Asthma and Allergies: Ways You Can Protect Yourself During COVID-19 (Webinar)
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Blog Post CommentThis is my son. No-one can say why. If you could point me in a direction that would be great, I've never seen anything like it. Thank you, Steve Petrone
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Blog Post CommentHi Steve, welcome to the AAFA forums! Has your son been seen by an allergist or dermatologist? I recommend starting a new topic on our Skin Conditions Forum . You will be able to get more replies there.
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Blog Post CommentPoor guy. I am not a medical professional but had suffered from a similar looking rash years ago. It was on my torso as well as my thighs. Mine was related to stress. I treated with oatmeal baths and soothing lotion.
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Blog Post CommentGreetings from my end, am always grateful for the useful tips,though regional differences yet one love. Please, keep the good work going, I appreciate every effort. Much love, Mary. On Tue, May 5, 2020, 8:18 PM Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America < support@aafa.org> wrote:
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Blog Post Comment❤️Thank you for this information. My son is 16 years old. He takes Breo. These are scary times, and more when I heard people saying it won't affect you. It will affect just with people with other medical conditions as Ashma. My question now will be, is he needs to change his medicine to another? Breo has corticosteroi.
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Blog Post Comment❤️Hi Escabello - Dr. Grayson stated above that there is no known risk of poor outcome from taking corticosteroids. There is more risk if your asthma is not well controlled. For that reason, the recommendation is to continue taking your asthma medicine and if you have concerns, talk to your son's doctor.
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Blog Post Comment❤️Hi, I'm curious about these statements about corticosteroids. I have a mild/intermittent case of asthma and sometimes I take Wixela ( Fluticasone and Salmeterol Inhalation Powder), though I'm not sure it does anything. My concern is the fact that "viral respiratory infections" are listed as a "common" side effect of using this medicine. I mentioned this to my health care provider when we were discussing the coronavirus and his response was "if you're worried about it, don't use it." So my...
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Blog Post Comment👍Hello, Thank you very much for addressing this. In Germany a public figure adviced for Asthma patients to check with their doctors, if they better switch their medication to non-corticoid. That leaves me in limbo, because I inhale Viani Mite 50/100 (Salmeterol&Fluticasonpropionat) once every morning. I could switch to a Ventolin or similar (just Salmeterol) it would be ok, but not as thorough as the Viani Mite. Isn’t there any data about simply the percentage of asthma patients amongst...
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Blog Post CommentThank you soo much for this blog... Exactly the kind of information i was looking,... Just wanted to know Any general medication which we can keep ready as precautions? ( Coz, assuming that doctors are busy and may not be available when in emergency we need consultation) PS : 42yrs , Male, dust/pollution caused asthma.. taking Salmeterol&Fluticason powder and fluticason nasal spray & montelikast/fexofrndine tablets now that the air is pure can we reduce dose?
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Blog Post Comment👍Hi Sachin, welcome to the AAFA forums! That is a great question to ask your dr, we cannot give medical advice. Do you have an asthma action plan ?
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Blog Post Comment❤️Can 2020 be cancelled already? The year is obviously not interested in anything good.
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Blog Post CommentCan I ask a question about this line in the editorial? "These data come from hospitalized patients where the use of systemic corticosteroids after onset of the disease as a treatment for COVID-19 demonstrated a poorer outcome. There are no data available on a risk for those taking corticosteroids (orally or inhaled) for their asthma and a risk of poor outcome from COVID-19." It seems to be saying that those who took corticosteroids as a treatment for COVID seemed to have a poorer outcome.
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Blog Post CommentHi Dr Gary Based out of India.. I wish to know if asthmatic patients are prone to Corona Virus
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Blog Post CommentI know exactly how it feels to say and feel “I can’t breathe”. How people would do nothing to help. Do everything to cover it up. Because Doctors under my care did so on purpose to me. Soon my living heck will be over. No more covering it up. No more mental abuse. No more physical abuse. Because as a Doctor said “no one cares about you”.
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Blog Post CommentIts ridiculous that MD do have no protection for our childern. My daugther has asthma bad especially in September this year it was the 1st day. Plus yes our school systems is so not right. They failed my baby 2 two but over turned the last one. Then last year ask if she wants to go in her correct grade in October no this should of been offered before school started. Crazy no implenations or help.
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Blog Post CommentHello Godmyfour. Welcome to these community discussions where very difficult questions can be asked and where smart and compassionate people share their best answers. My own children are past school but I can imagine how hard it is for you to send yours to school with so much uncertainty. I guess for me the first thing to know is what IS the COVID plan at my school? Is it the best available? What are school staff doing at your children's school? Are you satisfied you know how to play your...
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Blog Post CommentHi Chinarider10 - we are so sorry that you somehow received this 3 times. I will look into it.
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Blog Post CommentI have received this email three times today. On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 4:37 PM Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America < support@aafa.org> wrote:
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Blog Post CommentWill this webinar be available for viewing again?
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Blog Post CommentHi @Charlene Watts - yes the webinar will be available for viewing soon. We will post the video and resources on here on the blog.
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Blog Post CommentHello @Charlene Watts I'm checking that you found the recording of the webinar at Ask the Experts: Managing Asthma During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Video and Resources)
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Blog Post Comment👍This is a great blog post! Be sure to keep hydrated, especially with the heat running more during cold days and nights! Keep your head propped up during the night, to help keep your airway open. Be sure to contact your doctor right away if things just don't seem right. Cover your face with a scarf if going out into the cold. Yes, this means over your mask. Be sure to wash your hands properly when necessary. Follow your medication schedule as directed by your doctor! Also, don't forget to...
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Blog Post Comment👍Thank you for this summary. Such important initiatives to Champion! Pets/ESA/manipulative use of animal in public use business spaces by the public and animal owners in AIRLINERS (especially closed spaces) and event store/shop/retail/restaurant space businesses. Has been long, long, overdue. This has been extremely harmful for the disability population as we have seen. An application of service animal needed to be made OR ENFORCED. By large business associations and large companies, only way...
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Blog Post Comment❤️👍Bleah, I hate to double post, but apparently it's been too long to edit since I was going back over the article to make sure I didn't miss anything. At any rate, just off the top of my head, I notice the following issues with this study (given the information presented in the blog; mayhaps the actual study addresses these?): 1) Number of participants: 223 2) The study was entirely self-report -- no control groups, no accounting for bias, wasn't double-blind, etc. etc. The article makes it...
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Blog Post Comment❤️I mean, now that I'm not pregnant anymore, if you had me sit in an office with a mask and don't require me to talk much or anything, yeah, I can wear it just about forever, which has been a huge relief (I was averaging about 4 minutes while pregnant). But as soon as you introduce asthma triggers (mold, humidity, irritants and activity in my case)--which I note this study does not mention--yeah, no, it drops fast. But that's okay. The next time I get dizzy enough in the grocery store because...
