severe asthma

[mintanswer]

i am currently suffering from severe asthma
i was diagnosed with is problem four years ago i a 26 years old.
the medications that iam using are as follows: venteze
pulmison
seretide
singuliar

iam constantly on these medications if i dont use them i get sick. my problem is that this year it is even worse i am gaining alot of weight my body is  always swollen in the morning and i have a very heathly diet. what is wrong with me will i ever be cured from this horible desease.

is there anything a can do.          

[National Jewish]

While increased appetite and weight gain are possible side effects with an inhaled steroid, your weight gain is not necessarily caused by your inhalants.  Ask your doctor if it might be possible to control your asthma with a lower dose inhaled steroid.  Also there may be other reasons for weight gain, including physical inactivity that should be addressed.  Please read our asthma information at http://www.nationaljewish.org/disease-info/diseases/asthma/index.aspx to learn more.

[Faye Hardcastle]

I am a 64 year old woman.I havehad this coughing going on for around 3to5yrs.I have been told one time that it was caused from bird and bat droppings,now they r saying that i have astma.i am seeing a lung specialist i have been in and out of hospitals about 3 times this year.i am on oxygen,breathin machine twice a day,i take benzonatate,singuliar,3 types of inhalers.i also have sleep a sleeping disorder i have to use a sleep cap on my nose at night.i keep coughinh early a morning and feel it in my throat but cannot get anything up.they r sending me to a throat specialst to sere if i get choked on my food they think that might be my problem.also i have acid reflux.could that be what is my problem?what ever you can say to help find relief frok all of this  thank you.

[taxigirl]

I have finally come to realize many of my "symptoms" are the triggers in my environment. I was out of town 3 1/2 weeks. Hardly any coughing at all. Now i am home, coughing lots again. sometimes having asthma attacks several times per day. Need to rip out carpet in my apartment as it is 40 yrs old, many pet stains. I do best when I have no food within 4 hours of sleep, less reflux to trigger my asthma. I had to quit coffee, it triggered my asthma. and doctor said yogurt is too acidic, so i nixed that or only have in a.m., same as orange juice. my dry cough is helped by using a saline nasal spray to loosen and cleanse. sinus' then I use my steroidal nasal spray right after that. nasonex seems to work the best, but it is about $30 month.