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how to tell what's an attack and what isn't?

Hi, hope everyone's well I know this is a question I should know the answer to, but how do I know I'm having an attack?! No one has ever actually explained...

Hi, hope everyone's well I know this is a question I should know the answer to...

Janna123

•11 years ago

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Full Blood Count retest

I have had my blood taken for tests many times before and never had any problems (so never really bothered knowing what they're for). I just rang up for some...

I have had my blood taken for tests many times before and never had any problems...

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•11 years ago

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Newbie to tell my team about asthma or not??

Hello all I'm new here but not to asthma, I have had asthma for about 6 years i am on seretide and ventolin when needed, but have recently hot a Job on a...

Hello all I'm new here but not to asthma, I have had asthma for about 6 years i...

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•11 years ago

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Searching for the Magic Wand

I know there are several of us really struggling at the moment with frequent admissions, total instability and suitcases full of drugs. I thought it might be...

I know there are several of us really struggling at the moment with frequent adm...

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•11 years ago

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Struggling with asthma

Hi all just wondering if anybody has been struggling with there asthma the last week or so??

Hi all just wondering if anybody has been struggling with there asthma the last ...

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•11 years ago

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Them annoying medics ... what you'd like to do to 'em!!

Soo ... following a really amusing phone call with a fellow AUKer and a bit of a rough few days I have decided to create this post!! I dunno how many of you...

Soo ... following a really amusing phone call with a fellow AUKer and a bit of a...

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•11 years ago

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Creative help needed with making a title!

Hi there, I have just made a new account and hoping that some of you creative people can help me for a project I am involved in! Basically, my friend is...

Hi there, I have just made a new account and hoping that some of you creative p...

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•11 years ago

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Confusing bit of advice

I visited my local GP today (despite going walk in to get checked out yesterday following attack) as I already had it scheduled and I told her what has been...

I visited my local GP today (despite going walk in to get checked out yesterday ...

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•11 years ago

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Frustrated!

Warning rant ahead! Like lots of you here I have been struggling this summer (actually progressively getting worse all year) and I am now in a horrible...

Warning rant ahead! Like lots of you here I have been struggling this summer (a...

yaf_user681_14340

•11 years ago

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How I feel vs. Visible/Measurable Symptoms

I have posted recently saying I'm having a bad time at the moment, needing inhaler every day , constant tight chest, usually I like to run but it is out of the...

I have posted recently saying I'm having a bad time at the moment, needing inhal...

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•11 years ago

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Speaking bad

One of my friends started to have a slow rate of speech, inability to speak louder than a whisper and a nasal speech. I don't know what really is.

One of my friends started to have a slow rate of speech, inability to speak loud...

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•11 years ago

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Getting on with it

Hi, I just wanted to ask everyone how they manage work and goals like fitness? My asthma has got much worse than its ever been in the last 18 months, I'm...

Hi, I just wanted to ask everyone how they manage work and goals like fitness? ...

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•11 years ago

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wheezing and coughing for a week blue inhaler making no difference

so about 3 weeks ago i had an asthma attack. I went to the doctors and was nebulised and had a weeks course of antibiotics and steroids. It cleared up but then...

so about 3 weeks ago i had an asthma attack. I went to the doctors and was nebul...

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•11 years ago

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Long term asthma concerns

Right, I'm some what concerned with my current situation. I'm 24 and I've had asthma since I was about 5 and have always been on a brown preventative inhaler...

Right, I'm some what concerned with my current situation. I'm 24 and I've had as...

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•11 years ago

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When your plan doesn't quite work...

So apparently I'm allergic to not being at the seaside :p. I KNOW that I'm struggling because nights are getting worse and I'm SOB sitting at my desk, chest...

So apparently I'm allergic to not being at the seaside :p. I KNOW that I'm str...

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•11 years ago

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Voice changes

Does anyone else suffer with this? I am on symbicort smart and experience voice changes from time to time, however this bout has lasted almost 3 weeks so far!...

Does anyone else suffer with this? I am on symbicort smart and experience voice...

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•11 years ago

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Really uncontrolled ... feeling out of my depth and unsupported

Hiya, hope everyone is well. This is a bit of and ""argh ..."" post! So sorry if anyone is frustrated by it! I am currently going through a really rough...

Hiya, hope everyone is well. This is a bit of and ""argh ..."" post! So sorry ...

