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Good news recycling inhalers

Just a quick note that if you have old inhalers that you have stopped using because you are on new or different ones you can get them recycled. Boots and...

Just a quick note that if you have old inhalers that you have stopped using beca...

elanaoali

•7 years ago

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Some good news... I think

So I went for an asthma check the other day, my peak flow was low but the nurse said that could be because I hadn't been for an asthma check as often as I...

So I went for an asthma check the other day, my peak flow was low but the nurse ...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Avamys nasal spray

I have been suffer from an achy eye for the last two days and what I thought was a cold. My left eye aches when the pollution count is high ie. hay fever. So I...

I have been suffer from an achy eye for the last two days and what I thought was...

elanaoali

•7 years ago

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And again

Well back on prednisone again with another antibiotic Doxycycline, just seem to get rid of an infection and another one comes. The joys of winter 😒On a good...

Well back on prednisone again with another antibiotic Doxycycline, just seem to ...

Lyngal

•7 years ago

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Hi

Hi all just had pick line in no more needles hurray been rough few days but hopefully feel better soon

Hi all just had pick line in no more needles hurray been rough few days but hope...

Tracey1972

•7 years ago

11 Replies

Evening all

Hope everyone doing ok I've had a rough old day today with my breathe and heart rate still plodding along over 100 nurses and docs worrying I had lots nebs...

Hope everyone doing ok I've had a rough old day today with my breathe and heart ...

Tracey1972

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Coughing at night

Hi Since September I've had one cold after another....Each time I've had a bad chest/cough. The last cold turned to bronchitis. I feel as tho I've more or...

Hi Since September I've had one cold after another....Each time I've had a bad ...

Happychicken

•7 years ago

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Xolair - A miracle - 50 years of suffering gone !!

I started Xolair 4 months ago, goodbye to Ventolin, pred, nebs, green color inhaler and from 6 puffs of symbicort a day to 2 if I remember. Stone and a half...

I started Xolair 4 months ago, goodbye to Ventolin, pred, nebs, green color inha...

Breathagain

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Xolair

Good evening fellow huffers and puffers .... I've completed the 16 week trial and have now got the green light for continued xolair treatment, I see my...

Good evening fellow huffers and puffers .... I've completed the 16 week trial an...

Mark-f

•7 years ago

2 Replies

Azithromycin 250mg

Hello everybody I had a follow-up appointment yesterday. They suggested I take Azithromycin 250mg for my asthma 3 times a week as prevention. I said no nicely....

Hello everybody I had a follow-up appointment yesterday. They suggested I take A...

Hidden

•7 years ago

24 Replies

Inhaled Steroid Dangers and Side Effects

As suffers from Respiratory Disorders, most of us make a 'trade-off' (be it an unconscious one) by accepting the risks of both Oral and Inhaled Steroids in...

As suffers from Respiratory Disorders, most of us make a 'trade-off' (be it an u...

Matman

•7 years ago

20 Replies

Morning

What a night people snoring and cracks making noise all night had neb before bed and got all settled and had a boot a hour canulas won't stay in the one I got...

What a night people snoring and cracks making noise all night had neb before bed...

Tracey1972

•7 years ago

5 Replies

If Ventolin helps does that mean you definatly have asthma?

No cough or wheeze but I do get gassy and tightness and my breathing completely stops. I am terrified of chronic illness and will do anything to avoid an...

No cough or wheeze but I do get gassy and tightness and my breathing completely ...

GreatGateway

•7 years ago

11 Replies

Update

Hi all in all settled in now in the rbh same bed and ward I was in last time so resting now ready for the hydrocortisone to start hope everyone ok take care

Hi all in all settled in now in the rbh same bed and ward I was in last time so...

Tracey1972

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Chesty infection vs asthma flare up

Hi I'm new to this asthma stuff as my daughter is 20 months and been diagnosed with infant asthma. So I'm learning as i go! Just wondered how I tell the...

Hi I'm new to this asthma stuff as my daughter is 20 months and been diagnosed w...

afh74

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Breathing Difficulties - any one else suffering

Good Morning all other the past 3 months I have had problems with my breathing and after trips to the hospital and GP I am always advised I have 'an...

Good Morning all other the past 3 months I have had problems with my breathing ...

Johnwatts

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Morning

Good m Thing everyone hope u all well, Today is finally here and time to go into rbh hospital In for 1.30 lungs will b happy for a while take care and I...

Good m Thing everyone hope u all well, Today is finally here and time to go into...

