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Fizzy Drinks and asthma?
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I have noticed that any time I drink coke or lemonade my chest feels really tight and weezy afterwards, I have not had asthma long so I dont know if this is what is causing it, does this mean I have to avoid fizzy drinks?
thanks
xx Emz xx
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xx Emz xx
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It's a good idea to avoid fizzy drinks as much as possible anyway, as they're not too great for you in general. But everything in moderation.
Do they contain any ingrediant with benzoate, gultamate or phosphate? As these can aggravate asthma
Panthro, your freind may be sensitive to the aspartame too or the scalitites (bad sp, sorry) in the orange
Are you kidding me? Oh my god, my life makes so much more sense now.... I'm never drinking fizzy drinks again :eek2:
my son has adhd, so food additives are something I've read a far bit about. SOme of what they do is terrible and yet its left to care on! my little brother was put of red sweets for life when he found out the colouring is made from a particular insect
I just typed in 'fizzy lemonade asthma' into Google search engine and came to this forum!
Last year I developed asthma for the first time in my life - I regularly play tennis outdoors and from March 2005 until mid-Summer I noticed that I was developing breathing problems, especially at night and during the early hours of the morning. My life became really disrupted when I found I was almost suffocating and went for drives at 2am to get my mind off my symptoms!
It was like breathing through a straw; both in and out. I didn't seek medical attention until during one early morning (again around 2am) attack, I was almost suffocating and shaking trying to get dressed ... my heart rate was racing in panic and suddenly, I think due to an adrenalin rush - my airways relaxed and I had a reasonable ability to breathe. It took a second such attack a few mornings later which prompted me to drive to the A+E department at St. George's Hospital in Tooting.
During this last year I have used prescribed 'reliever' inhalers and also a 'preventer' inhaler which make a remarkable difference.
This last week I ran out of fruit juice - and picked up a 2L bottle of fizzy lemonade which someone had bought in a pack of six. (I never buy coke or lemonade) I finished this off in a couple of days and found that I was developing wheezing and breathing difficulties, whereas one puff of my 'preventer' inhaler can keep me going for up to 3 .. 4 weeks without even needing the 'instant reliever'. The lemonade definately had an effect - so much so, that I today typed in 'fizzy lemonade asthma' into Google, to see what would turn up!
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