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...]
Do you recycle used inhalers?
How often do you throw out inhalers? And how do you dispose of them? I've never really given it much thought until I saw a sign outside a pharmacy recently saying 'Inhaler Recycling'. It got me thinking because I just throw mine in the bin. I'm a little bit disappointed in myself for not looking into this before. I am very conscious of all my other household waste and try … [Read more...]
Stopping the allergic march
The atopic march or allergic march describes the typical journey seen in atopic people, beginning with hay fever, eczema, asthma and building into life threatening and often multiple allergies. The way I understand it, when a child is born with dry skin and eczema, often the first sign of atopy, this is the beginning of the march. Eczema is often not treated seriously … [Read more...]
Testing BetterAir probiotic purifier for asthma
I've been trying out this product for a few months now and I really think it does help. I am not getting paid to write this but I was gifted the probiotic purifier to try. What is a probiotic purifier? The unit emits a spray of probiotics every 70 minutes and this spreads around the room, treating surfaces, objects and air, ridding pathogens (harmful bacteria and mould) … [Read more...]