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Sloane Miller

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posted 03/05/2008, comments (2)

Walk this Way: Asthma and Back Pain

Walk this Way As someone with lifelong asthma, my upper and lower back are places that hold an extreme amount of tension. This is not uncommon for asthma sufferers. After a bad bout of bronchitis, my back and chest can hurt for weeks. Even during daily activities, I may notice chest heaviness on an allergic day. Back tightness is ever... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/29/2008, comment (1)

Update and/or frustration vent

I am still being plagued by the aftermath of a resiratory infection I thought that I was over with a couple of weeks ago. I was approaching the end of a four week taper of prednisone and hoped to get off it after my followup visit with my pulmonologist on Wednesday. Unfortunately I get really winded with very little effort these last few... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/24/2008, comment (1)

drugs side effects....oh so annoying

my asthma was undiagnosed unless i was about 17, when i entered the fuculty of medicine. the smell in the dissecting room was over peared, in my childhood i used to have hay fever especially during summer and spring (pollen grains allergy), iam also allergic to any caffiene containing food (tea, coffee, niscafee even coca) and many other food... Read more Chevron

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Kathi MacNaughton

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posted 02/22/2008, comments (0)

An Asthma Website Just for Teens

Every teen knows that having asthma might not be that unusual, but it can still make you feel like you're different at times. Whether it's having to bow out of certain activities because they make your asthma "act up" or having to carry around a dorky looking plastic inhaler everywhere you go, asthma can set you apart from... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/19/2008, comment (1)

Fatigued

I am in the third week of feeling a bit off. Now that the initial respiratory infetion problem has been taken care of (I hope), I am in the midst of completing a prednisone taper. I still have about 8 more days on pred. I return for a followup visit to the pulmonologist next week. What is unusual to me is that some days I feel normal and on other... Read more Chevron

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