Bronchospasms

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Hello,

 

I'm doing research for a person who needs to use

2 type inhaler pumps for most of every winter.

She says she had asthma, but no longer does. That

she suffers from Bronchospasms.

 

I've researched this online and only find

references to it under 2 conditions:

 

1) related to asthma

 

2) exercise-induced, and this person doesn't

exercise.

 

Any knowledge about this would be very

appreciated.

 

Also, it might be helpful to know that she has no

problems all summer. But as soon as the school

year begins (she's a teacher) and she catches the

slightest cold, she needs to use Flovent (a

corticosteroid) and Ventalin in a *preventative*

manner, so that the cold/flu doesn't turn into a

secondary infection such as sinusitis or

sometimes bronchitis. She ends up needing

antibiotics off and on most of the winter and

this is not helping her get a grip on tackling

her general health problems (needs to lose weight

due to knee problems and to prevent

weight-related illnesses as she gets older). Her

convalesence from all colds is extremely long.

 

She is originally from a tropical climate and is

always cold here in Canada. Her thyroid is in the

low range of normal and she got tired of taking

thyroid meds if not necessary. It's become a

vicious cycle where she can get a better grip on

the whole situation in summer, but once the first

gusts of damp cold autumn arrive, she is coughing

and needs a scarf around her throat at all times,

hates to go outside and thus gets little exercise

(too often sick to be worth investing in

registration where she could continue swimming

and too many knee problems to work on machines

like treadmill, bike, etc). So in the summer she

walks and swims and begins losing weight but gets

setback each autumn and really needs help to turn

this around.

 

Thanks in advance,

Suzan