> “You’re sneezing to protect yourself. The fact that you don’t like the sneezing, that’s tough luck,” he said, with a slight shrug. “Evolution doesn’t care how you feel.”
Well, as somebody that has allergic asthma, I've had episodes so severe that I thought I was going to die and I ended up in ER about 3 times. Then due to a 1 year treatment with Symbicort, my asthma is now in control and I haven't had episodes or felt the need for treatment in years. However asthma can always come back and it is something you leave with.
Allergic asthma is also correlated with heart problems, like for example I suffer from supraventricular tachycardia from time to time and treatment for one has a negative impact on the other - broncho-dilators or corticosteroids are known to produce tachycardia episodes as side-effects.
Therefore I have a hard time not thinking about my asthma as being a disease and the only reason I can have a normal life right now is due to modern medication that wasn't available 15 years ago.
Well, as somebody that has allergic asthma, I've had episodes so severe that I thought I was going to die and I ended up in ER about 3 times. Then due to a 1 year treatment with Symbicort, my asthma is now in control and I haven't had episodes or felt the need for treatment in years. However asthma can always come back and it is something you leave with.
Allergic asthma is also correlated with heart problems, like for example I suffer from supraventricular tachycardia from time to time and treatment for one has a negative impact on the other - broncho-dilators or corticosteroids are known to produce tachycardia episodes as side-effects.
Therefore I have a hard time not thinking about my asthma as being a disease and the only reason I can have a normal life right now is due to modern medication that wasn't available 15 years ago.