I have struggled with a sinus infection that started 4 years ago after about
1 year my lungs became infected ..this started a roller coaster health ride
for me ...many antibiotics , inhalers, and way too much predisone ,,,pred
use was almost constant the last 3 years ...anyway seems ...

In another thread Colin Campbell posted:
'What we do to compensate us use or diaphragm, chest, shoulder and back
muscles to push the air out.  (This is why chest and back muscle
soreness is a symptom of an asthma flare.)'

I am beginning to investigate correct breathing/buteyko techniques and
wonder if someone can suggest some good online resources and/or books on
this subject?
Also, have any of you tried this and, if so, have you found it good, bad,

Why there isn't bronchospasm during a breath at an attack of a bronchial
asthma?
raval

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Does anybody know if the Advair Discus 30 day from package open
discard period needs to be observed.  I don't need to use nearly
as much medication as that requires and really don't like to
throw away an expensive inhaler half used.

My doctor gave me an RX for oxygen due to my asthma to be used as
needed in case of a severe attack and also to be used as a portable
nebulizer instead of an expensive portable compressor.  My insurance
covers the oxygen equipment so that works out fine.  I was just

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Would you all take a moment and just pause and either say a prayer or
moment of silence for a friend I found on this newsgroup 3 yrs ago who
was asthmatic with COPD and was in her 70's and a continuous user of
oxygen and predisone who passed away a week ago Tuesday?

Please Help
I own the Sharper Image Ionic Breeze,
but need to get rid of it, because it creates so much AM radio interference
(even down the hall) I can't listen to AM radio anymore.

[I read this and then thought I must have missed something. So I read
it again. I remember 12 years ago, thinking I could just stop taking my
inhaled corticosteroid and I'd be okay...and nearly died. No doctor has
ever said I had a "severe" form of asthma; all I know is that ever

 New to this group, so please forgive me if this has been posted
previously.  I've recently had several bouts with pleurisy about once a
week.  Is this common for folks with asthma?  thanks

I tested positive for the clamydia pne bacteria a few weeks ago.  My
Doc put me on a Z pack first, then put me on 250MG/day of Biaxon for
the long run.  Will this work?  I can't get a real deep breath yet but
once I started taking the antibiotic I have been coughing up and

Well,
I went to the doctor Monday, and he confirmed that the sleep test showed
obstructive sleep apnea.  However, because of my history with asthma,
allergies, and GERD, he wants to try to treat those first, and thinks that

Nancy's been waiting for this.  So have many of us.
Once-Daily Asthma Medicine Approved
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