Off the meds for over a month and no symptoms of asthma. I am fairly certain I never had asthma. I had severe breathing difficulty for a long time and now poof it is gone.

 Thanks for the info...

 
   "NorthShoreCEO" <NorthShoreCEO@aol.com> wrote in message news:YOWdnXqzwNVdrkLZnZ2dnUVZ_sSdnZ2d@comcast.com...
   It sounds like you had asthma caused by bacteria.  Studies indicate asthma has different causes, and unresolved bacteria (mycoplasma or chlamydia pneumoniae you can get with a cold, flu, bronchitis or pneumonia), can linger in the tissue of your lungs and sinuses until it's resolved with antibiotics.  Were you on Azithromycin?  That seems to be the antibiotic that clears it up the fastest.  

   If you weren't on the right antibiotic for the right period of time, it's possible that it resolved enough of the infection to cause your asthma to settle down for a while, but if you get a cold, bronchitis, or flu, it will flare up again and the asthma will be back.  If that happens, most doctors would tell you that you were only in remission, but it was probably a case of not being on the right antibiotic long enough to totally eradicate the bacteria.  IF that happens, I would show my doctor studies about this and ask him to treat me using Dr. Hahn's protocol, which is Azithromycin - take 500 mgs once a day for three days in a row, and one week later take 750 mgs on one day, followed by once a week doses of 750 mgs for a total of twelve weeks.  

   You can find more information about this at www.asthmastory.com.  I had asthma for 33 years, but was treated by Dr. Hahn over three years ago and haven't had any asthma or asthma meds since.  My son had exercise induced asthma and was treated and he's been in the clear for almost three years.  

   Please contact your doctor and let him know about this so he can treat others using the right protocol.  Not everyone has this type of asthma, but hopefully he'll be willing to treat the group that does.

     "yea" <no@spam.com> wrote in message news:xSvDg.1453$FL1.1345@news-virt.s-kddi1.home.ne.jp...
     I think that I may have been wrongly diagnosed with asthma. I had chest tightness other general symptoms of asthma. My doctor told me that since I has such an extensive background with allergies, that there was an 80% chance I had asthma. I was taking pulmicort and sutanol for years.

     I went to another doctor for a skin infection (completely unrelated to my asthma) and he prescribed a script of antibiotics. After I finished the AB's I was done with the asthma symptoms that had plagued me for two years. I must conclude that I never had asthma to start with.

     If anyone has comments to share or a similar experience, please tell us about it.