ZenBook UX31 Charger

Good old asthma memories

Salmeterol and Montelukast

Sofa surfing antics, what are you up to?

Flu jab and egg allergy

Weird question

good heat does help

Nearly 2 weeks of pred and still not right :(

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