Imagine a space ship or a submarine with tiny round porthole windows and one of those wind open doors and you're getting close. The chamber can seat about four to six people comfortably on padded chairs Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been around for a long time, originally invented to treat divers with the bends, the chambers are now widely used across the UK at local MS … [Read more...]
5 tips for surviving house renovations with asthma and allergies
Having internal building work done to your house is a very stressful business. Dust can and will get EVERYWHERE! And I'm talking thick, red, sticky, grimy dust. We decided to take the plunge and reorganise our house from 'slightly dark and dingey with bad use of space' to 'open-plan, light and much more easy to use' space. Sounds like a no-brainer, but when you have allergies … [Read more...]
10 tips for successfully managing asthma
Unmanaged and out of control asthma and hay fever can be an accident waiting to happen. It can creep up quite slowly, and the signs are easy to ignore. You might think you'll get better next week, that it's all under control, just the weather change and you'll get it sorted next week, but you never know when your triggers will occur so it's dangerous to ignore early warning … [Read more...]
Did you know – your allergy meds contain lactose, dairy?
Prednisolone is usually in a tablet form and is used to treat allergic and inflammatory conditions such as asthma, allergies and skin conditions such as eczema flares, amongst other things. Why does a drug prescribed to treat allergies contain one of the thirteen main allergens? Because it does, it contains lactose from dairy! Lactose can be found in many medications and … [Read more...]
Bring back immunotherapy for allergies!
This week has been another huge learning curve at the National Allergy Strategy Group (NASG) All Party for Allergies parliamentary session. Chaired by Mandy East of NASG and kicked off by MP Jo Swinson, the session was a mixture of heart felt and honest stories from a range of different people, sharing their experience of living with airborne allergies and the NHS response, … [Read more...]