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Old 15-12-2008, 17:36   #14
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Re: Asthma

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Originally Posted by katex View Post
Put this to my daughter who runs an Asthma clinic, has also worked on the GP Unit (no, not as a student nurse). She doesn't mince her words, and this was her reply :-

"This is really crap
High loading dosage of steroids for minimum of 3 days, 7 is much better.
Asthma does kill people and it's serious."

Hope you feeling better Flashy.
That's spot on kate, asthma kills around 2000 people a year, I've been fighting the disorder for 30 years. I have heard people say they only have mild asthma, but an acute attack can strike anytime and three nines is imperative, it only takes an acute attack few minutes to kill
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