Experiences with

Nebulizer

i think im being a bit panicky and silly. i have been having a lot of trouble with my asthma lately (as ive mentioned in other posts) and when i was home from uni for christmas a new consultant saw me and wants to keep me being treated under him while im back at uni, this is fine by me as i have heard

Hi all im exspermenting with menthol crystals in neb seems to help . wonder if any one has tryd or am I the first . I have to neb 6 times a day also tempreacher change affects me excuse spelling 3 wrong

morning!! ive not been around for a while.. major asthma problems and all that jazz!! my medication is as follows, are you sitting comfortably!!: flixotide 250 symbicort ventolin inhalers ventolin nebuliser solution flixotide nasal spray tiotropium montelukast predisolone azthrimicyn and im still

for the last few months my asthma has been completely uncontrolled, i'm in A&E ALL the time, and it's driving me a bit bonkers. i just feel so out of control. i'm taking seretide, fluticasone, montelukast, theophylinne, prednisilone and meds for reflux. no-one is ever gonna give me home nebulisers as

Hi all Hope you are all well. I am feeling crap at the moment with this horrible virus doing its rounds. Touch wood my asthma is not too bad at the moment but i am preparing just in case. On that note can anyone reccommend a good nebuliser. Ones you use or know of a friend or relative that uses

I find it makes me cough and very wheezy. Also the skin on my face seems to react and turn red and blotchy. has any one had a similar reaction? What alternative medication could I be taking instead? Any suggestions?

My father has cancer and copd - her is currently using a nebuliser to help his breathing - I think he could be assisted by oxygen but he is so independent and does not ask for help - what can I do to help him?

i'm really really tired of being told to come in early for my asthma and then being fobbed off like i'm being fraudulent, and recently its been really starting to *!$$ me off. i say recently, i mean Christmas/boxing day. i had been vomiting for a few days (including Christmas day) so meds havent being

Hi guys I've not been around for ages, so I hope you don't mind me having a rant and asking for your advice... I am currently working as a Staff Nurse on a very busy acute respiratory ward, full time and on 12.5 hour shifts. I have always been honest with work/Occy health with regards to my brittle

I have come onto this forum for the first time today hoping to see I'm not alone! I had to take my just-6 year old to the doctors today as she had a bad night and I was going to nebulise her but realised the nebules were out of date. I left feeling very upset and frustrated that I was once again told

Hello everyone and happy Christmas to all of you. Well today has been awful! Woke up this morning feeling a bit chesty and the feeling of being exhausted and a run over feeling. I pulled myself together for my 16 yr old daughters sake and my elderly parents who are staying for a few days...not easy

Hi I have been on Symbicort 200 and 400. I found Symbicort really helped with my asthma after struggling for 6 months on various other inhalers. Unfortunately my asthma is yet again playing up badly and I am having 'attacks' at least 5 times per day (where I have to use my reliever and often at least

Hi guys, So for some reason I seem to be having a really rough go. I've never had THIS many health issues at the same time before. And since I have a newish job on top of it, it's been kind of scary. Anyways, I've taken 4 days off of work this month, which is actually the most I've ever taken. I wasn't

Hi everyone, I've had asthma since I was 7 and over the last 10 months this has been quite problematic, my GP and asthma nurse are fantastic, I must state that my sats are always good, throughout, my asthma has been unresponsive to treatment but have changed to symbicort 200, plus taking usual triple

My 3 year old son had frequent 'viral induced wheeze' episodes in his first 18 months which resulted in hospitalisation; nebuliser and steroid. We then saw a private consultant who advised that children with many 'chest infections' are actually asthmatic. Is this really as scientific as a diagnosis

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 of using my nebulizer in my mother's living room. She's not very good with illness of any kind.

Hi I'm a newbie here, was just seeing if anyone has any advice on how to survive this winter!? My chest is never any good really but has been really quite bad since September, I've only been admitted 3 times since then mind, and last week I was in twice getting sent home once I started breathing ok again

hi I went to see my doc on thursday with a chesty cough and breathing problems, my doc said my chest was clear (surprise, surprise!) and gave me some antibiotics to take if chest wasn't any better in a few days, I then mentioned that I was having really bad coughing fits where I couldn't catch my breath

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 hard work. After about 5 nebulisers back to back I improved pretty quickly and they took me up to a ward to keep an eye on me. Once i got to the

Ribs hurt such alot after a week, Dennis had to call out of hours Doc Friday, paramedic arrived put a nebuliser on me and sats went up to 93 from 66, stabled at 91 and as everything else was fine and breathing back to normal decided not to admit me. GP came to see me Monday, have a chest infection now