the long and short for me: I had more lung capacity than anyone with regular asthma should have, with matching SHITE airways. I had both extrinsic and INtrinsic triggered asthma issues, and possibly unrelated but maybe good to know anyway: my lungs overproduced IgE so much so that ordinary delivery systems of relief couldn't penetrate into the air-sacs (this included antibiotics when I had pneumonia. that was fun -- not).
[aside on protocol that works for me: I ended up on xolair, which works well enough that I can even sometimes go outside without a mask and have done some long distance travel as well, neither of which things I could do for almost 5 full years prior to starting the xolair. I also went from needing prednisone regularly each day to having an emergency stash at home, but not using it unless a neb can't help me.]
I'm sure there was more; if I think of it I'll pass it along.
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the long and short for me: I had more lung capacity than anyone with regular asthma should have, with matching SHITE airways. I had both extrinsic and INtrinsic triggered asthma issues, and possibly unrelated but maybe good to know anyway: my lungs overproduced IgE so much so that ordinary delivery systems of relief couldn't penetrate into the air-sacs (this included antibiotics when I had pneumonia. that was fun -- not).
[aside on protocol that works for me: I ended up on xolair, which works well enough that I can even sometimes go outside without a mask and have done some long distance travel as well, neither of which things I could do for almost 5 full years prior to starting the xolair. I also went from needing prednisone regularly each day to having an emergency stash at home, but not using it unless a neb can't help me.]
I'm sure there was more; if I think of it I'll pass it along.