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30% Drop in Peak Flow?

I'm currently running a peak flow which is 30% below my 'normal' level. I'm not sure if this is something to be concerned about? I don't feel particularly...

I'm currently running a peak flow which is 30% below my 'normal' level. I'm not ...

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•12 years ago

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Newbie with a female based query

Hi, I've just been diagnosed with asthma at the grand old age of 38 and as this is my first use of a steroid inhaler I'm a little lost! Without going into too...

Hi, I've just been diagnosed with asthma at the grand old age of 38 and as this ...

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•12 years ago

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triggers

does anyone else have drug sensitivities, including medication which shouldn't bother their asthma? if so, how do you deal with it or is it hit and miss with...

does anyone else have drug sensitivities, including medication which shouldn't b...

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•12 years ago

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hi, my son has severe asthma he was diagnosed at 2 months in 2007, he has had many stays at the hospital and is taking the brown, green, blue and green and...

hi, my son has severe asthma he was diagnosed at 2 months in 2007, he has had ma...

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•12 years ago

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Consultants and clinics ........?

All never really had asthma until 3 years ago. Started with a virus then went to a cough, saw gp and gave me peak flow antibiotics, no change so i went back...

All never really had asthma until 3 years ago. Started with a virus then went t...

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•12 years ago

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Needing a bit of pep talk and perspective.....

Good evening everyone, I am felling pretty down today so I thought I'd come on the forum to vent a little of my frustrations. I am not sure if someone would...

Good evening everyone, I am felling pretty down today so I thought I'd come on ...

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•12 years ago

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Views on use of Aromatherapy oils and toxic cleaning products

Hi there, I have trained in aromatherapy and I am currently looking into the benefits of using aromatherapy oils for Asthma sufferers and wondered if you have...

Hi there, I have trained in aromatherapy and I am currently looking into the be...

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•12 years ago

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Realy fed up

Hi Just a question for anybody, I have suffered with brittle asthma for quite a few years, I am lots of the maximum mediation, nebs, daily steriods, inections...

Hi Just a question for anybody, I have suffered with brittle asthma for quite a...

yaf_user681_1667

•12 years ago

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First admission to hospital - really scared me!

This is my first post: I am 41 and have had asthma all of my life. Last week was my first ever hospital admission (although I've come close a few times!) and...

This is my first post: I am 41 and have had asthma all of my life. Last week was...

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•12 years ago

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inhaler usage

I've been having a rough time and have been seriously multidosing with my blue inhalers, I use a spacer with it. my full mouth is really sore and I have quite...

I've been having a rough time and have been seriously multidosing with my blue i...

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•12 years ago

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actually scared!!!

I have finally been given the all clear return to work after ive been off for a long time... ...But... Im so scared about returning as i dont know what to do...

I have finally been given the all clear return to work after ive been off for a ...

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•12 years ago

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eye sight

I should wear glasses all the time but dont like to wear them as wear maskers on my ears.Ive been on steroids alot and noticed my eyes are blury than normal...

I should wear glasses all the time but dont like to wear them as wear maskers on...

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•12 years ago

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long term doxycycline and joint pain

Hi Just wondering if anyone can give me any advice! I have been on doxycycline for nearly three months now and it seems to helping lungs alot. I'm not sure if...

Hi Just wondering if anyone can give me any advice! I have been on doxycycline f...

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•12 years ago

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Concerned about work

At the moment I am on a sickness absence report at work because I have had a lot of sick leave last year particularly in the last 6 months all due to my...

At the moment I am on a sickness absence report at work because I have had a lot...

Asthma-girl

•12 years ago

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Steroids and Pains

Hi all, Just wondering whether anyone might have any idea of what this is. I have been on steroids for 2 years continuously really at varying doses (up to...

Hi all, Just wondering whether anyone might have any idea of what this is. I ha...

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•12 years ago

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Why do i feel so poorly and exhausted after exercise!!!!!

Hi everyone For the 1st time in ages i felt really well the past few days, so i decided Mmmmm im going to go for a swim as i haven't been for weeks. Feeling...

Hi everyone For the 1st time in ages i felt really well the past few days, so i...

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•12 years ago

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Chest pain when swimming

Hi, my son - aged 9 - has been saying for a while now (several months) that it's painful to do breast stroke swimming as it hurts his chest - he says it feels...

Hi, my son - aged 9 - has been saying for a while now (several months) that it's...

