Mr. Asthma

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Hi All As I said in my previous report ( to which I have had no reply ) I am a 29 yr Old male in the UK suffering since birth. I was always told by my doctor that your body changes in 7 year cycles so I then at 15 years I was diagnosed as a Chronic sufferer after suffering a pneumothorax. Might be worth asking your Doc if this 7 year cycle holds any substance. Regards PJ

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: Hi,  I just wanted to let you know about my husband.  He suffered with : terrible asthma. I put him on pycnogenol and he very very rarely has to use : his puffer.
: : I did alot of research and found out lots of good things about pycnogenol : and how it helps asthma sufferers.
Looks like a lot of snake oil, err pine-bark oil anyway, to me. The usual anti-oxidant anti-inflammatory type spiel on all those web-sites with _no_ actual citations to any documents despite all the hype about it being "scientifically shown" etc. The details, as far as I can determine is that this is a mix of pine bark* (from a particular hard-to-find pine, of course), grape seed and some other anti-oxidant bearing stuff—none of them anywhere near as good as fresh fruit and vegetables, extra virgin olive oil and honey. Since a good diet contains lots of the former and usually enough of the latter, these supplements should be completely unnecessary. Cheers, Kin Hoong *With properties which morph from site to site.

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: It’s funny how the header implies an 18 month old son, but you : open about your husband.  So tell us – what are you selling? Snake… err pine bark oil. Cheers, Kin Hoong

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> Hello again my son is 18 months old and was diagnosed at 3 months with > asthma he is on inhaled steroids and neb treatments.  What do I have to > look forward to when he gets older?  I mean that I do not understand a > thing about peak flows and things of that nature.  Any information would > be useful.  I would like to be prepared. > Thank you > Amy Wampner

I have a 4 yr old who has had asthma since about the same age, 18 mos. I was told that since he developed it so young that he might grow out of it.  I don’t know whether or not I should believe that but I sure hope he does.  He has developed more allergies with his age and during the fall and spring his cough increases.  I have to up his dosage at these times or when he is sick, to avoid pneumonia.  We are doing ok so far, he really is just a normal kid right now. nicamrem —Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.—

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Hello again my son is 18 months old and was diagnosed at 3 months with asthma he is on inhaled steroids and neb treatments.  What do I have to look forward to when he gets older?  I mean that I do not understand a thing about peak flows and things of that nature.  Any information would be useful.  I would like to be prepared.   Thank you Amy Wampner

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Hi,  I just wanted to let you know about my husband.  He suffered with terrible asthma. I put him on pycnogenol and he very very rarely has to use his puffer.
I did alot of research and found out lots of good things about pycnogenol and how it helps asthma sufferers.
I have alot of the documentation saved if you would be interested in reading it.
Sure does beat steroids or any other types of medications.
Email me if you would like my saved information
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