Asthmatic
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- mikotondria20
my mate actually did buckets and as much inhaler as he could do....it actually made him seriously ill and he cant get himself right again.
Shame, hes an extremely overly intelligent guy, whom I used to sit in awe of as he downloaded 8bit breakbeat samples from Bulletin boards, using his humble amiga and a phone line.
I was on acid and didnt have a job.
Yeah !
- _salisae_0
curious ..
let's say you have an attack and your lungs are collapsing and there is no inhaler or medication around
and the only way to rectify the situation is to relax .. wouldn't it be helpful then if you passed out?
- moth0
wtf.
There's no way I'm holding my breath for 60 seconds during an attack.
- Jaline0
wtf.
There's no way I'm holding my breath for 60 seconds during an attack.
moth
(Jul 5 06, 06:12)seriously. That's one of the reasons why I hated inhalers at first. Because you have to moderate your breathing WHILE having an attack in order to get the medicine properly into your airway...
- _salisae_0
moth. it's an exercise to do outside of an attack period to increase your lung's strength.
- Jaline0
and the only way to rectify the situation is to relax .. wouldn't it be helpful then if you passed out?
_salisae_
(Jul 5 06, 06:12)I've never passed out, but I've felt like passing out several times when I first started using the relax method instead of the inhaler.
- vespa0
i just tried holding my breath for 60 secs, got to 55 and now i'm seeing spots. yeah!
- Rand0
- _salisae_0
if i have an asthmatic child hell if i'd rely on a stupid plastic gadget to keep them alive. i'd require more information .. better techniques. hopefully a way to solve the problem.
it says those inhalers make your attacks worse the next time.
- Jaline0
Inhalers didn't work for me when I was younger, but I think it was about the fact that I wanted something more immediate, which is why I have Advair.
Inhalers really do help a lot of people.
- moth0
All in all, I think it's dangerous to recommend anything other than meds to a kid.
Adults are stronger, naturally, and will have more inclination and understanding of exercise and diet etc.
I ended up in casualty many times with life threatening attacks. Some of my earliest memories are being driven to the A&E department and the "flavour" of a nebulizer - which probably saved my life several times. Telling a child to relax and hold their breath ain't going to work. Drugs and plenty of them are the only way if it gets to be that bad. I had full inhalers emptied down me during such times to no effect at all.
I also remember the cute nurses. I'll probably develop some weird fetish in a few years...
- moth0
it says those inhalers make your attacks worse the next time.
_salisae_
(Jul 5 06, 06:22)That's crap.
I believe salbutamol to very safe. My doctors have always said as much and I've never had any ill effects.
- _salisae_0
so what would trigger an attack? exercising? a scary movie? someone yelling at you? or is it something that happens more randomly.
i have no idea why i'm so concerned about this today. heh.
- Jaline0
Depends. A lot of attacks have to do with doing excessive exercising without taking breaks; allergies.
Symptoms vary widely from person to person and from situation to situation.
Inflammatory Triggers
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Inflammatory (allergic) triggers can cause inflammation of the lungs' airways or tightening of the airways' muscles.Inflammatory triggers include:
- Dust mites
- Animals
- Cockroaches
- Moulds
- Pollens
- Viral infections
- Certain air pollutantsSymptom Triggers
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Symptom (non-allergic) triggers generally do not cause inflammation, but they can provoke "twitchy" airways, especially if they're already inflamed.Symptom triggers include:
- Smoke
- Exercise
- Cold air
- Chemical fumes and other strong-smelling substances like perfumes
- Certain food additives like sulfites
- Certain air pollutants
- Intense emotions
- moth0
so what would trigger an attack? exercising? a scary movie? someone yelling at you? or is it something that happens more randomly.
_salisae_
(Jul 5 06, 06:31)Potentially all of them.
Exercise when I was younger was a cause. Dust, cats and dogs another. Stress, like someone pulling a knife on you or a car crash or something also was a trigger.
- piers0
Read this book:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product…
- 67nj0
in the past I used this:
http://www.ventolin.com/