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Negative results but allergic to something?! What?!!

Hi, we have a 5year old girl with suspected cough variant asthma and all round rhinitis. She is on a lot of meds, montelukast, seretide 125 (4 puffs a day),...

Hi, we have a 5year old girl with suspected cough variant asthma and all round r...

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•10 years ago

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Great Consultant visit!

Hi everyone, hope you are all as well as can be expected. I have had a great appointment with the chest consultant today so i thought id share my news as it...

Hi everyone, hope you are all as well as can be expected. I have had a great ap...

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need tips!!

i love singing, like it is my life... however everytime i sing i get breathless and struggle to sing the rest of the words, does anyone have anytips on how to...

i love singing, like it is my life... however everytime i sing i get breathless ...

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4 year old falling through the cracks in the NHS

Hi, I would love some advise on this issue. My 4 year old had his first asthma attack (completely out of the blue) 2 years ago so when he was 2 and a half....

Hi, I would love some advise on this issue. My 4 year old had his first asthma ...

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•10 years ago

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New bee

Morning. I was newly diagnosed on Friday after weeks of struggling to breathe. I've read everything I can - including the scary stuff - but I have to be...

Morning. I was newly diagnosed on Friday after weeks of struggling to breathe. ...

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•10 years ago

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Bone protection

I have had a really rotten winter asthma wise with each cold or infection needing several weeks of pred to sort it out. This meant I spent most of Dec and Jan...

I have had a really rotten winter asthma wise with each cold or infection needin...

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•10 years ago

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Lung functio test

I am concerned about my treatment at the moment. I have a new consultant and in all honesty I am not confident or happy with them. I have been a chest clinic...

I am concerned about my treatment at the moment. I have a new consultant and in ...

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•10 years ago

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Low PF

Hi, I'm new to the forum and have a question. My asthma is relatively mild, and I only really tend to struggle during exercise and when I have an...

Hi, I'm new to the forum and have a question. My asthma is relatively mild, and...

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Pred - do the side effects worry anyone else?

I've been given 20mg pred to take for 5 days. I know it is a low dose and the course is a short course. I've had them before and taken them without thinking...

I've been given 20mg pred to take for 5 days. I know it is a low dose and the c...

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•10 years ago

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Saline nebs?

Ended up admitted this weekend and discovered I'd been written up to have saline nebs prn as well as salbutamol ones. Although the care in general was great I...

Ended up admitted this weekend and discovered I'd been written up to have saline...

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•10 years ago

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School attendance problems help!!

Hi, I'm new to the forum, but looking for some advice/support from other parents of children with asthma. My daughter is 9 and suffers with severe asthma, she...

Hi, I'm new to the forum, but looking for some advice/support from other parents...

Tregch

•10 years ago

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Feel as though I am chasing my tail!!

Agh, dunno why I am struggling SO much with everything just now!! I have moved from a team, with whom I was happy with, and had an amazing relationship with...

Agh, dunno why I am struggling SO much with everything just now!! I have moved ...

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•10 years ago

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UK government to increase prescription charges in England

Hi everyone, As some of you will already know, on Tuesday 11 March, the government announced that prescription charges in England will rise by 20p from 01...

Hi everyone, As some of you will already know, on Tuesday 11 March, the governm...

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•10 years ago

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Conflicting diagnosis

Hi All, Hope you are all as well as can be. I have been attending a difficult asthma clinic in recent months and they diagnosed bronchiectasis and...

Hi All, Hope you are all as well as can be. I have been attending a difficult ...

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•10 years ago

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Cycling

Hi, I've just taken up cycling again after,,,,,,,over 20 years. I bought a road bike from ebay and I was hoping I get the buzz again. I am finding it hard...

Hi, I've just taken up cycling again after,,,,,,,over 20 years. I bought a road ...

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•10 years ago

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Being referred to Preston?

Hi everyone! Hope you're all well! I'm just wondering if anyone is treated in Preston for their asthma? I've recently been back in hospital, my lungs are...

Hi everyone! Hope you're all well! I'm just wondering if anyone is treated in P...

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•10 years ago

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Osteopenia

Anyone else have this due to steroid use?

Irishboy

•10 years ago

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STRUGGLING TO BREATHE

WENT TO A&E LAST WEDNESDAY - CHEST X RAY CLEAR BUT I AM REALLY STRUGGLING TO BREATHE. STAFF AT A&E GAVE ME THE IMPRESSION THAT I WAS ANXIOUS - STRUGGLING FOR...

