03.12.2009, 17:58
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| Re: Asthma
Hi Nil, I have (had quite severe) asthma. Was in the hospital earlier this year with pneumonia which only showed itself after 3 months!!! So a large abscess formed in my lung. Not fun. They never could figure out 1) which pneumonia I had, or 2) why I got it in the first place. The only sort of reasonable explanation was that I way overused my seretide 500. My asthma has/d gotten 100x worse since moving here to Ireland…I think it must be the humidity, I couldn’t make it to the Dr and was without my ventolin for about a week, so I was taking the seretide about 5-6 (or more) times a day.... Anyhow, I still get extremely bad asmta attacks, any time of the day but often worse at night. The best thing is to be diligent about taking the seretide, even when you are feeling better and you don’t think you need it. and make sure you always have your fast acting one with you. I also have the thick mucus in the back of my throat. It gets a lot worse after taking the ventolin, feels like I am coughing up phlem (but apparently I am not since the x-rays and blood tests seem to be fine – I still see the pneumonia dr regularly because I was soo sick they want to keep tabs for this whole year…). The only thing that helps me, especially at night when it can get so bad that I feel like I cant breath and I can’t swallow, is a herbal remedy. I think you have this company there called A.Vogel. The one that works with thinning the mucus is the Ivy-Thyme (I have no idea the German nor French translation of this for you, sorry).it has a different name in north America, but here is what it will look like (the plant on the front always looks the same) I put 30 shakes (not sure how many drops) into the glass and fill it up and leave that by my bedside table. Whenever I wake up with that feeling in my throat I drink some and go back to sleep. I’ll normally finish it throughout the night. Garlic also helps with mucus thinning, more long term however, as does drinking plenty of water, but during the night this is not possible!! I have no idea what causes it at all. I agree it could be post-nasal drip, but then I dont know why it is worse after taking the ventolin...? Hope this helps you. And I hope for you it is also nothing serious. In the meantime if you can find this remedy it will at least help you sleep through the night. | Quote: | |  | | | Hi Nil
It's sounds like post nasal drip...this produces a lot of sticky hard to shift mucus at the back of the throat. Can be caused by allergies. See your dr, he will probably prescribe a nasal spray or something to help. also make sure you are drinking plenty of fluids.
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