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•11 years ago

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Bubbling

Ok, going for the wisdom of crowds/has anyone e,se had this type question. I'm sure it's nothing interesting,mi just can't think what it could be. I get this...

Ok, going for the wisdom of crowds/has anyone e,se had this type question. I'm s...

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•11 years ago

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Medic Alert Id?

For a while now, I've had a cheap medic alert bracelet from Argos, but it's not very clear to someone that it's an alert bracelet. My GP recently advised me to...

For a while now, I've had a cheap medic alert bracelet from Argos, but it's not ...

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•11 years ago

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Who to contact for persistent symptoms?

So I am having a rough week with my lungs this week and have needed my reliever even day, usually around 4 doses but yesterday was 8. I am waking up in the...

So I am having a rough week with my lungs this week and have needed my reliever ...

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•11 years ago

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Coming off inhaled steroids

Hope you are all well After having another asthma attack in June I was put on steroids - flixotide and this week I have come off them and been really grumpy...

Hope you are all well After having another asthma attack in June I was put on s...

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•11 years ago

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Great presentation on life-threatening asthma treatment

http://emergencymedicineireland.com/2013/05/the-crashing-asthmatic/ Worth 20 minutes of your time - not least because it explains why Mag Sulphate works and...

http://emergencymedicineireland.com/2013/05/the-crashing-asthmatic/ Worth 20 mi...

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•11 years ago

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Need some advice please :)

hi this my first post here so hope iv put it in the right place. I'm getting a bit worried about ds2 he's just coming up to 3 and last October we finally got a...

hi this my first post here so hope iv put it in the right place. I'm getting a b...

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•11 years ago

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Brittle asthma and mental health

I was diagnosed with brittle asthma about seven years ago and it feels like the resp team don't give a toss. I have two arrests one respiratory the other...

I was diagnosed with brittle asthma about seven years ago and it feels like the ...

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•11 years ago

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Peak Holidays (around ten years ago)

Hi. I used to go on holidays with ashtma uk around the country. These were adventure holidays. I went to nottingham a few times and other places (cant remember...

Hi. I used to go on holidays with ashtma uk around the country. These were adven...

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•11 years ago

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Immunosuppressed and chicken pox??

Hi, Maddie (4yrs) has had chicken pox before when she was 2. She has been on maintenance pred dose for 2 yrs now and is immunosuppressed. She has Adrenal...

Hi, Maddie (4yrs) has had chicken pox before when she was 2. She has been on m...

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•11 years ago

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Nebuliser Machine

Good morning all, I have 3 nebiliser machines, one which runs both on car battery and electric, another that uses rechargable batteries and the third that is...

Good morning all, I have 3 nebiliser machines, one which runs both on car batter...

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•11 years ago

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Can having a bath trigger an attack

I have been noticing that every time I have a bath my PF drops and sometimes I need assistance. Twice this month a bath as has resulted in an asthma attack...

I have been noticing that every time I have a bath my PF drops and sometimes I n...

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•11 years ago

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Chest pain post asthma attack and hospital admission

Hi, I was just wondering does anyone else get pain in their chest after an asthma attack. I have fairly uncontrolled asthma since getting pneumonia 10 years...

Hi, I was just wondering does anyone else get pain in their chest after an asth...

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•11 years ago

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Ventolin Accuhaler

I had to be put on a higher dosage of both my preventer and reliever in the winter because I was becoming progressively worse with the cold air. I've been to...

I had to be put on a higher dosage of both my preventer and reliever in the wint...

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•11 years ago

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All posts for August 2013

how to tell what's an attack and what isn't?

Full Blood Count retest

Newbie to tell my team about asthma or not??

Searching for the Magic Wand

Struggling with asthma

Them annoying medics ... what you'd like to do to 'em!!

Creative help needed with making a title!

Confusing bit of advice

Frustrated!

How I feel vs. Visible/Measurable Symptoms

Speaking bad

Getting on with it

wheezing and coughing for a week blue inhaler making no difference

Long term asthma concerns

When your plan doesn't quite work...

Voice changes

Really uncontrolled ... feeling out of my depth and unsupported

Bubbling

Medic Alert Id?

Who to contact for persistent symptoms?

Coming off inhaled steroids

Great presentation on life-threatening asthma treatment

Need some advice please :)

Brittle asthma and mental health

Peak Holidays (around ten years ago)

Immunosuppressed and chicken pox??

Nebuliser Machine

Can having a bath trigger an attack

Chest pain post asthma attack and hospital admission

Ventolin Accuhaler

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