Has anyone else experienced complete remission of asthma? Did it ever return?

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I was diagnosed with asthma at the age of 4 after a severe attack and a stay in hospital. I had ongoing symptoms and needed the odd trip to A&E, courses of steroids once a year or so and often had exacerbations when I had a cold or during cold weather.

In my late 20s I had a couple of hospital admissions when I was really quite unwell with my asthma. After the second admission I was prescribed Seretide and took it regularly for a number of years. Since starting on Seretide I've had no asthma symptoms whatsoever. I was "downgraded" to fluticasone a few years later and now I don't take anything. I always make sure I have a salbutamol inhaler just in case but it's been about 18 years now since I've even wheezed.

Has anyone else experienced this? I feel very lucky but I also don't want to assume that it will never come back.

My friends dd in late 20s is in remission too. Asthma nurse said that it can do this and return years later but doesn't mean that it will. It can fluctuate with hormones affecting it apparently.

I’ve gone several periods of >5 years with zero inhaler use.

And then something will trigger a flare up and back on blue and brown inhalers for a bit, then drop the brown and just very occasional blue. Then the next cold type lurgy will set off another flare and the cycle repeats. Then get a long enough run without being ill and can go several years again.

Short version, I keep both inhalers in date, take them with me when travel away from home and take blue one anywhere vaguely challenging day to day.

That's interesting, thanks. I'm really hoping 18 years means it's permanent or at least won't come back as bad as before!