I take everything listed below, plus on and off prednisolone. I have brittle asthma, depression and nerve pain due to an injury and subsequent op two years ago....
I agree that you should get your doctor to check you over and treat you for any infection. Sometimes it helps to clear your airways of mucous for twenty minutes or so before you go to bed - try a...
Many of the inhalers have side effects that include rapid heartbeat. You may find that a different reliever is less problematic. I find terbutaline more easy to tolerate than salbuterol (less...
It is very common to experience hoarseness and oral thrush with some inhalers - I agree that checking your technique and rinsing your mouth with water might help. Good luck....
I've been asthmatic all my life and am classed as Type 1 Brittle Asthma, though I think it is called refractory asthma in the US. This year has been particularly bad with hospital admissions and...
hope you had a lovely birthday and your pain is improving xx...
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Hi Jazz, What a terrible experience - I hope that you are beginning to get on top of things now. I hope that you never have to go through such a scary time again. I suffered pneumonia in May of this...
Mine are anything between 180 and 310 at the moment. I'm five feet and 150lbs (I know, too many steroids!) Last year I was hitting 350 fairly regularly but I've had control problems since Spring....
Hi, I won't pretend that it is pleasant but you will get through it ok, the sedative works quite well and your memory of the scope will be hazy. I remember gagging but not panicking, and it wasn't as...
Yes, I get a lot of back pain attributable to my asthma, usually on one or other side and often when I have a chest infection....
If your cough is producing yellow/green sputum, you may have a chest infection and should get checked out in case you need an antibiotic to clear it. Sometimes, even without infection, I find that...
I've had the scratch test a couple of times, (asthmatic since childhood) but my new consultant doesn't use them at all and takes blood instead to check IgE. She feels that this is more accurate....