Serious Asthma Advise Please

No humidifier. That seems to make it worse. Humidity in any form.

I try on the processed food but haven't paid the attention it looks like I might have to be. Food has never been an issue before but then I have never been out of control like this either. This has been horrible.

This year was suppose to be about losing weight - not BREATHING!!

That is the weird thing, my sinus seem to be clear and no nasty green stuff at all. During the day, no mucus. In the morning I am gagging on the stuff and coughing up tons of it. Makes for some weird nightmares, let me tell ya, lol

When an attack gets really bad try to make your room as humid as possible, by boiling a kettle. That will help to relax your airways.

I will try it again but I am very leery of humidity

You check your house for black mold?

How do your lungs feel? Do they hurt at all?

Any new pets in the house?

Something must have changed recently in your environment.

I just can't see how to account for the mucus in any other way.

My asthma was just that, asthma but with no mucus.

To me, it honestly sounds like you are having a reaction to something, or have mold somewhere in your house perhaps.

It hides out in walls where windows are, ceilings if your roof leaked, slowly leaking plumbing, etc.

No pain. Just tight as they have ever been. Have had mild to moderate asthma since I was a baby so this isn't new to me. But never been this bad either.

Two new kittens. Yes, I have allergies to cat but have always had them so built up an immunity. I take two allergy meds, one kind at night and one in the morning. That has always worked until I got that bug in Dec

not sure where you got that out of i never said that you can check Bitch Boy!

It honestly feels like I still have that bug, just weaker. If it gets worse again, if I can't control the asthma, I know I will end up in this hospital this time and I really hate hospitals. Germ infested creepy place it is.

1. Get allergy tested.
2. Stop dairy.
3. Stop smoking.
4. Moderate exercise.
5. Take plain tussin to loosen the crap.

During attack ... calm down. Slowly breathe in and out of your nose. As deep as you can.

Thank you

Menthol cigs are bad for your lungs.

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Last Edited by SerenaSeesAll on 02/10/2018 05:17 PM

Could be mold, dust mites etc.

*makes OP some honey-tea*

Have been vacuuming everyday. What else to kill off mites?

Mold, we have checked seems like it is clean.

Sipping on some now tbh

mullein with raw honey

Last Edited by WhiteAngel on 02/10/2018 05:25 PM

quit dairy

almond milk, almond and coconut ice cream, coconut cream for coffee, there are all kinds of dairy alternatives now

I was allergic (or so I thought) to cats most of my life until I realized dairy was the main culprit, making my immune system hypersensitive to things that normally wouldn’t bother me like cats and pollen

now I have 4 cats and no problem

also try an oil diffuser with essential oil mixtures for breathing, my favorite is Respire by Living Pure

every now and then I’ll cheat too much with dairy and end up sneezing for a couple of days, I love Bailey’s Irish Cream! like if I have Bailey’s a few days in a row and some yogurt I may end up sneezing, you have to remember to take the enzyme, too!

if you absolutely have to cheat once in awhile, take a strong digestive enzyme that will digest most of the milk protein, casein, and that will lessen the confusion for the immune system, I like Digest Spectrum by Enzymedica, cheap ones won’t do it, I’ve tried

the main allergens wheat, dairy, corn and soy are bad not because of an actual allergic reaction (rare) but because the proteins are long and tightly wound, making them extremely difficult to break apart and digest with our body’s enzymes

undigested food feeds the bad bacteria in the intestines and causes inflammation in the intestinal lining and all over, confusing the immune system

Last Edited by Catseye on 02/10/2018 05:35 PM

Cheese and bread noooooooooo

I make my own breads and my family will kill me, joking.

How about sour dough breads, same issues?

Cheese - that is the stuff we all eat a lot of.

Look into histamine intolerance. Water and sea salt are natural antihistamines.

Also, stress really worsens this condition so have a good anti- stress program for yourself.

Probably already been mentioned, but the buteyko breathing method cured my 20 year asthma in a couple of months

dairy is known to produce more mucous, wheat and corn and soy have their own issues but dairy is the main one for sinus and asthma related issues, cheese is packed with the milk protein casein, if you can’t get off cheese then at least take the digestive enzyme that digests casein but don’t waste time with a cheap one, you can really tell the difference

I make my own bread, too! I use the almond milk and gluten free flours

if you can find a holistic doc that uses muscle testing you can go through a list of foods pretty quickly and know what you have a problem with

goat cheese is not as bad as cow cheese, BTW

I do miss cheese, and sour dough bread! you can try raw milk cheeses, they’re usually available at health food stores, the proteins haven’t been super pasteurized which contributes to them being harder to digest, I had good luck with them when I was in FL, I can’t get all the same goodies down here

gluten free diet,,I posted a reply on the EQ thread..

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I will check that out over there Arnie - ty

I will look at the health food store for the raw milk cheeses. Have seen others post about it.

With all the digestive issues I have, one would think I would pay more attention to glutten

Be back in a bit, family is demanding my attention for a while.

I've had severe asthma for the past 12 years after two back-to-back bouts with pnuemonia. I have found that taking 4 MSM capsules a day and one capsule of licorice root has helped immensely. A himilayan salt inhaler helps a lot as well. However, there is nothing that works better than a good ole ventolin inhaler.

Oh yeah. I've found that cutting out wheat, grains, sugar and dairy has also helped a lot! I'm severely allergic to gluten - it gives me severe asthma. I think most people with asthma have bad food allergies.