Silent Asthma
In 1985 I had a bad cough and producing sputum and blood. The top specialists in the UK admitted me to the hospital, had physio, nebulizer and inhalers, Xrays. He diagnosed me with asthma, I said I don't wheeze, he said I have silent asthma. I've been taking inhalers since and have managed to stay away from the hospital. Most of Australia's doctors have not heard of silent asthma. Yet I was diagnosed in 1985....just after my second son was born.
The first sign to watch for is fatigue as your airways swell and oxygen is deprived. I had a CT scan not long ago because of chest infections which did show small airway disease etc.
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