WENT TO A&E LAST WEDNESDAY - CHEST X RAY CLEAR BUT I AM REALLY STRUGGLING TO BRE...

KCATE

•10 years ago

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Antibiotics and Prednisolone

Hello I've got a chest infection and have been given amoxicillin and prednisolone to take to try and sort it out. My lungs are really hurting at the moment....

Hello I've got a chest infection and have been given amoxicillin and prednisolo...

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•10 years ago

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Aerochamber whistles when I'm hardly breathing in at all.

It says to take a deep slow breath in when using the aerochamber. As I do this it whistles telling me that I'm breathing in too fast. So I lower my breath...

It says to take a deep slow breath in when using the aerochamber. As I do this ...

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•10 years ago

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Asthma getting worse..

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and I am seeking advice. I have asthma all of my life (I am 25 years old) and was hospitalised frequently with it as a...

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and I am seeking advice. I have asthma all...

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•10 years ago

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Ascape Holidays

Hi I'm a previous participant of Kick Asthma Hols (Or PEAK as they were when I was on them!) who then went on to volunteer for many years. The holidays...

Hi I'm a previous participant of Kick Asthma Hols (Or PEAK as they were when I...

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Long time no speak

Hellooo :-) It's been ages guys! how are we all doing? I was looking for a few tips, on Saturday I was defibrilated, 2x150v and 2x200v, luckily I was...

Hellooo :-) It's been ages guys! how are we all doing? I was looking for a few ...

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•10 years ago

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pollen

Is it just me or has pollen kicked off massively over the last two weeks I have asthma and eczema. Threw out the year I have my ups a downs with asthma and...

Is it just me or has pollen kicked off massively over the last two weeks I have ...

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•10 years ago

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Asthma Attacks and Disaplinary action

HI, I am new to this site and was looking for a bit of advice. I have had asthma all my life and i am now 25 years old. My Asthma has been getting worse over...

HI, I am new to this site and was looking for a bit of advice. I have had asth...

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•10 years ago

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Steroids and Asthma

My Gp puts me on 10 Days Course of Stetoids( to control severe Asthma) side effects are sooo Bad but they make me better, so put up with them but whithin 3...

My Gp puts me on 10 Days Course of Stetoids( to control severe Asthma) side effe...

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•10 years ago

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Pregnancy with brittle asthma and on Xolair.

So, I am 19 years old and have brittle asthma, and I am on daily steroids & Xolair injections (375mg every two weeks) to control my asthma (as well as your...

So, I am 19 years old and have brittle asthma, and I am on daily steroids & Xola...

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•10 years ago

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moon face

As well as all my asthma treatments Im on flixotide 250 4 puffs day and steroid in my seritide 250 twice a day, could the inhaled steroids give me a moon face...

As well as all my asthma treatments Im on flixotide 250 4 puffs day and steroid ...

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•10 years ago

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Atimos Modulite

Hi, I'm new here so don't know if this has already been discussed but I couldn't find anything on it. I received a letter from my doctor a while back saying...

Hi, I'm new here so don't know if this has already been discussed but I couldn't...

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moderate asthma & cough for 4 weeks

All tips comments will be gratefully receive. I am a 54 yr female with asthma for approx 18 yrs, it came on shortly after starting HRT for premature menopause....

All tips comments will be gratefully receive. I am a 54 yr female with asthma fo...

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•10 years ago

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Posts - Asthma Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Asthma Community Forum

All posts for March 2014

Negative results but allergic to something?! What?!!

Great Consultant visit!

need tips!!

4 year old falling through the cracks in the NHS

New bee

Bone protection

Lung functio test

Low PF

Pred - do the side effects worry anyone else?

Saline nebs?

School attendance problems help!!

Feel as though I am chasing my tail!!

UK government to increase prescription charges in England

Conflicting diagnosis

Cycling

Being referred to Preston?

Osteopenia

STRUGGLING TO BREATHE

Antibiotics and Prednisolone

Aerochamber whistles when I'm hardly breathing in at all.

Asthma getting worse..

Ascape Holidays

Long time no speak

pollen

Asthma Attacks and Disaplinary action

Steroids and Asthma

Pregnancy with brittle asthma and on Xolair.

moon face

Atimos Modulite

moderate asthma & cough for 4 weeks

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