Trying diet changes
Hello,I'm from south London I like this great site,I've lived with asthma all my life,had various inhalers,from spin halers in the 70s,ventolin,becotide,and now symbercourt 200,I probably had the worst job as a plasterer,and from the age of 60 had recouring chest infections,this unfortunately made me retire at 65,I've been to the chest clinic as no antibiotics were working, they've discovered I have psudemonis and aspergillus,it's hard to get rid of and they talk of intravenous antibiotics,I actually feel ok,just a bit wheezy,I'm sure my building trade job was to blame,so now I'm retired the stress of working has gone,I've started taking various vitamins ect,b12, tumeric, lemon and ginger,bits...so maybe that's helped...I done some research today and basically found out that to much sugar can cause inflammation,I do have a sweet tooth,so..I'm really looking forward to seeing what happens if I stop eating chocolate, biscuits,and sweets..I'm optimistic .ps...why don't doctors and specialists tell us to cut out sugar?, thanks for reading,I hope your all ok.
Hi.
Thank you for joining the conversation here and sharing your own personal experience with asthma and diet changes. I had a spinhaler too for many years as a kid. It is neat how far asthma medications have evolved since then. Regarding your question, it is difficult to know why doctors don't talk to us more about diet and what to eat to avoid inflammation if you have asthma. My girlfriend and I discussed this just the other day. She says that doctors are just "drug pushers." There are, however, natropathic/ holistic doctors who do focus on that angle of health? Have you ever considered seeing such a doctor? John. community moderator.
Hi John, thanks for replying,to be honest,I've relied all my life on my GP and now that they've referred me to the chest clinic for the first time,(I've been with the chest clinic over a year now)but the appointments have gone to every 6 months now,my next isat the end of April,the specialist knows I don't want to go down the intravenous antibiotics route,but she says my condition is very hard to treat.yes I'm willing to look into your suggestions,that's an exciting prospect,let me know if you have any links or suggestions John.
Thanks kind regards Michael
Hello - great to hear you found our site. I'm sorry to hear about the difficult journey you've been on for a while now. It's great you are being proactive and supplementing your health with vitamins and minerals to ease symptoms. As you know, Pseudomonas and Aspergillus infections are hard to treat and manage. It's great you are not giving up and continue to research to improve your health. Inflammation and sugar are indeed connected. Here's a link to a good article from the Allergy & Asthma Network with some useful information regarding inflammation and asthma. We support your positivity and hope you achieve great results as you move forward on your journey to better health concerning asthma and sugar.
https://allergyasthmanetwork.org/news/when-asthma-more-than-asthma-type-inflammation/#:~:text=As%20many%20as%2050%2D70,cytokines%2C%20chemokines%20and%20IgE%20antibodies.
Thoughtfully, Rebecca (team member)