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•12 years ago

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SO ANGRY

Just having a moan, peoples attiudes to asthma are so annoying, i was in work yesterday and need to go in to a very small room to collect surplies, my manager...

Just having a moan, peoples attiudes to asthma are so annoying, i was in work ye...

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•12 years ago

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What now... where do I go from here...

I was informed that my Respiratory Consultant wrote a referral letter to the Royal Brompton Hospital because at my last clinic appointment I was told there is...

I was informed that my Respiratory Consultant wrote a referral letter to the Roy...

Asthma-girl

•12 years ago

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PF diary - when to take readings

Trying to keep a PF diary before cons appt on 1st Feb - just in case it's useful or they ask. In general my PF doesn't really show much about my asthma but...

Trying to keep a PF diary before cons appt on 1st Feb - just in case it's useful...

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•12 years ago

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coughing fits - advice required

All Just getting over a cold and now started coughing fits. I don't know whether its the cold virus as all of a sudden a really tickly throat and then i...

All Just getting over a cold and now started coughing fits. I don't know wheth...

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•12 years ago

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Asthma in your sleep

Lots of threads/posts about not sleeping due to asthma which is massively annoying, and huge sympathy for that esp night after night. But just wondering if...

Lots of threads/posts about not sleeping due to asthma which is massively annoyi...

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•12 years ago

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Fed up (Rant!)

just need to vent. i received in the post confirmation on saturday of the tumour on my spinal cord, am now completely wheelchair bound, wich is very demanding....

just need to vent. i received in the post confirmation on saturday of the tumour...

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•12 years ago

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Pregnant and asthmatic

Hi. I was just wondering if anyone has had any change in there asthma throughout pregnancy? Are any asthma meds bad for the baby? Smithy x

Hi. I was just wondering if anyone has had any change in there asthma throughout...

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•12 years ago

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Are there any really good consultants?!

I had my appoinment with my new consultant. He looked over my spirometry results and other test results, and declared..... Yes you have asthma, brittle asthma!...

I had my appoinment with my new consultant. He looked over my spirometry results...

Laughaminute

•12 years ago

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3 million and one razor blades and a couple of tennis balls

This is what I feel like someone force fed me in the night :( A day Of soup water and liquids for me ;(( I'm Thinking my calorie intake is going to come from...

This is what I feel like someone force fed me in the night :( A day Of soup wa...

Lil_tinx66

•12 years ago

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eek

Sorry about this not slept again and on day 11 of preventer now cough all the time and get out of breath on a 10 min walk (this is new) don't know what the...

Sorry about this not slept again and on day 11 of preventer now cough all the ...

yaf_user681_4328

•12 years ago

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Referral now finally sorted, but really really nervous

<remove long rant about referral problem which has now been sorted - bit of a mix-up at GP's and was nearly sent back to useless cons at Bart's. Worried I am...

<remove long rant about referral problem which has now been sorted - bit of a mi...

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•12 years ago

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Intrinsic Asthma Triggers?

Hi all, I suffer from Intrinsic Asthma and Iâ€™ve really been struggling to get it under control, I was diagnosed almost 2 years ago and itâ€™s never really...

Hi all, I suffer from Intrinsic Asthma and Iâ€™ve really been struggling to get ...

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•12 years ago

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prednisolone to hydrocortisone switch

Hi, this is my first post but I have been lurking around some time. My son is 14 and was diagnosed with asthma when he was just a few months old. Over the...

Hi, this is my first post but I have been lurking around some time. My son is ...

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•12 years ago

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Posts - Asthma Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Asthma Community Forum

All posts for January 2012

30% Drop in Peak Flow?

Newbie with a female based query

triggers

hello

Consultants and clinics ........?

Needing a bit of pep talk and perspective.....

Views on use of Aromatherapy oils and toxic cleaning products

Realy fed up

First admission to hospital - really scared me!

inhaler usage

actually scared!!!

eye sight

long term doxycycline and joint pain

Concerned about work

Steroids and Pains

Why do i feel so poorly and exhausted after exercise!!!!!

Chest pain when swimming

SO ANGRY

What now... where do I go from here...

PF diary - when to take readings

coughing fits - advice required

Asthma in your sleep

Fed up (Rant!)

Pregnant and asthmatic

Are there any really good consultants?!

3 million and one razor blades and a couple of tennis balls

eek

Referral now finally sorted, but really really nervous

Intrinsic Asthma Triggers?

prednisolone to hydrocortisone switch

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