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I have asthma and take this along with Montelukast which is also studied in various places now as Covid treatment. I have allergic rhinitis asthma which means I've lost my sense of smell and taste for months from allergic cytokine storm. My grandma took Budesonide her whole life and the side effect is she lost all pain-sensing in her skin (hit her leg on a stool and didn't notice she needed 80 stitches. But that was after 60 years on it. I'm allergic to basically all forms of animal and plant life.

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Snap, been taking budesonide for about 5 years now. It was a massive improvement to my quality of life and I have basically zero asthma symptoms now as a result. My doctor tried to take me down to a weaker alternative medicine but I shot that down straight away. It's been the next best thing to a cure for me.

24yrs ago I took a Buteyko breathing course. Basically cured my asthma, I went about 16yrs without taking medication (this was down from taking around 4 doses per day). I've had a few flare ups in the last few years due to environmental changes but it is under control again now. I'd recommend this over taking drugs. https://www.buteykobreathing.org/

I've already tried stopping and reducing my medication. All that does is end up with me being hospitalised. I don't have mild asthma, I have chronic asthma. That's not the kind of thing you can heal with breathing techniques.

Yeah I had chronic asthma as well, I was hospitalised multiple times and I'd been on medication for 16yrs. I learnt the techniques and over 6months as I felt comfortable I was able to reduce my medication. You'd be mad to just stop your medication cold turkey. I'm not advocating that.

Have you tried?

It may or may not solve the problem but has the potential to cut away some of the anxiety and trauma connected to not getting enough oxygen.

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It is not a cure for asthma but a complementary technique. This means that people using Buteyko should still continue take their inhalers as prescribed however research has shown that inhaler use can significantly reduce over time.

>I'm allergic to basically all forms of animal and plant life

From an evolutionary perspective, that's remarkable. Have you looked into the possibility that it's not your allergies, per se, but your microbiome that is the troublemaker?

Yep.It's a long complicated boring story but I lived in a car from the ages 2-4 (kidnapped by my dad). During that time (we had no money and were on the run from the RCMP) we ate only fish. Once I was 'rescued' by the RCMP I was returned home but lived there only briefly then left home young and lived on the road/cars/in Colombia and various deserts because in South America and in deserts I have no allergies. This is a way of saying the food doesn't matter ( I was raw food vegan for 3 years; vegetarian for 20 and eating very very simple foods as I am happy that way as any)

Out of curiosity, what does your diet look like?

have you (or the child comments) considered going plant based? It's shown to lower inflammation and improve the gut microbiome, which also improves immune response and lung function.

Several members of my family have improved their asthma symptoms by cleaning up their diet, allowing them to get off medication.

I know many issues people have are genetic, but the amount caused by a poor or incompatible diet are incredible.

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