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Suggest Treatment For Asthma

Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...Hi i am a 35yr old male
who smokes and has asthma lately i have been getting very short like one sec attacks in my upper respitory that feels like i cant breathe but i could breath ,maybe my stomach but it keeps coming on and off im very afraid bacause i dont even really know how to expain it ,can you help- ?
Fri, 17 Oct 2014
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Hello,

Thank you for asking at HCM.

I went through your history and would like to make suggestions for you as follows:

1. Although your symptoms are not exactly suggestive of asthma, I would think of possibility of either asthma or GERD.

2. I would suggest you to use salbutamol inhaler when you feel such attack.

3. I would also suggest you to take an antacid like omeprazole for 2-4 weeks before meals regularly.

4. For exact diagnosis, I would suggest you a test known as spirometry with post-bronchodilator study.

5. In fact, smoking worsen both of the suspected conditions - asthma and GERD. So I would highly recommend you to seek professional help for quitting smoking.

Hope above suggestions will be helpful to you.

Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at HCM.

Wish you the best of the health ahead.

Thank you & Regards.
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Suggest Treatment For Asthma

Hello, Thank you for asking at HCM. I went through your history and would like to make suggestions for you as follows: 1. Although your symptoms are not exactly suggestive of asthma, I would think of possibility of either asthma or GERD. 2. I would suggest you to use salbutamol inhaler when you feel such attack. 3. I would also suggest you to take an antacid like omeprazole for 2-4 weeks before meals regularly. 4. For exact diagnosis, I would suggest you a test known as spirometry with post-bronchodilator study. 5. In fact, smoking worsen both of the suspected conditions - asthma and GERD. So I would highly recommend you to seek professional help for quitting smoking. Hope above suggestions will be helpful to you. Should you have any further query, please feel free to ask at HCM. Wish you the best of the health ahead. Thank you & Regards.