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this chap has an interesting way of dealing with it
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/4/30/91945/8971

This post is long, and you'll probably wonder why I bothered to type it out. Well I had pretty acute asthma for quite a while (note past tense ) and had been in hospital with related stuff (chest infections caused by it etc etc) and I know how much it really sucks to be held back by it. If you or someone you know suffers from asthma please read the following cos I really think it could help:

I had really bad asthma (literally, I'd cough once and it would aggravate my chest from 'fine' to 'can't breathe' in under a minute) for quite a few years and used my medication (3 different inhalers) repeatedly every day.

Then I heard about a new theory on what causes asthma and how it could be cured, and tried a scheme called 'Buteko' (not sure on spelling tbh, its boo-teek-oh...I think ) which uses breathing exercises to 're-train' your brain to accept higher levels of CO2, which breaks the vicious cycle that causes asthma. I'm not gonna go into the theory here, but its pretty simple and you could probably google for it or something...
No medication used whatsoever.

When I tell you this you're gonna think I'm some kinda nut trying to sell you something lol, honestly it really worked this well (and don't even know how to spell the name of the technique properly ), but ever since my first hour and a half session back in september, I have only had to use my inhaler ONCE - after a frenzied cycle ride to a lecture in freezing cold air, and even that was only what I would previously have called a moderately tight chest. So once in eight months, down from several times a day - I kid you not. I only had 3 sessions of 'Buteko' in the end and I can say with complete confidence that it cured me for life. I didn't even do the exercises much outside of the actual treatment sessions.

Obviously I'm a pretty extreme case, but I've heard of other people getting great results from it, so I would advise anyone who suffers from asthma to at least look into it. Couldn't hurt, right?

Hope this helps

Good for you, Souless1.

Me...I don't have ashma.

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I do, but its extremely mild - I'm still able to be a captain of cross country running, do 50k ski marathons, and complete century (100 mile) bike rides.

It does give me a pretty annoying susceptibility to lung illness though - I've had pneumonia three times, and I'm just getting over whooping cough right now. And the medical types tell me that the whooping cough may have reversed the "growing out of it" trend I'd been enjoying.

Once every two years or so though, I get *really* sick with an asthma attack, and get to the point where I stop for breath walking up a single flight of stairs.

Why is it every single asmatic I know is FAR FAR more athletic then me?

Nemo wrote:I do, but its extremely mild - I'm still able to be a captain of cross country running, do 50k ski marathons, and complete century (100 mile) bike rides.

It does give me a pretty annoying susceptibility to lung illness though - I've had pneumonia three times, and I'm just getting over whooping cough right now. And the medical types tell me that the whooping cough may have reversed the "growing out of it" trend I'd been enjoying.

Once every two years or so though, I get *really* sick with an asthma attack, and get to the point where I stop for breath walking up a single flight of stairs.

Mine started with whooping cough as well - noone noticed it was whooping cough for like 3 months because having the vaccination eliminates the characteristic 'whoop' noise or something. But I spent all winter with that followed by colds which then all lead into a chest infection, and I came out the other side with asthma...yay

i've never had it but me brother did when he was 2 or 3 years old. he was in hospital a few times with pretty severe attacks but by the time he finished primary school it was more or less gone.

Zoombie wrote:Why is it every single asmatic I know is FAR FAR more athletic then me?

you are a decaying corpse?

No really. I know three or so asmatic people, two of whom are on track and feild, one of those people ALSO being in Marching Band. And the third one is my marching band teacher, and he litteraly bounced off the walls day in day out. Most energetic guy I ever met.

Zoombie wrote:Most energetic guy I ever met.

My friends would lol at this, generally I'm the 'bouncing off the walls guy' too

maybe its something to do with our metabolism type being most succeptable