Asthma suffers,,,,, still wheezing after taking prednisone....why??

Question

I have had a reaccurrace of my asthma after several years, I had to take a course of prednisone to help with the wheezing. While I was taking it I felt great, now that I have stopped I am wheezing terribly again and don't feel good at all, anyone know why this may be happening?

Answer 1

You should be using an inhaler of some type(to be determined by your dr.) along with the prednisone and probably all the time if you are diagnosed with it. If you are and it isn't helping ask him to change it. There are several out there. Some are inhaled steriods(as is prednisone a steroid) and others do not contain steroids. If it continues to get worse after additional treatment and/or switching, you may want your dr. to do a "breathing test" to determine if the asthma has developed into something more acute like emphysema or chronic bronchitis.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

My brother is an asthmatic and after ten years his asthma has shown no sign of improving. He has been to several doctors but they didn't help much.

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Answer 4

Prednisone is a temporary fix, ask for something like asmenex for long term

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Answer 6

maybe u got the virus u get by get sick. I got. U get it 4 about a week then u get it leaves and comes back in a couple of days sorry.

Answer 7

HI Amanda

Look at the number one cause here (diet) and learn to detoxify your yourself. You must remove the toxins in body by doing a colon and liver cleanse. Drink a gallon of water a day as well.

Causes of Asthma
Causes of asthma include, though are not limited to poor diet, food and environmental allergies, exposure to cold air, infection, overexertion and/or excessive exercise, exhaustion, and stress. Inhalants, which are commonly prescribed by conventional physicians to treat asthma symptoms, can also trigger asthma attacks, as can other pharmaceutical drugs, which can trigger allergic responses. Improper breathing habits are also a factor; often Asthmatics do shallow breathing, which leaves them more susceptible to an attack. Shallow breathing, coupled with the fear of not being able to breathe can often aggravate an attack.

Inhalants and Pharmaceutical Drugs: Inhalants, even though they are commonly recommended by conventional physicians to manage asthma symptoms, can actually exacerbate asthma symptoms and trigger asthma attacks. This is because of how individuals sensitive to inhalants react when exposed to them. Asthma related to inhalants in most common among people between the ages of ten and thirty. Various pharmaceutical drugs can also cause or exacerbate asthma attacks, including aspirin.

Prednisone, another drug commonly recommended by conventional physicians for asthma, can also cause serious side effects. In addition to potentially aggravating asthma symptoms, prednisone can cause dizziness, glaucoma, headaches, menstrual problems, muscle weakness, peptic ulcers, and impair the body’s ability to heal wounds. In addition, ongoing prednisone use can also hasten the onset of Type II diabetes.

Natural Cures


Diet: If you suffer from asthma, you need to be screened for food allergies and sensitivities, and then avoid eating those foods you are allergic or sensitive to. In addition, avoid all sugar and sugar products, wheat and wheat byproducts, soft drinks, commercially processed foods, and all foods containing artificial ingredients, such as additives, colorings, flavorings, and preservatives. Minimize your intake of milk and dairy products, coffee and other caffeinated products. In addition, avoid eating foods that are high on the glycemic index, as such foods can trigger insulin resistance and cause hypoglycemia, which is a common factor in many cases of asthma.

Emphasize an organic, whole foods, include plenty of fresh, raw organic fruits and vegetables, preferably soaked nuts and seeds, organic, free-range meats and poultry, and wild-caught fish. Garlic and onions, ginger and peppers are excellent staples to include in your meals, due to their powerful health benefits for the lungs and overall respiratory system. Also be sure to drink plenty of pure, fresh water each day, a minimum of eight ounces should be drunk every two hours. Extra virgin olive oil, virgin raw coconut butter/oil and high lignin flax seed oil are the oils of choice, and can used freely to replace all other fats and oils in the diet. Choose to cook with only virgin coconut butter/oil due to its ability to withstand high heats.

If your asthma attacks tend to be provoked by stress, combine half a teaspoon each of baking soda and sea salt in organic juice or pure, filtered water, and drink immediately.

According to leading naturopathic physician and researcher Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., President Emeritus of Bastyr University, a vegan diet can significantly improve symptoms of most respiratory conditions, including bronchitis. Such a diet involves eliminating all animal products, as well as fish, eggs, milk, and all other dairy products. Grains should also be avoided, or eaten in minimal amounts. Dr. Pizzorno advises limiting your fluid intake to pure, filtered water (avoid chlorinated, fluoridated tap water), and emphasize plenty of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, especially romaine lettuce, carrots, beets, onions, celery, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, cucumber, radishes, Jerusalem artichokes, beans (except soy and green peas), blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, cloudberries, black currants, gooseberries, plums, and pears. Apples and citrus fruits are not recommended, however. Dr. Pizzorno reports that over 90 percent of all people who follow a vegan diet for at least one year experience notable improvements in their health.

The raw food diet is another food plan that can have many benefits for those suffering from Asthma. The guidelines outlined above apply with a few differences. The diet is based on raw fruits, vegetables, and soaked and sprouted nuts and seeds, supplemented with daily consumption of fresh green juices made from a variety of green vegetables such as celery, romaine lettuce, spinach, carrot, kale, parsley, with an every rotating seasonal selection of other vegetables. Daily salad meals, dehydrated flax crackers, seed and nut pates, blended soups, smoothies and marinated vegetable salads, often mixed with soaked sea vegetables are the base for the raw diet. Since little to no cooked food is consumed, the raw diet has the advantage of instant elimination of many common allergens. No cooked wheat or wheat byproducts are consumed, and generally dairy products are not consumed, though some might choose to eat moderate quantities of raw goat or sheep’s milk products, often in the form of a fermented food, such as homemade raw kefir or yogurt.

Dr. Gabriel Cousins, at the Tree of Life Center endorses the raw food plan as the ultimate healing diet, and offers 100% raw food meals at his healing retreat in Patagonia, Arizona. What is important to note when choosing a raw food diet is the issue of trade-out. You might miss cooked foods, though you will not miss Asthma attacks, and more times than not the raw food diet can be an incredible tool to move out of serious health challenges into greater health and well being.

Herbs: Useful herbs for helping to prevent and reverse asthma symptoms include cayenne pepper, ephedra (although the Food and Drug Administration tried to ban ephedra, it is now once again available due to a federal court ruling that overthrew the FDA ban), garlic, gingko biloba, green tea, gumweed, horse chestnut, Indian tobacco, jujube plum, licorice root, lobelia, marshmallow root, mullein, onion, passionflower, skunk cabbage, slippery elm, and thyme.

Homeopathy: Useful homeopathic remedies for asthma include Ammonium carbonicum, Aralia racemosa, Arsenicum album, Arsenicum iodatum, Cuprum metallicum, Ipecac, Kali nit, Lachesis, Lobelia, Natrum sulpuricum, Pulsatilla, Sambucus, Spongia tosta, and Sulphur.


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