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Have Mild Asthma. Is It Due To Premature Born?
Someone I had met had told me that he was a premature baby by about a little over 1 month which because of this factor has 60% overall scar tissue which makes it that only 1 lung is functional @ 30%. (He is 37) He has mild asthma and uses an inhaler 2-4 times a day. He said that its like trying to breath out of tiny straw when he breaths through his nose alone and basically impossible to try and even take 1 controlled deep breath in and out.
I do honestly believe that he is exaggerating and making excuses for non existant body issues but what I was wondering is, Is there any way what I have written in the paragraph above that COULD be true ?
I do honestly believe that he is exaggerating and making excuses for non existant body issues but what I was wondering is, Is there any way what I have written in the paragraph above that COULD be true ?
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Thu, 9 May 2013
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this is not true statement
as premature there might be low immunity developed and the allergies might have caused these
if the one lung is not wirking there are chances of more asthma rather than mild asthma
due to allergies mucus irritates the mucosa of windpipe and patient feels something is going in and out by taking breathe
inhalers widen pipe but no decrease in mucus secretions
patient should get checked for allergies and get treated
as premature there might be low immunity developed and the allergies might have caused these
if the one lung is not wirking there are chances of more asthma rather than mild asthma
due to allergies mucus irritates the mucosa of windpipe and patient feels something is going in and out by taking breathe
inhalers widen pipe but no decrease in mucus secretions
patient should get checked for allergies and get treated
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