Hello there. I'm 8 months pregnant with 2 small children so pretty tired and probably immunosuppressed because of this. Over the last 6 weeks I've started to cough and wheeze particularly at night to the point where my GP has prescribed a salbutamol inhaler. I'm gutted as I've always been very healthy and am worried about the effect this may have on the baby. After lots of investigation including thyroid function tests, ECG and lung xray I still don't really know what's going on. I recently went to see a Bowen therapist who specialises in respiratory ailments and he told me it was highly likely I was allergic to dust mite poo!! He said it was a common problem and could come on at any time of life and to go home and vacuum my mattress. After going mad with the vaccuuming, dusting, washing pillows, cuddly toys, buying an air purifier and a new filter for the vacuum cleaner, I still have the same symptoms. Granted it's only a week in to the new 'clean regime' but shouldn't things have improved by now. Does anyone else suffer with this problem? How long should it take for things to improve? Will I be allergic forever now? Could it actually be Asthma? The GP thinks not but he didn't have any answer other than to treat the symptoms with the inhaler and tell me to come back if things didn't improve. Appreciate advice...
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Allergies and intolerances
Mystery respiratory problem...could it be mould spores or dustmites?
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leatherlover · 08/10/2011 22:07
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