WEnt to the pulmonary specialist yesterday...
And have discovered that the reason I have not experienced much relief from my inhalers is that I may also have laryngeal asthma.... not to be mistaken for vocal cord dysfunction....
Apparently, this is not an uncommon condition in painters.
So he told me to gather some samples of the paints and polyurethanes I use at work, and he will perform an asthma stress test using these particular chemicals.
He also took me off the flovent and gave me advair,
to control my asthma in general.....
but I am afraid to take it because of the heart racing thing.
You'll get used to the heart-racing thing, and it'll go away.
The laryngeal asthma thing is something I've never heard of -- vocal chord dysfunction, yes, laryngitis, yes, and since you've just eliminated vocal chord spasm and inflammation ... I can't think of anything else related to 'asthma' that could be called that, considering your larynx can't exactly hypertrophy its mucous glands.
Glad you are at least getting somewhere with the dr Blue. That is a diagnosis I haven't heard of either. It will be interesting to see how this develops. Please keep us posted. In the meantime, the shakes are from the Serevent - the reliever part of the Advair. Give it a little time and it will settle down. I found it helpful to take the evening dose well before going to bed. I couldn't get to sleep with my heart pounding in my ears. The side effects did take several months to disappear. Good luck
What is the exact description of having largyneal asthma as compared to lung asthma?
I never heard of it.
Because I have asthma in the upper part of my lungs or at least have the symptoms. Even when I wheeze, it's from the upper part of my lungs.
Sometimes it actually feels like it's right in the center between the two bronchi. And not in my lung perse. Maybe that's where my largynx is?
I have to figure everything out myself because the docs don't go out of their way to do any research.
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