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As a follow-up from an ER visit in February which showed an abnormal EKG, I was referred to a cardiologist who ordered an Echocardiogram and a nuclear stress test. I...

I thought I had found a great doctor last year. He tried new medicines and had great success controlling my asthma until I didn't and ended up in the ER...

I have been struggling with nocturnal asthma since I was three. It worsened as I got older, resulting in many hours of lost sleep. It never got better, and I...

I was diagnosed about 5 years ago. I have 3 inhalers. One is my everyday inhaler, one is my before exercise inhaler, and the last one is my emergency inhaler...

In 2016 one year after being diagnosed with cancer, I came down with pneumonia. After healing from pneumonia, I was later diagnosed with onset asthma triggered by allergies. I've had...

I have been having my teeth breaking off and being really soft for years due to the brown asthma inhaler. It has cost me thousands in dental costs and is...

Since I was a small child I suffered from colds that got out of control. Hacking coughs - my mother called it the "seal cough" - that lasted 4-6 weeks...

My teeth have been breaking and have been weakened by the use of brown inhalers for asthma (my dentist said this on numerous occasions). This has been going on for...

I'm 35 years of age. I noticed this protruding mass in my nose back when I was still a teenager. I even tried to scrape it out with my fingernails...

I am a fairly new asthma sufferer, only being treated with maintenance medication a couple of years although suffered from allergies for a lot longer. I started a full exercise...

A few weeks ago I had one of those days that make you wish you never got out of bed. It started at 11 AM with a very tight chest...

I just read the good article here about how many people do not take asthma seriously. I believe that is very true. I have found that it may go even...

I am pretty sure I had asthma from childhood. I was very active outdoors but when the President Fitness Program started in the 60's, I started failing PE as I...

I am 55 years old and just recently learned I had eosinophilic asthma. I suffered for 3 years with a nasty, long-lasting cough every fall and winter (I live in...

As a child, I learned pretty quickly how to deal with my mild asthma. I stayed inside and read books and avoided extreme physical activity at any cost. Being a...

My dad was asthmatic. So was I at 3. My mom insisted I go to a faith healer. Damned near killed me by 4. Dad told her if she doesn't...

There's never a day where I can just forget that I have asthma. Some days are worse than others of course. But I am almost never able to just have...

I had an apartment that flooded. The landlord never cleaned it up. Good after a few weeks. I was coughing a lot in this one room. My breathing was bad...

First asthma attack happens at 4. At 7 years old - another asthma attack - parents take her to the doctors and was told by the doctor that there’s nothing...

I always say that I was born with asthma because there was never a time in my life when I wasn't struggling to breathe. When I was a child, I...