Stories

There are many scary times I’ve had but this takes the cake so far. It happened in my 20’s. I was considered healthy, fit, and trim and it was a...

I have had breathing issues all my life. The doctors would always stick a stethoscope to my chest and not hear anything. Never heard anything about the connection between GERD...

Six years ago, I ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. I was sick for at least a month with what I thought was just a bad cold. Right after...

I had a reaction to a new inhaler. My mouth broke out in sores all over. I finally figured out liquid Benadryl calmed it, and antacids. When the sores healed...

I grew up with bronchitis since I was four years old, However, in 2008 I was working for a supply company and I assumed in tearing down a moth-balled location...

For a long time, I only got SOB, wheezing, and a dry cough. When I talked with a doctor and was having the symptoms while seeing him, he said I...

Hi everyone. I would like to know is there any alternative to prednisone. I cannot take oral steroids because I have type 2 diabetes. I use inhaled steroids but it's...

I have recently noticed that when my asthma is under control as it is right now. I don't get Hypnic Jerks, which is an involuntary muscle jerk when falling asleep...

I had shared before that the doctor I thought was on the right track suddenly stopped responding so I decided after several calls and emails to look for a new...

Sleeping on a futon very close to a nylon carpet is a nightmare waiting to happen. I have slept on carpets and futons before and there has never been an...

I came upon this site when I was looking for info about handheld nebulizers. As I read the posts, I began to mull over the role asthma had played in...

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...