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Asthma

Shardovan

I finally got formally diagnosed with asthma, thanks to a private appointment and a nitric oxide measurement (via the latest parts per billion measuring tech) that left no room for doubt. The GP had given me an inhaler for taking twice a day, that I had found to be pretty ineffectual so I think it wasn't strong enough. Now I'll have two instead - both stronger and more targeted and will see how that goes. Hopefully there will be fewer days of coughing at the slightest trigger, extreme recurring hoarseness, additional fatigue beyond the autism-related quotient, and so on. Quite the relief to be relived and to get such a clear answer beyond the 'it sounds a bit like  it might be.... why don't you try...' generalities that GPs are understandably more restricted to. 

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  • Just had a cold!

    These always make my cough worse. Often I cough, cough, cough until I choke, or am sick. My doctor wanted me on steroids but the side effects were so unpleasant I gave it up, then covid came along. 

    The chalk at the school where I work hurts my airways, because of allergies and reflux, the doctors say, the most embarrassing incident recently was when coughing because of the chalk led to my inhaling a Dorotricin tablet, right in front of one of my, most rambunctious classes! Fun........

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  • Just had a cold!

    These always make my cough worse. Often I cough, cough, cough until I choke, or am sick. My doctor wanted me on steroids but the side effects were so unpleasant I gave it up, then covid came along. 

    The chalk at the school where I work hurts my airways, because of allergies and reflux, the doctors say, the most embarrassing incident recently was when coughing because of the chalk led to my inhaling a Dorotricin tablet, right in front of one of my, most rambunctious classes! Fun........

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