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Chest infections and Asthma

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julie97822
julie97822

Hello, I am 47 years old and keep getting chest infections and bad asthma, taking antibiotics again and losing more time off work. Any tips?

Julie

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  • jay7196
    jay7196

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    Hello Julie. You have asthma, so what medications are you taking? I use Symbicort 160 with Atrovent , x2 daily and this, for me, is the solution. As for the chest infections, pneumonia visits me every winter when the rain starts, not managed to find a cure for this yet apart from moving to a hot dry country . ha ha.
  • julie97822
    julie97822

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    Hi, thanks for replying, I am on symbicort x2 twice daily and ventolin when needed.Think we both need to win the lottery and move abroad. Must be a nightmare having pneumonia, Julie
  • jay7196
    jay7196

    Posted

    Hello, maybe you should change the Ventolin for ATROVENT. They informed me that the use of Ventolin over the years was the cause of my S:V:T: that started Dec 2012 and made 2013 a very annoying year till they chose the correct drum for me. Pneumonia is not too bad, the stays in hospital are a pleasure really, you get waited on, lounge about all day and the food was so good I gained 5 kilo on 2 weeks - ! ! ( I am abroad but it does rain a bit wintertime) You dont need to win the lottery- its easy to live here.
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