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- Does anyone have any ideas on what could cause your O2 level to drop suddenly? The other night I had to be treated at the ER and when I was checked in I was coughing severely, SOB and sweating but my O2 level was 98%. I was placed in a room and...
- I have a new inhaler and it has a dose counter on it. Each time I click it for an inhalation, it deducts it and shows how many doses are left. What a simple but brilliant idea. Instead of trying to remember to record each usage yourself (and...
- Now that summer has arrived in my area with a vengeance, I am reminded that my asthma doesn't care for it much. I don't think that it's just the heat (which is bad enough) but the humidity which has been very high and also the air quality isn't very...
- Sometimes you encounter triggers in the most unexpected places. My wife and I went to the local repertory theater to see their production of "12 Angry Men". Now I was a little concerned about the fragrances that some of the audience might wear but I...
- This is just a vent of sort. I have had an asthma flareup recently and am currently on prednisone for a few weeks. I have been fortunate so far with my diabetes and have been able to control my BS levels with diet alone. However each time I have...
- Well it's that time of year. It seems as if many in our community are dealing with respiratory infections...and of course it is complicated by our asthma. I am no different. I have just gotten over a URI following a course of antibiotics. However I...
- I have recently had a lot of trouble with my asthma due to a respiratory infection of some sort. I did receive a flu shot but maybe this is another strain or a very bad cold...I don't know.I saw my pulmonologist yesterday and she put me on...
- On Monday I saw an asthma specialist at the local University Lung Center for a followup appointment. He has prescribed another medication for me that is a numbing agent. I'm to take it in my nebulizer 4 times a day.He feels this may help control my...
- I have cough variant asthma. When I have a flare up I cough so hard that I see spots. On two occasions, however, I have actually blacked out briefly. It happened again today at the pulmonologist's office. I was in the examination room being...
- I know I'm probably being hyper sensitive but does anyone else have a problem with how asthmatics are portrayed in movies and tv? It seems as if I've seen numerous shows where a character uses an inhaler as a prop in order to emphasize that they are...
- Has anyone had to discontinue using Altace and Labetalol and switch to something else? I have been using these drugs for about 9 years and they have controlled my BP very well.Now my Asthma Doctor wants me to switch to something else. He thinks that...
- At my last visit with my pulmonologist he said to me at the end of the visit "Oh by the way, one of the results of your of your blood tests show that you are a carrier for Alpha1 deficiency." I was a little taken back by this because I had never...
- I was told today that I was a carrier for alpha1-proteinase inhibitor deficiency. Does anyone know much about this condition?
- I am a supervisor in the int5ake area of a very large jail.My work environment is a real pressure cooker. It is very stressful and busy, particularly on the third shift. I have high blood pressure which has been controlled well by medication....
- Has anyone run into the problem of people thinking that you are faking an asthma attack? Do some think you stage an attack either to get out of work or to be the center of attention? I have heard some comments to that effect after I had an attack...