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Hi from the hospital!

Back in, lucky escape from ICU this time :/ I was on the wrong dose of my combination inhaler anyway, so I'd been feeling off for a few weeks. Suddenly I woke...

Back in, lucky escape from ICU this time :/ I was on the wrong dose of my combi...

servewithmintsauce

•8 years ago

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Confused about action plan

I've recently been given an asthma action plan, which when the gp gave it to me, made sense, but now I'm unsure. So it says: if use reliever more than 4 times...

I've recently been given an asthma action plan, which when the gp gave it to me,...

-Butterfly-

•8 years ago

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Pred & anxiety

Hi there, I've suffered wih asthma for 15 years. I've had pleurisy & double pneumonia a couple of times which has made it worse. I switched to Simbicort this...

Hi there, I've suffered wih asthma for 15 years. I've had pleurisy & double pneu...

Kendog

•8 years ago

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Advice request

Hi, just looking for some general advice, my boyfriend was recently diagnosed with asthma (he had it when he was younger but not so bad as this time). They...

Hi, just looking for some general advice, my boyfriend was recently diagnosed wi...

Angel1981

•8 years ago

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Morning

Good morning everyone hope u all ok on this lovely windy wet day. I'm not doing to bad since I have been out of hospital feeling it a bit now starting to...

Good morning everyone hope u all ok on this lovely windy wet day. I'm not doing...

Tracey1972

•8 years ago

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New job or weather?

I started my new job on the 10th November in a shop that sells kitchen/ bathroom cleaner stuff and allsorts on the 14th my breathing got really bad so I went...

I started my new job on the 10th November in a shop that sells kitchen/ bathroom...

GemGemm

•8 years ago

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Sucking/drawing in when coughing!

Hi Just after some advice really. Bit of background: My son has had asthma since he was 4 years old and is now 11yrs old numerous hospital admissions, meds...

Hi Just after some advice really. Bit of background: My son has had asthma sin...

Clarefraser

•8 years ago

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Not sure...

I was diagnosed with asthma as a baby after suffering a severe attack and ending up in hospital. However, I have never had an attack since and although I have...

I was diagnosed with asthma as a baby after suffering a severe attack and ending...

BelieveInHorizons

•8 years ago

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NSAIDs for muscular pain for asthmatics

Hi, what do you take for muscular pain? My GP suggested ibuprofen but I told him that my asthma consultant said no take any aspirin based medications so the...

Hi, what do you take for muscular pain? My GP suggested ibuprofen but I told him...

Polzovatel

•8 years ago

19 Replies

New to site

Hi all. I was told I had asthma when I was 11 and have had inhalers on and off over the years. It's only been in the last couple of years that I've had more...

Hi all. I was told I had asthma when I was 11 and have had inhalers on and off o...

KittyB52

•8 years ago

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Nebuliser masks

I have an Omron C28p nebuliser. Only about £45 but so quick. 5 mins if just albut ordered new masks in the summer and went for some Philips Side Stream as they...

I have an Omron C28p nebuliser. Only about £45 but so quick. 5 mins if just albu...

twinkly29

•8 years ago

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Never ending battle!!

Hi all. We have just joined today . My daughter (14) has severe very uncontrolled Asthma, it feels like a never ending battle and over the last 3 years have...

Hi all. We have just joined today . My daughter (14) has severe very uncontroll...

KK1719

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Asthma

Can you drink alcohol whilst taking uniphyllin 200 mg

selyab

•8 years ago

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Feeling down

Had a crappie month with asthma had a chest infection and numerous flare ups...seems as though my meds and new xolair injection not done they're work feeling...

Had a crappie month with asthma had a chest infection and numerous flare ups...s...

paula66

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Recovery after attack

I had an attack over a week ago. I ended up in HDU they where talking about ventilating me. All very scary. I was discharged on Thursday evening. I wasn't...

I had an attack over a week ago. I ended up in HDU they where talking about vent...

Das_roots

•8 years ago

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Asthma

My daughter has got asthma and last night she had an attack out of the blue no signs what we usually see ; her boyfriend saved her life she had 2 collapsed...

My daughter has got asthma and last night she had an attack out of the blue no ...

Billyg1967

•8 years ago

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Update

Been to London hospital today and going to have the operation bronchial plasma bit scared but might b worth it in the end just b poorly after for a little...

