When I was young, my doctors told us that steroids were very dangerous
medications, to be reserved for the most extenuating circumstances,
and that he would not endorse them for normal asthma, even as severe
as mine was. They were known to stunt growth, and that was seen as a
very bad indicator. This was in the 60's.
Now they hand them out like candy. I have met women that grew up
taking steroids for asthma that were less than 5 feet tall, shopping
in the children's sections for clothes.
I was told that almost no one dies of asthma. It did happen but very
very rarely. They used to give epinephrine shots at the doctor's
office to stop an attack. By the time I came along, they had inhalers.
Before me, there were misters with epi in them, like an old perfume
spray mister. Nowadays there are many more deaths than there used to
be. It may be that the steroid inhalers cause more problems than they
solve.
The silver water does help a great deal. Newer research connects
fungal infections with asthma.
Kathryn
On Sep 11, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Dianne France wrote:
Kathryn
My mother-in-law developed Churg–Strauss syndrome (also known as
allergic granulomatosis) is a medium and small vessel autoimmune
vasculitis, leading to necrosis. It involves mainly the blood
vessels of the lungs (it begins as a severe type of asthma),
gastrointestinal system, and peripheral nerves, but also affects the
heart, skin and kidneys. It is a rare disease that is non-
inheritable, non-transmissible. Churg-Strauss syndrome was once
considered a type of Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN)due to their similar
morphologies.
She was on Prednisone and/or cortisone and the doctors told us that
this was the cause. She died on the fourth severe attack of this
syndrome. No one else had ever survived two and rarely survive the
first according to her doctors. It was totally unexpected and she
is missed, thank you for your condolences.
Dianne
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CS>FW: asthma -Dianne
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:39:46 -0500
DIED?
I am so sorry for your loss. May I ask what medications were
responsible?
Kathryn
On Sep 11, 2009, at 6:54 AM, Dianne France wrote:
Gina
Our son had very bad when he was little. My mother-in-law died from
side effects of asthma medications so we were very concerned. A
friend suggested chiropractic care. I had never used a chiropractor
and didn't follow up. Our son got worse and her chiropractor was
having a "bring a friend free day" and so we went. It was amazing.
If he was having problems I could take him and they would stop
immediately. I don't know if all forms of asthma respond but to
this day if our son now 31 has an attack or is starting to have
difficulty breathing he immediately heads to the chiropractor. He
also has mild scoliosis and these treatments have helped that also.
Dianne
