Stories

Until today I had no idea anyone else experienced the itchy chin. I experienced it for years when I laughed and started to wheeze because I had asthma as a...

I am 81 years old. I had severe asthma in my early years. I lived in Lansing, Michigan until I was eight and then in a small city in northern...

Over 20 years ago I experienced shortness of breath that wouldn’t respond to my rescue inhaler. I had been having to use it more often in the preceding weeks. I...

I've been diagnosed with asthma since I was 16 and was told it was stress related as I had suffered the loss of my mother. For many years, I didn't...

Recently, I did an article about preparing for your travel on an airline and having asthma. As much as I thought I was prepared for air travel with asthma, I...

In November of 1989, I was hospitalized with asthmatic bronchitis. My GP had been trying to treat it for weeks and finally admitted defeat and admitted me. I remember that...

It was only in the past couple of years that I realised I was pretty much coughing during and after eating meals, snacks, or drinking certain fluids. I have found...

I was diagnosed with asthma in 2007 after a positive bronchial challenge test. My only symptom is constant, and I mean CONSTANT, coughing and throat clearing. It drives my husband...

Hi everyone, it's been a while since I was last on Asthma.net, but during that time I have learned a huge amount about the lungs, what impacts them, and about...

I am now 72 and was diagnosed with adult-onset asthma about 20 years ago. I also have reflux (apparently it is controlled) and sinus drainage (I take Zyrtec for a...

If you are like me, you never really know when "the asthma" is going to rear its ugly head. I was finally diagnosed with asthma in April 2015 at the...

My dad is dying of COPD and Level 2 respiratory failure. He is stabilized with oxygen but I have come dangerously close to losing my dad four times since my...

This is my recent experience from June 15, 2022. I hadn't had Chinese food in several months. Normally I'll eat half the meal and my daughter will finish it the...

So, I'm a 20-year-old who was diagnosed with adult-onset asthma a few months ago. My Mom is a nurse. I have mild intermittent asthma. Respiratory viruses are my worst trigger...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I had nothing to worry about because I had always gotten my flu shots. Little did I know that I had a lot to worry about...

I was diagnosed with asthma young and hayfever allergies when I was 5 years old. My family and I were at a beautiful park with a couple of ponds. I...

This may be hard for some to believe as it was for me, but I love running with asthma. For 48 years I struggled with asthma. NO different from any...

I have traveled a lot and learned a few things. For plane travel with asthma, I pack all of my medical needs in one separate bag and a single change...

Several years ago, I took on a job in an office in a very old building. It was a job that I really enjoyed and the co-workers were great! Two...

I was diagnosed with asthma at age 7. It made me scared and always ask God, "why?" I had attacks at least once every week, at times two to three...