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Not like major surgery would be a desirable alternative to good asthma management, but more of a curiosity: suppose, for some medically viable reason, I got a lung transplant. Would I still have asthma? Is it something inherent to my lungs, or something about my immune system/body in general?

Along the same lines, suppose I went braindead and my family consented to donating my organs. Would whoever got my lungs have asthma, even if they didn’t before?

Ive been doing research on asthma and have found that Magnesium can have a bronchodialating effect on the lungs during an attack..So my question is which form of magnesium is good for this?

Either severe or moderate? And do you take Advair? I have had my asthma more under control with Advair than any other drug in my past 19 years of having asthma. Does anyone know if they are working on a better drug than Advair? To me that is the best thing that could have happened to asthmatics. I just wish it was invented sooner, so that when I was younger, I wouldn't have been hospitalized as much as I was. Cold air hurts my lungs, too. Sometimes when I take my Advair correctly and don't miss a dose, I can go a whole day without my inhaler, which is really cool! But anyway, if there are some suggestions about a new medicine or diet plan that helps improve asthma symptoms, ex: caffeine free drinks I heard helps. And has anyone tried that Mucinex to get rid of mucus? Can asthmatics take it? I'll ask my doctor, too, but just wondering if it helps, especially since during the cold season I get more mucus in my lungs, especially during a cold.
I agree with Dr. Devil about the Singulair, because my doctor put me on it (while taking Advair), and I didn't notice a difference, and because it was costing me each month I just stopped it. I know I shouldn't do that, but I needed the money.
I didn't really think about caffeine drinks helping, but if my asthma ever starts acting up, I'll have to try it.

My asthma meds make my lungs more sensitive for an hour or so after taking them, and they feel more sore and initially weird, like you can feel the medicine in your chest.

Is that normal and totally nothing to worry about? Is that just a sign of it all working?

I don't know what to really make of it.

Thanks!

my moms asthma is severe and they gave her presidonze which is a steriod and some antibiotic medicine to prevent an infection in her throat/lungs. Will she get better? she hasnt had an asthma attack? but has some inhaler which is i think albertrol