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chickenpox/ shingles and pred

Hi Just a quick question i work in a nursing home and a couple of the residents have come down with shingles and a member of staff has chicken pox, i have...

Hi Just a quick question i work in a nursing home and a couple of the residents...

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Still coughing but chest sounds clear !!!

Jimmy has finished his is steriods and he has today left for his antibiotics but his cough is not really any better his purple pump has been doubled so not...

Jimmy has finished his is steriods and he has today left for his antibiotics but...

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Pred and nights out

I was just wondering if anyone knew whether drinking on pred is allowed. I searched the boards and it mentions a few times that the odd drink wont make a...

I was just wondering if anyone knew whether drinking on pred is allowed. I searc...

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Asthma and Choking!

Does anyone know whether choking and Asthma go hand in hand?? My little girl seems to choke alot. Its as if her upper airways go into spasm and whatever she...

Does anyone know whether choking and Asthma go hand in hand?? My little girl se...

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whats an asthma cough like?

just wondered what an asthma cough is like?

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whats an asthma cough like?

just wondered what an asthma cough is like?

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Would you say anything?

I'd be interested in others' opinions on this and what if anything I should do / say as for some reason it's really bothering me. I saw my fantastic resp....

I'd be interested in others' opinions on this and what if anything I should do /...

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Fighting for breath

Hi I was wondering what people think to the fighting for breath report. Do you think it gives a fair representation of what it is like for people with severe...

Hi I was wondering what people think to the fighting for breath report. Do you t...

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reactions to steroids !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jimmy is on 4 steroids a day at the mo but he is very moody and aggressive when i give them to him and a bit hyperactive!!! Anyone else had this reaction !!...

Jimmy is on 4 steroids a day at the mo but he is very moody and aggressive when ...

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information please.

My asthma I would say is troublesome and take sertide,easyhaler and slophyllin along with antibiotics and pred quite often. What I would like to know is ,will...

My asthma I would say is troublesome and take sertide,easyhaler and slophyllin a...

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Beefburgers bad for people with Asthma.

I was reading a very small article in the ""Woman's Own"" this week and it said research had shown beefburgers ( fast food) was bad for asthma and stopped...

I was reading a very small article in the ""Woman's Own"" this week and it said ...

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good peak flow, bad symptoms?

So i've been feeling a bit nasty today, nelly on the chest, coughing up mucus the usual. yet when i checked my peak flow it was 440 which is basically my...

So i've been feeling a bit nasty today, nelly on the chest, coughing up mucus th...

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Not sure what to do next

I have had 3 chest infections now in the past 4/5 weeks! I have been to the doctors and 3 gps have told me that 'it's just one of those things.' I have had to...

I have had 3 chest infections now in the past 4/5 weeks! I have been to the doct...

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Re not sure if it's coincidence or to do with Ventolin

Hi there Not sure if this is coincidence or if is anything to do with ventolin, but over the last week or so, i have had to get up during the night, sometimes...

Hi there Not sure if this is coincidence or if is anything to do with ventolin,...

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Ports

I have been in hospital about 60 times within 2 years and usually at least every month each time I go for IV and now my viens are struggling to play a number...

I have been in hospital about 60 times within 2 years and usually at least every...

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I MUST JUST MAKE IT UP !!!!!!!!!!!

Does anyone else feel like the docs think they just make the whole thing up off the top of your head. I was at the local hospital with Jimmy today and because...

Does anyone else feel like the docs think they just make the whole thing up off ...

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Not sure how to proceed anymore

I have 4 year old twins and one of them has severe/difficult/brittle (every hospital has different names for it) asthma. She was diagnosed at 7 months old and...

I have 4 year old twins and one of them has severe/difficult/brittle (every hosp...

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Sound Familiar ?

Hiyaa, i am suffering REALLY bad with my asthma recently. And the doctors are baffled, they have no idea what it is! so i was just wondering, do you have any...

Hiyaa, i am suffering REALLY bad with my asthma recently. And the doctors are b...

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Portacath

My portacath has a blood clot around it (heamatoma?) not sure on the spelling lol does anyone know how long it will be before it can be re-accessed? i had a...

My portacath has a blood clot around it (heamatoma?) not sure on the spelling lo...

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More antibiotic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well i just took Jimmy back to the doctors as his chest is worse than yesterday and he is on more antibiotics this is the 3rd lot in 2 months !

Well i just took Jimmy back to the doctors as his chest is worse than yesterday ...

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Short survey for healthcare professionals

Hi everyone, I'm really hoping you can help me with some research I'm carrying out into how healthcare professionals find and use information relating to...

Hi everyone, I'm really hoping you can help me with some research I'm carrying ...

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Throat spasms.

hi i just wanted to know if anyone else gets throat spasms. i seem to get them quite often recently and wondered if any one else did too. if you do how do stop...

hi i just wanted to know if anyone else gets throat spasms. i seem to get them q...

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Bone Scan

Has anyone here had a bone scan in nuclear medicine? I've got one tomorrow and I'm just wondering what to expect. It's not a density scan thing, I've already...

Has anyone here had a bone scan in nuclear medicine? I've got one tomorrow and ...

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Changes to Prednisolone

I'm sure there was a thread about this but I can't find it. When I saw my GP yesterday I asked for a prescription for Pred. When she put this in her computer...

I'm sure there was a thread about this but I can't find it. When I saw my GP ye...

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Advice Please

Hello everyone, My 5 year old son was recently diagnosed with asthma. He was sleeping on the sofa last month when he started coughing and couldnt stop he...

Hello everyone, My 5 year old son was recently diagnosed with asthma. He was ...

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Stethascope

Really odd question! What can be heard when you listen to someones chest through a stethascope? What does a normal chest sound like? What does a non wheeze...

Really odd question! What can be heard when you listen to someones chest through...

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OFF TO THE DOCS AGAIN

Jimmys asthma is just out of control i feel like i live at the doctors at the moment im not sure how mant lots of steroids he is gonna take this summer !

Jimmys asthma is just out of control i feel like i live at the doctors at the mo...

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T in the park sad news

link didn't seem to work. a young man passed away at T in the park following a suspected asthma attack.

link didn't seem to work. a young man passed away at T in the park following a ...

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how not to use a spacer

ud think if u were going to post a video of your child using a spacer on youtube youd learn how to do it properly!...

ud think if u were going to post a video of your child using a spacer on youtube...

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Royal brompton hospital, steroid wean and amniophyllin!!

Hi As many of you know i have been struggling to get my asthma under any sort of control for the last few years, i was referered to the RBH and did the...

Hi As many of you know i have been struggling to get my asthma under any sort o...

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Posts - Asthma Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Asthma Community Forum

All posts for July 2010

chickenpox/ shingles and pred

Still coughing but chest sounds clear !!!

Pred and nights out

Asthma and Choking!

whats an asthma cough like?

whats an asthma cough like?

Would you say anything?

Fighting for breath

reactions to steroids !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

information please.

Beefburgers bad for people with Asthma.

good peak flow, bad symptoms?

Not sure what to do next

Re not sure if it's coincidence or to do with Ventolin

Ports

I MUST JUST MAKE IT UP !!!!!!!!!!!

Not sure how to proceed anymore

Sound Familiar ?

Portacath

More antibiotic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Short survey for healthcare professionals

Throat spasms.

Bone Scan

Changes to Prednisolone

Advice Please

Stethascope

OFF TO THE DOCS AGAIN

T in the park sad news

how not to use a spacer

Royal brompton hospital, steroid wean and amniophyllin!!

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