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Pred side effects

I have had several courses of pred over the last few years, and other than gaining a couple of pounds, and a bit of insomnia no real problem. My GP started me...

I have had several courses of pred over the last few years, and other than gaini...

Dizzy412

•8 years ago

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Vitamin d and asthma

I'm researching vitamin d to see if it will help my sons CVA, I've just read it's not actually a vitamin but a steroid hormone. Bought some today from Holland...

I'm researching vitamin d to see if it will help my sons CVA, I've just read it...

Frin9e

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Cough, scratchy chest and throat clearing

Hi All, I've had cough variant asthma for 18 years. I'm 37 now, on 4x 160mg circlesonide steroid inhaler daily, but I just can't shift the cough and constant...

Hi All, I've had cough variant asthma for 18 years. I'm 37 now, on 4x 160mg cir...

AllanS

•8 years ago

4 Replies

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Breathing training

Hi! Just now i am in Sweden, and yesterday I met one of my relations with asthma. She showed me a gadget she has been given, a tube thing which she is...

Hi! Just now i am in Sweden, and yesterday I met one of my relations with asthma...

Wheezycat

•8 years ago

10 Replies

little info :(

i have Moderate adult-onset,allergy-induced,cough-variant,exercise-induced,nocturnal,and silent asthma :( well maybe not so much on the silent part :( am i the...

i have Moderate adult-onset,allergy-induced,cough-variant,exercise-induced,noctu...

ZoeyLynn

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Help everyone...I didn't know

First thing first hello everyone! I've been having trouble with my pulse being high 110+bpm (sometimes as high as 185 while resting) Now the doctors have...

First thing first hello everyone! I've been having trouble with my pulse being ...

Chip_y2kuk

•8 years ago

5 Replies

To wheeze or not to wheeze that is the question.

Apart from a cough what is the diff in asthma and cough variant asthma? Iam sick of hearing you need to be wheezing? Why who says? Just bcos 1 doc hasnt heard...

Apart from a cough what is the diff in asthma and cough variant asthma? Iam sick...

Shezxx

•8 years ago

12 Replies

Medication review every 6 months...

Hi, I'm not sure if this is impacting everybody else, but appreantly it's now compulsary for the reviews to be every 6 months rather than 12. Whilst this is...

Hi, I'm not sure if this is impacting everybody else, but appreantly it's now co...

Hidden

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Asthma nurse and asthma triggers

Hey everyone I'm new to this asthma thing, I take both brown and blue inhalers I don't know they're proper names... Anyway how often should I be seeing an...

Hey everyone I'm new to this asthma thing, I take both brown and blue inhalers I...

Hidden

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Am I such an inigma ?

I suffer from severe brittle asthma but as with a lot of brittles nothing makes sense , I also suffer from hyperventilation syndrome , anxiety , stress , dis...

I suffer from severe brittle asthma but as with a lot of brittles nothing makes ...

Unique-awkward-alone

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Xolair

Some good news for a change guys ..... After waiting near,y two years and having every test done about 10 times. I had a phone call today from a nice nurse at...

Some good news for a change guys ..... After waiting near,y two years and having...

Mark-f

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Cough variant asthma

Does anyone suffer with cough variant asthma, my son has been diagnosed with it. Can anyone tell me how long it takes to get under control or how they did get...

Does anyone suffer with cough variant asthma, my son has been diagnosed with it....

Frin9e

•8 years ago

17 Replies

Does anyone suffer with asthma and vocal chord dysfunction?

I have been told it is rare, i just wondered if anyone on here suffers with them and if they have any methods to deal with it?

I have been told it is rare, i just wondered if anyone on here suffers with them...

Sammie35

•8 years ago

8 Replies

Can't sleep..steroids

Started prednisilone this morning, got an emergency appointment, thankfully it was my GP, who knows me well. He greeted me with a chuckle and "breathing...

Started prednisilone this morning, got an emergency appointment, thankfully it w...

Dizzy412

•8 years ago

16 Replies

Sore throat and tight chest

Evening all, I have currently got a sore throat, tight chest and wizzing i have had this for the past few days and am a bit worried. I'm Currently on...

Evening all, I have currently got a sore throat, tight chest and wizzing i hav...

DavidLewis

•8 years ago

6 Replies

A few questions

Do any of you have flu like symptoms at your worst ie sore throat, shivering,loss of appetite etc? The doctor has give me two weeks worth of antibiotics as he...

