Stories

Nearly all of us have similar doctor stories. Mine go like this. My first GP told me to try a variety of puffers. No improvement. "You must be stressed.... go...

Before I acquired asthma in 2014, I was fit and active. I swam regularly, hiked, did tai chi, and took regular walks with my dog. Since having asthma, I find...

Not everyone can afford to buy a house or flat to their own exact specifications; many people, like myself, have to rent. Depending on the area and the country, it...

I have severe neutrophilic asthma. That means it is hard to control. Good control for me means I take Symbicort RapiHaler preventer - two puffs three times, and, that I...

My name is Jenny and I am 42 years old. I am a single mama to an amazing 10-year-old daughter. I was diagnosed with adult-onset asthma many years ago, but...

I have heard that there are several types of asthma, but none seem to fit me. My eosinophil count is right on and while I have some allergies, they do...

When I was 13 years old my parents felt that I was old enough to start mowing the lawn at our house. I had done chores around the house and...

I did some research after investigating what can help with asthma. I am a chronic asthmatic, had two respiratory events, and am desperate for relief. I came across a case...

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...