My daughter's asthma was cured

Philippines
March 30, 2009 11:16am CST
My daughter acquired asthma when she was three years old. I have to discover and identify what triggers her attacks, such as being exposed to elements after 5 pm (she must be inside the house by that time); drinking cold drinks or eating ice cream and the like from 3PM down; the pollen grains from the blooming mango trees; the nasty smell of the piggery of our neighbors and the worst, letting her enjoy eating fish especially the soup. The latter even made her stiff and we had to look for a ride at past midnight to rush her to the hospital for oxygen intake. During her worst attacks which happens six to eight times a month, she vomits phlegm and could fill the canister of a one gallon ice cream then she starts complaining of headache and some tingling sensation in the head which I interpret as "lacking in oxygen". It takes millions of patience and perseverance taking care of an asthma patient. We have to put a small chair in our bed where she could rest her head while sitting to enable her to sleep, other wise, we have to carry her to improve her breathing. During times when she could not sleep even after being nebulized, we let her watch TV even during unholy hours. We even purchased an aquarium so that seeing the movement of the different colored fishes is enough to divert her attention, and then her attack subsides. When she was 14 years old, we decided to transfer residence as we could not do away with the irritants, and thanks God, though the place we transferred to is semi-urban area, my daughter never had an attack until now that she is 22 years old.
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@060157 (1059)
• Pakistan
30 Mar 09
hey there. tell you what, now that she is fine, don't ever make the mistake of moving to somewhere else. i have asthma since child hood and now i am 21 years old. i had a severe condition when i was young, and i used to have major attacks atleast once a week for no apparent reason. but then we moved to another city and things started to calm down. and there came a point when i seldom felt the need to take the inhaler. but then when i was 17 years old, i went to visit my brother in manchester for one month. it felt like heaven and the air was so clean. i don't remember feeling the need to take medicine while i lived there. but when i returned, my lungs got used to the fresh clean air of manchester and thus the attacks were back. right now i have gotten used to the air here yet again but last year i had the severest of attacks which didn't even go away with medicine but the doc took care of me. i have heard that asthma goes away eventually but this hasn't come true for me yet. good to hear about your daughter, may she have a healthy life.