Do any of you have flu like symptoms at your worst ie sore throat, shivering,los...

Brenviking

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Update high blood pressure

Hi all went to Drs today she said it maybe the pred but is doubtful it is. Got to go for blood test and a heart tracing and have a 24 hour blood pressure...

Hi all went to Drs today she said it maybe the pred but is doubtful it is. Got t...

Lyngal

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Possible trigger?

Hi guys, I am brand new to asthma topic, as I was diagnosed with mild asthma on Friday. I have been experiencing breathing difficultis since the last few weeks...

Hi guys, I am brand new to asthma topic, as I was diagnosed with mild asthma on ...

Hanitchka

•8 years ago

16 Replies

Asthma

Hi i'm new to this asthma

simon12

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Walk in forest...seemed like a good idea

Lovely sunny day yesterday, so hubby and I decided to go e for a walk and enjoy the lovely weather. I became very short of breath, wheezy and coughing. Had...

Lovely sunny day yesterday, so hubby and I decided to go e for a walk and enjoy ...

Dizzy412

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Blood pressure

Hi all hope your all feeling well. Every time I go and see the asthma nurse she takes my blood pressure and it's been on the high side and I'm blaming it on...

Hi all hope your all feeling well. Every time I go and see the asthma nurse she ...

Lyngal

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Mad

MAD Hi everyone out there , I. Looking for some ideas I have very severe brittle asthma which has caused me to become registered disabled . I did nurse and...

MAD Hi everyone out there , I. Looking for some ideas I have very severe brit...

Rainbows22

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Anyone like me?

Hi All, this is only my second post (I'm new... ) But is there anyone like me? I have recently been diagnosed with post viral asthma. I am on the orange...

Hi All, this is only my second post (I'm new... ) But is there anyone like me? I...

Matilda1

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Mannitol challange followed by a lung function test?

I've just received a invite to a lung function test and it's been booked for straight after an appointment for the mannitol test. Is this usual? Just wondering...

I've just received a invite to a lung function test and it's been booked for str...

maddy01

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Ant id ease...new regime

Would love some opinions on this please. Thank you in advance. Saw consultant about three weeks ago. She s taken me off seretide 4 puffs twice a day. So I am...

Would love some opinions on this please. Thank you in advance. Saw consultant a...

Dizzy412

•8 years ago

2 Replies

Update

Hi everyone hope everyone ok I now having intense physio on my wrist now and my word it hurts bad seen orphopiedics yesterday and had another X-ray and not...

Hi everyone hope everyone ok I now having intense physio on my wrist now and m...

Tracey1972

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Newcastle complex asthma clinic

Does anyone attend the complex asthma clinic in Newcastle

Carolyn82

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Summer cold

Morning all ..... After a trip to the hospital last Friday for bloods and a skin prick allergy test, using public transport, I've picked up a stinking...

Morning all ..... After a trip to the hospital last Friday for bloods and a skin...

Mark-f

•8 years ago

6 Replies

New to Asthma..

Hi... I was diagnosed 2 yrs ago following a 3 mth viral chest infection... prescribed DuoResp to use as a preventer and reliever if required.. Im very active...

Hi... I was diagnosed 2 yrs ago following a 3 mth viral chest infection... presc...

1974lovejoy

•8 years ago

29 Replies

Lung Function Test

After receiving my initial diagnosis last week, I have now received a letter from the hospital to go for a lung function test at the cardio respiratory (ECG)...

After receiving my initial diagnosis last week, I have now received a letter fro...

ericat659Asthma

•8 years ago

7 Replies

Posts - Asthma Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

Asthma Community Forum

All posts for July 2016

Pred side effects

Vitamin d and asthma

Cough, scratchy chest and throat clearing

Breathing training

little info :(

Help everyone...I didn't know

To wheeze or not to wheeze that is the question.

Medication review every 6 months...

Asthma nurse and asthma triggers

Am I such an inigma ?

Xolair

Cough variant asthma

Does anyone suffer with asthma and vocal chord dysfunction?

Can't sleep..steroids

Sore throat and tight chest

A few questions

Update high blood pressure

Possible trigger?

Asthma

Walk in forest...seemed like a good idea

Blood pressure

Mad

Anyone like me?

Mannitol challange followed by a lung function test?

Ant id ease...new regime

Update

Newcastle complex asthma clinic

Summer cold

New to Asthma..

Lung Function Test

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