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Again, anecdotally. But - I am a lifelong severe asthmatic. As a kid I was prevented from all running activity. It was the 80s. At 23 I decided, against all adv

Again, anecdotally. But - I am a lifelong severe asthmatic. As a kid I was prevented from all running activity. It was the 80s. At 23 I decided, against all advice, to start running. It is now 25 years later and I have run 360 days a year all that time. I still have asthma, but it's just this annoying thing, like hands that grip my lungs a bit. When I get the flu ( I had a terrible flu in January this year ) I do not stop running if I have low/no fever. Running for me is just a walk to others as I do it every day. Since Covid started, so I don't wheeze and sneeze and terrify people and become a social pariah, I take one puff Budesonide, one singulair and a reactine every day. I now have zero asthma and my nasal rhinitis is 70% reduced. (no sniffles just one closed passage as I've had my whole life). I am not recommending anything but building a relationship between my experience, yours and the discussion about this pandemic flu. What is missing from all of these anecdotes is context. This is mine. I am an extremely disciplined runner, I stretch every day ( I have scoliosis which requires it so I remain mostly pain free), I run a Decolinization Think Tank and I live in the Western World and am white and currently upper middle class. I grew up in a trailer with violent neglectful parents and so I also was forced to go through a decade of self work and radical subjectivity was the product . This is my subjectivity, my context and it is directly related to how I recover from disease - or do not. We need numbers and statistics and context.

garganzol 6y ago
Totally agree. I am too small of an expert to provide a statically representative numbers. Medicine is my hobby, not a trade by day. Instead, I'm using a more algebraic, inter-disciplinary approach to medicine trying to infer the outcomes in symbolic form, just like the algebra does. Sorry for non-conventional approach, I clearly understand it goes against the usual expectations of the day. To make things more weird, I do some practice too, including the light surgeries. >I take one puff Budesonide, one singulair and a reactine every day In this way you shape the immune response to not attack your tissues. This reduces (or even eliminates) the manifestations of asthma, but does not heal the root cause of it. Physical activities probably tend to reduce the asthma manifestations too. Regarding possible healing solution: it is a tough situation as the true reasons of this illness lie inside the genetic code. And this code is hard to change, especially for a grown-up organism (currently it is thought as impossible, though prominent things like CRISP do exist). In this way, asthma is considered impossible to cure. Regarding COVID: it is not a genetic illness, so it is possible to cure. So this is my context. Pure algebra with bits of physics, chemistry and biology.
- gspr 6y ago
  > Medicine is my hobby Now there's a red flag if I ever saw one! > I'm using a more algebraic, inter-disciplinary approach to medicine trying to infer the outcomes in symbolic form, just like the algebra does. Sorry for non-conventional approach, I clearly understand it goes against the usual expectations of the day. WTF?
  - garganzol 6y ago
    >WTF? Symbolic computation is a way to look at the problem domain from a clear analytical standpoint. For example, Noam Chomsky did that for linguistics. Does such approach constitute a red flag in specific area of human knowledge? Depends on who you ask. In case of Chomsky, his work allowed us to have software compilers and automatic translators between spoken and written languages. Was he a mad non-conventional scientist? Maybe. But I think he was a prominent innovator cut from above who gave us a great reminder: you cannot undercut or overcome math and algebra. Even in seemingly non-related disciplines such as linguistics or medicine.
- klyrs 6y ago
  > I am too small of an expert to provide a statically representative numbers. Medicine is my hobby, not a trade by day. In other words, you are not an expert. Be honest with yourself and stop giving people unsolicited medical advice. Please. Experts don't just do their own studies. They also read studies performed by others, which they base their recommendations on, and have on hand to support their advice.
  - garganzol 6y ago
    I'm not a medical expert. But I have my share of successes. The only reason I voiced a suggestion is because I read desperation behind OP's lines. That's it. A moment of personal weakness caused by overwhelming human compassion. It's a generalized advice for a general person after suspected pneumonia. It is a good solid recommendation you would get from a practicing doctor, or even from any post-pneumonia patient who experienced shortage of breath. Please note how helpful it might be in life vs death situations when the list of other options is just empty. I presume that OP's wife condition is a form of post-pneumonia pulmonary fibrosis. The common wisdom of crowds in western countries suggests that there is no known cure. However if you care enough to intersect the lingual and cultural barriers, you will soon find out that the effective cures do exist. They come in form of physical rehabilitation: breathing and physical exercises are the main parts of it. In other words: moving your body will do a good favor for the tissues of your lungs. Open air and unobstructed airflow are big bonuses as well. Of course you can still deny everything I say. You can still be selfishly fulfilled by your comfortable ignorance.

