Re: asthma question, asthma severity

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This may answer your question, Its a PDF so you will need adobe to

see it. Look at page 16 and then read on. It has severity categories.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/asthsumm.pdf

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> i was wondering if anyone can answer this for me. my doctor has not

> yet even discussed with me anything about asthma severity with me.

I

> was diagnosed in july last year and have had moderate/severe

problems

> since. I have heard that in acessing severity of asthma is based on

> frequency of symptoms before any treatment. is this true? i think

the

> problem is that all my tests were normal but still have had

problems

> with my asthma. How can everything be normal and i'm stil having

all

> this difficulty? my doctor really seems kinda baffled by all of

this,

> and i think he actually thought that when he gave me inhaler and

> singulair that i'd not have any more problems and when i did he

> really was floored. now i do symbicort,singulair, a rescue inhaler(

> until just recently 1-2X a week and before the symbicort inhaler

> nearly everyday and occassional nights) prednisone ( but not

> everyday) allergy shots and 2 allergy meds. when i first went to

see

> my doc. in jan. '07 i was having nighttime symptoms 1-2 X a week

and

> daytime symptoms everyday usually allday. ti's much better now than

> it was but it's taken 2 years and alot of reading and trying to

> educate myself about my asthma that no one takes seriously but me.

i

> have to live with it everyday and i've resigned myself to the fact

> that some will think that becasue it's better that it wasn't bad

and

> is " gone away " as if asthma could " go away. I don't understand why

my

> asthma can be this bad but my tests are always normal( whatever

that

> is) i've learned to respect my asthma, i don't dwell on the fact

that

> i have it and as much as possible i try to live like a normal

person

> but i always keep in the back of my mind this knowlege that at

> anytime i could have an attack- my inhaler is like american

express,

> i never leave home without it.

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