I've had allergic asthma all my life and used both reliever and preventative inhalers regularly for YEARS. This blog is about my journey to living with asthma naturally and no longer using any asthma medication. I've always worried about this continued use of steroids for asthma and whether they were bad for me, causing side effects etc. Naturally when I began topical … [Read more...]
Allergies, asthma and eczema protect you from Covid-19
I knew it was sexy to have eczema, allergies and asthma. I knew it was my superpower to have an immune system that was on hyper lookout. Being a superhero can be life threatening in certain circumstances, like coming into contact with an allergen, but it could be protective in other situations, like the Covid virus! Check out this article from The School of Medicine and … [Read more...]
In the Top 10 UK Healthcare Blogs 2021
I'm thrilled to be voted into the Top 10 UK Healthcare blogs again, for the sixth year in a row! Another excuse to celebrate all that I've achieved over the last twelve years of blogging. living with life threatening anaphylaxis, allergies, eczema and latterly topical steroid withdrawal. This blog has given me something to focus on, a place to share my journey and document what … [Read more...]
The dangers of oral corticosteroid (OCS) inhalers
We all know that asthma is a serious health condition and if you are unlucky enough to have it, you'll be familiar with inhalers for when you have an asthma attack and for preventative support. It's always worried me, especially since my own withdrawal from all medication to treat my eczema, including topical corticosteroids... should I be taking my preventative inhaler? I … [Read more...]
Should you use your steroid inhaler during TSW?
This has really been worrying me. If you have asthma then you'll be familiar with those brown preventative inhalers and you'll also know that they contain steroids. That's just what they contain, not much we can do about that, and they work! They help you keep your asthma under control. But what if you are also cutting out topical steroids? Apologies to the asthma peeps … [Read more...]