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- From: murthy+@EDRC.CMU.EDU (Sesh Murthy)
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- Subject: re: asthma?
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- Date: 22 Nov 92 21:22:46 GMT
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- In article <199211191423.AA23074@tuna.wang.com>, AMY.UHRBACH@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Amy Uhrbach") writes:
- |>
- |> If I were you I'd talk to an allergist. My son is very allergic, esp. to
- |> dust, and this can trigger those symptoms. He's on nasalcrom, a nose spray,
- |> which has worked wonders (he used to scratch his nose til it bled), and is
- |> supposed to have no side effects (and I am pretty informed and generally
- |> skeptical about drugs). The asthma drugs are not so benign, but they seem to
- |> be necessary in our case.
- My daughter had Asthma when she was 2 years old. The doctor gave her
- something called slobid but that did not work. We had a terrible time.
- For some 6 months she threw up nearly every day and we were really lost.
-
- One day she turned blue around the lips and had us completely panicked. The
- doctor panicked too.
- Then we went to another doctor who was an asthma specialist and he prescribed Intal.
- (sodium cromolyn I think. I think nasalcrom is the same thing but am not sure.)
- In the meantime we got every book we could about Asthma and read it. Intal
- cured my daughters problem. She has not had anything approaching wheezing
- for a year now. In between she did start wheezing once or twice but this was
- when she got a cold. The doctor told us to put some proventil in her
- intal and give it to her when she got a bad cold and that seems to work well.
-
- She used to keep scratching her nose. now that has disappeard with the Intal.
-
- Go to an ashthma specialist and ask if you should try intal. It seems to be
- completely harmless and my daughter is fine now.
-
- There is a problem giving her the intal 4 times a day. This is like religion to
- us. We will not miss this even if we are on a car trip. She gets it
- through a nebulizer. Maybe it is time we switched to giving it to her
- using the puff method.
-
- Anyway, intal is the closest thing to magic there exists. It has cured my
- daughter and may cure yours. we have seen ZERO side effects.
-
- Sesh Murthy
-