hello. i am a 24 yr old female. i have asthma. For the past 6 years i experiance bouts of extreme fatigue, swollen chin and auxillary nodes, diarrhea, muscle pain and weakness, small headaches, gerd, and my skin is always tender to the touch to the point were hugs are painful and also something as small as snapping my fingers hurts. It also seem sthat my tolerance for pain has greatly diminished. Also, i have no to low sex drive and my mentral cycles have always been irregular, ocurring from 2-3 months, where now i have gone 6 months without one, occuring. I have had a million blood tests at the doctors and he can never seem to find anything physically wrong with me other than insulin resistance. I was reading about cfs/ fibro and wondering if this sounds like what it could be. Medical history: Asthma 20 yrs.(i have been intubated twice due to asthma attacks) Insulin Resistance. I had a diagnosis of ebv in 2004. I currently take albuterol inhaler and prednisone on and off as needed for about a weeks time for the past 15 yrs.

Ok so here s the deal my daughter has asthma and Everytime around the winter months she gets sick with cold viruses sometimes pneumonia, but not so far this year. Her pediatrician and allergy Dr has her on a couple of steroids and when she gets a cold I give her albuterol too. Well my questionvis she gets these white spots on her tongue whenever she gets these colds. First I thought they were coming from the steroids she s inhaling because I read somewhere that this is where the spots are coming from...her Dr gave me the name of the spots when a child gets them when they have a virus...but can you tell me what this may be or if the steroids are causing them to appear...sorry so

I am a fairly healthy person but have been for four months noticing that if I drink a large amount of water or if I have a big meal, shortly after that my chest feels tight and I want to cough as I feel there is something there. Nothing there except the tightness. I do not smoke or drink and weight is a little high. This happens just about every day. I eat healthy and not spicy foods. An albuterol inhaler helps, but it seems something else is causing this. Before the four months I did not have this problem. I take sinus antihistamines year round,bp meds,arthritis med, and synthroid and flaxseed pill. Age 61 Just finished 3 weeks of med for a horrible sinus infection I first thought was an abscessed tooth. Have been to the dentist, and two trips to doctor. Any ideas?

a note to start your day Today, I had a follow up CT scan done on my lungs by the oncologist . A copy will also go to the pulmonologist. The results came back clean. the opacity is gone, and nothing new has happened, they say the lungs look good....

Are there any effective rescue inhalers for asthma patients other than albuterol , but which don t contain steroids or dairy/lactose? (Any physician but Dr. XXXXXXX Rynne please.)

My 4 year old daughter was diagnosed with asthma week ago, and put on albuterol . She has taken it for a week now, but still has hacking cough that won't go away. I am beginning to think the albuterol don't work. Any advice?