Viral asthma

[jp3892]

Does anyone here suffer (or ever suffer) from viral asthma where symptoms would only get very bad maybe during winter with an infection?

Q's for those people:

1) What maintenance medications (if any) were u on?

2) How frequent were your hospitalisations/admissions (if any)?

[dolphins]

Hello jp3892. I am trigger by a few things my asthma acts up when pollen counts are high and also to dust mites. But one of by biggest triggers happens to be respiratory infections - where I get quite bad.

At the moment my lung Dr has me taking Seretide - which I've been taking since approx Sept 2002. Also just about every time I get a cold/bronchitis I am hospitalised. The frequency really depends on how many infections I pick up in a yr, but I've been admitted 13 times in the last 3yrs. Hope this helps -

~dolphins.

[jp3892]

Just wondering...

If u have just been taking Seretide for about a year and a half, what then were u taking before this? Since when have u been diagnosed with asthma? Also, what daily dose of Seretide do u take?

Thanks for replying Dolphins. Anyone else with viral asthma?

[PinkBananaz]

Originally Posted by jp3892

Does anyone here suffer (or ever suffer) from viral asthma where symptoms would only get very bad maybe during winter with an infection?

Q's for those people:

1) What maintenance medications (if any) were u on?

2) How frequent were your hospitalisations/admissions (if any)?

I have asthma triggered by sickness, exercise and allergies but as far as sickness goes in the winter..
I'm on regular medications: Advair 250/50, Clarinex to control allergies, Singulair also to control allergies/asthma, Flonase to control allergies.
I always require prednisone(usually 60 mg if the flare up is due to illness) when i'm sick, and I have a prescription always waiting 4 me at the pharmacy in case I need it before I can get in 2 see the doctor, and 2 get relief started rigth away. I almost always need Robutussin AC or Tylenol (both with codeine) to calm the coughs I get. Also I need either albuterol inhaler or xopenex every 4-6 hours to keep my airways open and help the coughing. All this helps..though I have come close to hospitalization during pneumonia and a cold recently. None yet..hoping to keep it that way though!=)

[jillybelly]

that sounds a lot like me. I don't have allergies as far as I've been tested...

Anyways I'm on advair 250/50, I've frequently on antibiotics, I'm taking tilade every 6 hours, and ventolin HFA for attacks.

As for hospitalization, I've been in the emergency room 3 times since christmas and went to my doctor 3 maybe 4 since christmas, and I'm going again tomorrow.