Asthma

Anyone else asthmatic? I got diagnosed properly with Asthma a couple of months ago but have been boderline for years. I have recently had a really sore throat and was wondering if it's anything to do with my inhalers or just a cold?

Reply 1

OMGWTF

1

My asthma is really sensitive to cold weather, or humid weather and I get a sore throat and a tight chest. Im starting to grow out of it now, and I only use the inhaler 2/3 times a week :biggrin:

Reply 2

Sophdoph

OP

1

Maybe its the humidity then..I have a preventer so I take that twice a day, use my reliever probably once every other day..I think it's still getting under control at the moment! That's really good you hardly need to use yours now :smile:

Reply 3

OMGWTF

1

Yeah im really happy im finally growing out of it. Swimming helped alot when I was younger. I've found that cities, on hot days, really don't like asthmatic lungs. But Switzerland, France, Italy and Sea Breezes love asthma and don't affect me at all

Reply 4

buttons7

1

probably just a cold. although i sometimes find my throat feels a bit sore after i've used an inhaler. i don't really know enough about asthma to comment, though - mine is really mild, i only use the inhaler to alleviate discomfort (because i can't sleep when i can't breathe properly!), which is probably only once every couple of months. i doubt an inhaler would cause a really sore throat. you're probably just more susceptible to colds because you're asthmatic.

Reply 5

vin

15

Ive had it for years since I was 3. But for a wile now it seems to have phased out almost. I only need an inhaler a few times a week. But on holiday in Tunisia I only had it twice in 2 weeks.

Reply 6

Sephrenia

16

ive had it all my life. my asthma normally gets worse when i move around the country - ie dorset to wiltshire, dorset to cornwall, and changes is weather. ive been taking my inhaler more recently because ive just moved house, so different humidity levels. i normally find that my chest and side itch when i have an attack, anyone else get that?

Reply 7

Lil Lee Lee

2

I've had asthma for as long as I can remember, but it always gets worse in the Summer

Reply 8

yorkshirelass

14

My asthma is always worse in the winter.. I think mainly because asthma usually goes with hay fever but that's not one of my triggers so I've never had a problem with it. Cold winter mornings are the worst! My big trigger is going up hills, because of the change in altitude (my parents think it's because I'm unfit, but I can tell it's my asthma because my legs don't give out and as soon as I've used my inhaler I can keep going). Oh, and my parents in themselves are a trigger because they smoke around me no matter how many times I tell them not to. My Dad smokes in the study while I'm asleep and I regularly wake up coughing and have to use my inhaler several times in the night. Not good!

Reply 9

vin

15

Heavy excersise never seems to help, eg. cross country and bleep tests at school. But luckily we have none of that now in collage.

Reply 10

Gem

14

I have asthma, its been getting really bad lately :frown:

Can't walk down to the village without neeidng my inhaler :frown:

but then again I walk really fast and should probably slpw down :redface:

If you're worried about your throat, it's probably best to mention it next time you go to the doctor/asthma clinic. Or of course if it gets worse, go and see a doctor anyway.

Reply 11

Sophdoph

OP

1

Thanks guys and girls :smile:

I think it is just a bit of a cold, I guess my immune system is weaker now..not that it's ever been very strong!

I hate it so much when people smoke around me, it makes me feel really ick now especially since I've been on my inhalers I almost seem more sensitive to it because my airways are more open. I usually just say "can you not smoke, I'm asthmatic" but it's really hard in restaurants and stuff when you have no control over others.

Reply 12

JoeCool_Lemming

I have quite bad asthma, and mine always gets worse in the summer or when I'm in the country for some reason. It's not so bad in the city, but if I go anywhere in the summer I end up getting tight chested and wheezy. Asthma sucks.

Reply 13

Sephrenia

16

JoeCool_Lemming

I have quite bad asthma, and mine always gets worse in the summer or when I'm in the country for some reason. It's not so bad in the city, but if I go anywhere in the summer I end up getting tight chested and wheezy. Asthma sucks.

hear hear!

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