Tracey1972

•7 years ago

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Really bad burning pain in chest.

I've had a few weeks of being coldy, peak flow down to about 70%, nothing terrible. Problem is I feel pretty Rubbish in myself (exhausted and weak) and for...

I've had a few weeks of being coldy, peak flow down to about 70%, nothing terrib...

M-j-m-1

•7 years ago

9 Replies

asthma attack and lungs reacting

I had lots of questions going on inside my head. This is my second one of the day. When I had an asthma attack last year my chest go very tight. That is part...

I had lots of questions going on inside my head. This is my second one of the d...

elanaoali

•7 years ago

2 Replies

prenisolone and asthma attacks

This question has been sticking in my mind this week. If you are on prenisolone to recover from an asthma attack and this to reduce the inflammation to get...

This question has been sticking in my mind this week. If you are on prenisolone ...

elanaoali

•7 years ago

15 Replies

Montleukast

Hi has anyone found any benefits from being on Montleukast (Singulair) 10mg daily or any other dose?

Hi has anyone found any benefits from being on Montleukast (Singulair) 10mg dai...

Hidden

•7 years ago

17 Replies

Allergy to Dogs

I've got atopic asthma and im allergic to dogs. (My partner has two) and it triggers my tight chest and horrid cough every now and then but its not just that i...

I've got atopic asthma and im allergic to dogs. (My partner has two) and it trig...

CSmidge

•7 years ago

9 Replies

GP refusing to prescribe more than 1 reliever

I'm new here and would appreciate some advice! I've had asthma for nearly 40 years and was taking symbicort and ventolin as a reliever. My GP has now refused...

I'm new here and would appreciate some advice! I've had asthma for nearly 40 yea...

Tittlemouse

•7 years ago

11 Replies

Please listen to patients!

I need to vent! It's so frustrating knowing what you need but nobody listening to you. I understand you're a nurse practitioner and you've had how many...

I need to vent! It's so frustrating knowing what you need but nobody listening t...

lishapartington

•7 years ago

19 Replies

Hi

Hi all hope u all doing week one more day then off to rbh for 7 days of iv hydrocortisone what fun but if it helps my poor old lungs and going help them a...

Hi all hope u all doing week one more day then off to rbh for 7 days of iv hydr...

Tracey1972

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Maryeileen

Hi , I saw that someone posted that asthmatic patients could not take a beta blockers but I thought that Bisoprolol is ok as its cardiac selective ?

Hi , I saw that someone posted that asthmatic patients could not take a beta blo...

Maryeileen1

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Recovery from pneumonia

Hello, 6 weeks ago I was admitted to hospital for meningococcal pneumonia. They discharged me after 3 and a bit days and I've been recoving at home since then....

Hello, 6 weeks ago I was admitted to hospital for meningococcal pneumonia. They ...

weezylouisee

•7 years ago

5 Replies

Still not right

I had pneumonia at the start of September which took 7 weeks or so, numerous antibiotics & prednisolone to get rid of. Had a chest infection in the august...

I had pneumonia at the start of September which took 7 weeks or so, numerous ant...

-Butterfly-

•7 years ago

14 Replies

Post Prednisolone

Hi! On Friday I took the last dose of a 5 day course of steroid tablets (finish antibiotics today) for a recurring chest infection. By day 3 my peak flow was...

Hi! On Friday I took the last dose of a 5 day course of steroid tablets (finish ...

Choristermum

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Unsure

Since Friday I've had a bad cold( feels like flu) .just spent two days in bed,I'm asthmatic and have good control. I use a lilac inhaler twice a day and very...

Since Friday I've had a bad cold( feels like flu) .just spent two days in bed,I'...

Jillp62

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Posts - Asthma Community Forum | HealthUnlocked

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All posts for December 2016

Good news recycling inhalers

Some good news... I think

Avamys nasal spray

And again

Hi

Evening all

Coughing at night

Xolair - A miracle - 50 years of suffering gone !!

Xolair

Azithromycin 250mg

Inhaled Steroid Dangers and Side Effects

Morning

If Ventolin helps does that mean you definatly have asthma?

Update

Chesty infection vs asthma flare up

Breathing Difficulties - any one else suffering

Morning

Really bad burning pain in chest.

asthma attack and lungs reacting

prenisolone and asthma attacks

Montleukast

Allergy to Dogs

GP refusing to prescribe more than 1 reliever

Please listen to patients!

Hi

Maryeileen

Recovery from pneumonia

Still not right

Post Prednisolone

Unsure

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