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Within a month and a half, I had three courses of steroid tablets and antibiotics. I finished the last course on Wednesday and today I started the next one for...

I bought a new, woollen rug shortly before Christmas 2023. It immediately caused me to go from being virtually free of asthma symptoms to being in need of...

Hi, I've been on Luforbec about 3 weeks and noticed a gradual decline in peak flow.Just hit a crisis point by getting a cold and I have gone from no asthma...

Hi - I’m asthmatic and it’s always been mild for the most part (managed by salamol & clenil for my reliever and preventer). Whenever I get any form of...

Hi Has anyone’s Asthma become worse around or after menopause? What treatments have helped?

I've been struggling with SOB, wheeze and phlegm for nearly 3 weeks and finally gave in and contacted my GP surgery this morning at 8.30, when phone lines...

Hi everyone I’ve been reading about how good apples are for asthma and the past few years I’ve been eating one a day but the last few months I haven’t eaten...

I started a biological for my asthma 4 months ago and had a lung function test today to show that it’s reduced down to 2L 😭 I feel no different I’m very...

Hi! I'm sorry if I made some mistakes, my English is not that great right now, I'm a little tired. I've been diagnosed recently with bronchial asthma and I'm...

hi my 5 year old child has been on asthma pumps for just over a year. Since June she has had 4 episodes where she has needed steroid tablets. In February...

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I am 60yrs old never been diagnosed with asthma. Then suddenly from no where had a asthma attack. I had noticed over the last few months getting short of...

I wondered how people approach exercise to try to maintain their fitness. I am going to a respiratory physio as too much exercise tends to leave me rather...

I have been reading through all the posts on biological therapy.I have literally this week just heard that I qualify for Tezspire. The wait time is about 4...

changing from Symbicort to Foster inhaler, what are the reviews on Foster inhaler

Hi I visited my GP who prescribed Prednisone a week ago as she thought I had a viral infection. My only Asthma symptom has always been a tight chest, but as...

hi, David K and really interesting posts , I am 77 this year and my reliever inhaler was changed last year with no consultation from Ventolin to Salamol it...

My consultant will not send me to pulmonary rehab course as he says I am not breathless enough but has been promising me, without effect, for a year that I...

Hi, thanks for all the messages, very, very useful and interesting.Here's some back. I have noticed that the Luforbec inhaler renders the 'harmonica' note on...

Hi everyone , I have been on a new inhaler Spiriva Resprimat 12 days and been really good , however the last few days it’s been an effort to breath and a...

hello everyone 😊. I was diagnosed with asthma over 6 months ago and I have had 2 chest infections in that time. One was Christmas time while i had Covid....

Hi I’m in to my 5th week now with a tight chest and struggling to breathe. A&E couldn’t find anything untoward and GP could only offer stronger antihistamines...

Well, if you said to me to stay off work last week, you were probably absolutely right 😂 I got some kind of flu-ey thing which left me wiped out on Monday...

I am not on ventolin, as it causes awful palpitations. I am now in symbicort turbohaler and have been for years.I am lucky as I am very well controlled,...

My constant cough and clearing throat has improved since I stopped Fostair 100/6. Has anyone else noticed this?

I would like to know about natural mucus suppressants as I makes sense to limit the mucus in the bronchial tube and keep it clear and hopefully make Asthma...

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I've had a flare-up recently and still have more asthma symptoms than usual during the night and early morning. The symptoms do go off during the day, but I'm...

Hello All Hope everyone is ok… just have a quick question. 😊 Is there anyone who is prescribed a Ventolin Accuhaler by their GP please(NHS)? I am trying to...

I have been on the Seretide inhaler for 3 years , it was fine. However now I Am told that the replacement from the pharmacy ,which does not seem to have the...