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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fearless Leader on January 12, 2009, 07:29:59 pm
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Recently I was told by a "Doctor" that I have small airway disease, not asthma. What is the difference?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_airway_disease
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So if asthma is inflammation caused by the presence of a disturbance, then whatever you have much act differently, perhaps due to an overabundance or deficiency in nutrients. But I'm less of a doctor than he is.
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Maybe your airways are always small, instead of regular airways that get clogged with mucus?
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Asthma implies a regular reaction to any number of environmental or emotional factors and tends to be permanent. Of course, I am not a doctor, but it sounds to me that what you have is more treatable and probably curable.
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Asthma implies a regular reaction to any number of environmental or emotional factors and tends to be permanent. Of course, I am not a doctor, but it sounds to me that what you have is more treatable and probably curable.
Doesn't it sound a bit less treatable, though? I mean, in asthma your airways sometimes get small. With small airway disease, it sounds like they're stuck that way.
EDIT: Sounds fishy. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4001905) Some dispute as to whether it means anything at all in the medical community.
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Recently, I've been having several bouts of hiccups, and I don't know why. Is...
1) my airway too small; or
2) I'm not drinking enough water?
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Horay for HLP, without it I would be bored and not know the difference between asthma and small airway disease.