29-08-2017, 05:56 PM
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Wow
TodayI saw my own Dr. I havent seen her in months ,thought shed left the practice, so was surprised to see her.A week ago I was taken to Hospital with shortage of breath, discharged the same day and told to go to my own GP,,A+E,OR 111 if symptoms got worse or did not improve. Things have not improved I cannot sleep at night for shortness of breath, so I rang my Drs surgery, they asked what my problem was,but said no appts. till tomorrow, then a bit later I had a call from the surgery to say if I went there a Dr would see me and it was my own named GP,and good news she said she will be dealing with my problems herself and will ring me tomorrow
29-08-2017, 08:11 PM
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Re: Wow
I must be fairly lucky as I can see my own GP reasonably easily, about a week to 10 days noticeBut my main point is this -
For weeks & months I've had unexplained breathing problems; antibiotics had no effect
By a process of trial & error my GP prescribed steroid tablets - Prednisolone - and a Ventolin inhaler. Then these were replaced by a Symbicort inhaler
Eventually I saw a consultant, and found out that I have Adult Onset Asthma
He said this is quite rare and many GPs would not have encountered it, or even heard of it; but it's still treated by the Symbicort and now am more or less back to normal. The exact cause isn't known, but it is often triggered by a viral infection, eg flu, and can occur in people with no history, or family history, of respiratory problems
Search Google for ADULT ONSET ASTHMA. This used to be called Old Age Asthma before the politically correct got hold of it
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