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Immunotherapy for Asthma
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Tell us about your personal experience with Immunotherapy as a treatment: Has it worked? Have you had any issues? Any recommendations or tips?
Posted on 10/12/06, 08:10 am |
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ask miaraw84 about this 
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Pardon my ignorance, but what is it?
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simply, it's using various methods to both boost the immune system and prevent asthmatic responses
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Well, does taking a multivitamin everyday count? For immune system boosts, I get the flu shot (got both flu and pneumonia this year), and drink echinacea tea (mixed with peppermint).
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No, drinking tea, taking vitimins and getting a flu shot, though perhaps helpful for some, do not count in this respect.
This consists of various medical methods of manipulating the immune system usually through a series of injections or intravenous infusions.
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I triied immunothearpy a few years back and had 2 bad reactions so I can do longer have that option
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My daughter take immunotherapy drugs. she has injections and iv course of immunosuppressants. the main reason she has this is to try and reduce her steriod use but this is not proving very good just now.
mummyuk
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ive had it for over a year.
there was one specific kind that worked for me but they stopped making it because it was too expensive. i tried another kind after that but results didnt prove as good so i stopped. my immunologist is going to try me on another one soon. hes looking up more info on it
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