Stories

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...

In the past month, I've been to the ER twice. The first time, the doctor just said I had bronchitis and gave me a weeks worth of meds they worked...

I was diagnosed with severe eosinophilic asthma in 2008. You basically go from living your life and doing anything and everything you wanted to nothing in a matter of two...

As a child, I never really knew what asthma really was despite having it, and many times being affected by it. I always had my mom standing by my side...

Asthma has impacted my daily life for as long as I can remember. I always had to be careful about going outside in cold weather, windy or damp weather. I...

I was formally diagnosed in high school, but after asking about symptoms, my doctor figured out that I actually had asthma since childhood but it had been missed by previous...

My lungs started showing problems since I was 3 years old. I don't even remember having healthy lungs, my entire life I've been dealing with bronchitis, allergies, and then after...