Been to London hospital today and going to have the operation bronchial plasma b...

Tracey1972

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Breathlessness

Hi, I am new to this forum so not really sure how things work. I have had asthma for as long as I can remember (I am 32 now) but for the last five days I...

Hi, I am new to this forum so not really sure how things work. I have had asth...

GeorgieM

•8 years ago

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Just diagnosed...

Had cough and wheeze for several months. Non - smoker Age 51 Taking one puff of salbutamol morning and evening followed by a puff of beclametasone. Still...

Had cough and wheeze for several months. Non - smoker Age 51 Taking one puff o...

flossiew

•8 years ago

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Mucus/Phlegm- over production

Hi there- sorry for the title of this post but it is really why I am writing. I had my son 3 years ago and during pregnancy my otherwise mild and controlled...

Hi there- sorry for the title of this post but it is really why I am writing. I ...

CCara

•8 years ago

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Xolair

How many people here are on Xolair? I've been on it for three years now and am due to be reviewed; I was told I wouldn't be on it for longer than three years...

How many people here are on Xolair? I've been on it for three years now and am d...

pucageorgie

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Challenge testing

I am being sent for a challenge test at the request of my consultant. Has anyone ever had one of these and knows what they are like. I'm a bit apprehensive as...

I am being sent for a challenge test at the request of my consultant. Has anyone...

Jems1995

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Morning

Good morning off to the Royal Bromptom hospital today going be long day and long journey up and back about 3 hours up and 3 hours back appointment not intill 2...

Good morning off to the Royal Bromptom hospital today going be long day and long...

Tracey1972

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Generic Montelukast

Does anyone find cheaper generic versions of Montelukast affect their asthma control? My pharmacy supply different types of this drug on a regular basis. I now...

Does anyone find cheaper generic versions of Montelukast affect their asthma con...

Hidden

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Would anyone like to look at my blog so far?

More or less what it says in the title! There isn't much there, as of yet, but I have good plans for the near future. https://atopicalblog.wordpress.com

More or less what it says in the title! There isn't much there, as of yet, but I...

servewithmintsauce

•8 years ago

1 Reply

In denial

Hi everyone - Lost my prescription so I had to go get another and it was a different Doctor this time. He said that my normal Doctor should not have told me...

Hi everyone - Lost my prescription so I had to go get another and it was a diffe...

Hidden

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Is yellow mucus/sputum normal for asthmatics?

My asthma/allergist doctor told me that yellow mucus is normal when our lungs are inflamed. Just wanted to get every ones opinion. Will a sputum test...

My asthma/allergist doctor told me that yellow mucus is normal when our lungs ar...

sagittar

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Weather

Is the cold snap a trigger? Very achey tight chest and wheezing I think I need steroids.

Is the cold snap a trigger? Very achey tight chest and wheezing I think I need ...

ChandlerCampbell

•8 years ago

2 Replies

General anaesthesia with asthma?

Sorry, I've posted a lot recently! I was just lying in bed with slightly achy lungs and a cough and funny feeling in my nose (feels like a cold, dammit) and...

Sorry, I've posted a lot recently! I was just lying in bed with slightly achy l...

servewithmintsauce

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Asthma not recovering with steroids

I'm on day 17 of 40mg prednisone having had a bad chest a couple of weeks ago. Ended up at ambulatory care at my local hospital last Monday when I was told to...

I'm on day 17 of 40mg prednisone having had a bad chest a couple of weeks ago. E...

shassh

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Posts - Asthma Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Asthma Community Forum

All posts for November 2015

Hi from the hospital!

Confused about action plan

Pred & anxiety

Advice request

Morning

New job or weather?

Sucking/drawing in when coughing!

Not sure...

NSAIDs for muscular pain for asthmatics

New to site

Nebuliser masks

Never ending battle!!

Asthma

Feeling down

Recovery after attack

Asthma

Update

Breathlessness

Just diagnosed...

Mucus/Phlegm- over production

Xolair

Challenge testing

Morning

Generic Montelukast

Would anyone like to look at my blog so far?

In denial

Is yellow mucus/sputum normal for asthmatics?

Weather

General anaesthesia with asthma?

Asthma not recovering with steroids

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