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russman
Jul 31, 2001, 3:00 PM
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my little brother still has pretty bad asthma. when we were young, he could hardly do really active things becasue he could not breathe. During some Soccer games, he would almost pass out it was so bad. ANyhow...he aslo had a lot of allergies (do you have any) that affected him too. He basically had to change all teh things in his life that was causing him troubles. Instead of playing football he played golf. instead of playing baseball, he hustled all his friends in poker (made lots of $$$ too). He can't stay anywhere overnight where there are animals (cats, dogs) brings it all on hard.
He has used all sorts of inhalers and nebulizers, and air filters. Doing pretty good now...but he knows his limits and does not push it when he starts to have problems.
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russman
Jul 31, 2001, 3:25 PM
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any of that stuff could affect it. I think he was about the same age you are now too, when things started to get worse. it is pretty well under control now and he is 24, but he still carries an inhaler with him all the time. all you can do is figure out what makes it happen to you and the either try to change the things or areas that you are doing things...or have to jsut live thru the probs, i think.
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fiend
Jul 31, 2001, 4:04 PM
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Did anyone read It by Stephen King?
Asthma is phsyco-somatic.
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krillen
Jul 31, 2001, 4:31 PM
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Canada just legalized marijuana for ceratin chrinic illnesses and Asthema is one of them. Probably becasue it relaxes the capliaries etc. in your lungs/airway
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kriso9tails
Aug 1, 2001, 12:53 AM
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Asthma seems to be the effect of many things. I have a friend who was born with it who needs to carry an inhaler, whereas I developped mild exercise induced asthma, which I don't need anything for. Many people with exercised induced asthma find that if they work out by doing things like running it helps them to breathe easier, but it's hard to escape the smog when you live in a steel town. Pollution sucks. I hate emmissions and like breathing, so I do what I can to keep the air clean, but that gets increasingly hard to do. I think that there will be a massive growth in the # of asthmatic children in thew near future.
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gunkjunkie
Aug 1, 2001, 7:25 PM
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Hi -
I found that trying to keep my environment at home clean really helped my asthma over all. I have an air purifier in my bedroom and I'm running a dehumidifer to keep down the mold.
Deirdre
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verticalearth
Aug 11, 2001, 4:20 PM
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check on dust it is usually the main problem with us citydwellers use face mask if possible
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Asthma
