are you more at risk from lung diseases if you have asthma and smoke?

Question

i take a preventive everyday called flixotide

Flixotide is for asthma it is like becotide

Answer 1

no it actually helps

Answer 2

There is no such thing as a preventative! Hilarious! Quit smoking and you will stop increasing your risk of lung cancer and you will slow the progression of your nascent emphysema.

Do you mean that you are taking something to prevent asthma outbreaks? If so, I'll have to look up flixotide; never hear of it. Or do you think that you are taking something that prevents lung disease? If so, no such thing.

Answer 3

Yes. Some asthmatics feel smoking actually helps their asthma - that's because smoking damages the airway lining and artificially dampens the sensitivity to allergens, so you think it's actually improving your asthmtic symptoms.

Unfortunately, you are much more likely to develop emphysema - damage to the alveoli - the little grape like things at the end of your airways where gas exchange takes place.

Symptoms of emphysema are nasty, and progressive, and there's no cure.

Over time, the smoking will no longer dampen the sensitivity of the airway lining, and you are more likely to be permanently wheezy and short of breath.

If you can, give up the ciggies, you might feel worse for a while, but in the long term, you'll be doing yourself a huge favour.

Answer 4

asthma is a lung disease. smoking cant intesify the problems of asthma and can also cause other lung diseases like copd and emphysema. its not a pretty sight to see people with these diseases. i work in a hospital and see it everyday. they are the reason i quit smoking. you can do it to. trust me, u don't want to live the end of your life trying to breath and wearing oxygen or machines to help u breath. quit now b4 u cause too much damage that it can't be fixed.

Answer 5

I don't see how you can smoke with asthma.
I have a hard enough time just with asthma.
Wouldn't even think of smoking.
YES. You are very much at risk.
You may take a preventive but you are defeating your purpose by smoking.
Please quit for your own good.

Answer 6

smoking leaves most people more prone to lung and heart disease. there are those who miraculously don't get ill at all and puff away like chimneys, so it's hard to figure out. smoking will probably worsen your asthma however and there is no use taking medication to control it and then smoking to reverse the med effects. Good luck.

Answer 7

If you have asthma it is a bad idea for you to smoke because your shortening your breath in-take. You are also not allowing the treatment to work properly which means the chances are; your condition will eventually get worst.

Answer 8

Asthma is a respiratory disease but does not in itself make you more at risk of other respiratory diseases.

However smoking is extremely bad for your respiratory system and makes you vulnerable to bronchitis, emphesema and lung cancer among other diseases.

Stop smoking!

Answer 9

Definitely. Your immune system will be weakened by asthma and smoke. The disease progresses even after treatment and end in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Please see the webpages for more details on Asthma.

Answer 10

Smoking yes. Asthma not sure. My dad has just gone into hospital today and found out he has lung disease through years of smoking. I'm devastated. Don't do it.

Answer 11

Yup. I have asthma and apparently being near my dad (passive smoking) is doing me a lot of harm. Imagine what actually smoking will do to you.