garganzol 6y ago

Totally agree. I am too small of an expert to provide a statically representative numbers. Medicine is my hobby, not a trade by day. Instead, I'm using a more algebraic, inter-disciplinary approach to medicine trying to infer the outcomes in symbolic form, just like the algebra does. Sorry for non-conventional approach, I clearly understand it goes against the usual expectations of the day. To make things more weird, I do some practice too, including the light surgeries. >I take one puff Budesonide, one singulair and a reactine every day In this way you shape the immune response to not attack your tissues. This reduces (or even eliminates) the manifestations of asthma, but does not heal the root cause of it. Physical activities probably tend to reduce the asthma manifestations too. Regarding possible healing solution: it is a tough situation as the true reasons of this illness lie inside the genetic code. And this code is hard to change, especially for a grown-up organism (currently it is thought as impossible, though prominent things like CRISP do exist). In this way, asthma is considered impossible to cure. Regarding COVID: it is not a genetic illness, so it is possible to cure. So this is my context. Pure algebra with bits of physics, chemistry and biology.

gspr 6y ago
> Medicine is my hobby Now there's a red flag if I ever saw one! > I'm using a more algebraic, inter-disciplinary approach to medicine trying to infer the outcomes in symbolic form, just like the algebra does. Sorry for non-conventional approach, I clearly understand it goes against the usual expectations of the day. WTF?
- garganzol 6y ago
  >WTF? Symbolic computation is a way to look at the problem domain from a clear analytical standpoint. For example, Noam Chomsky did that for linguistics. Does such approach constitute a red flag in specific area of human knowledge? Depends on who you ask. In case of Chomsky, his work allowed us to have software compilers and automatic translators between spoken and written languages. Was he a mad non-conventional scientist? Maybe. But I think he was a prominent innovator cut from above who gave us a great reminder: you cannot undercut or overcome math and algebra. Even in seemingly non-related disciplines such as linguistics or medicine.
klyrs 6y ago
> I am too small of an expert to provide a statically representative numbers. Medicine is my hobby, not a trade by day. In other words, you are not an expert. Be honest with yourself and stop giving people unsolicited medical advice. Please. Experts don't just do their own studies. They also read studies performed by others, which they base their recommendations on, and have on hand to support their advice.
- garganzol 6y ago
  I'm not a medical expert. But I have my share of successes. The only reason I voiced a suggestion is because I read desperation behind OP's lines. That's it. A moment of personal weakness caused by overwhelming human compassion. It's a generalized advice for a general person after suspected pneumonia. It is a good solid recommendation you would get from a practicing doctor, or even from any post-pneumonia patient who experienced shortage of breath. Please note how helpful it might be in life vs death situations when the list of other options is just empty. I presume that OP's wife condition is a form of post-pneumonia pulmonary fibrosis. The common wisdom of crowds in western countries suggests that there is no known cure. However if you care enough to intersect the lingual and cultural barriers, you will soon find out that the effective cures do exist. They come in form of physical rehabilitation: breathing and physical exercises are the main parts of it. In other words: moving your body will do a good favor for the tissues of your lungs. Open air and unobstructed airflow are big bonuses as well. Of course you can still deny everything I say. You can still be selfishly fulfilled by your comfortable ignorance.