Asthma Question?
Question:
Using your inhaler more than u have ever before?
Answers:
It means that your asthma is not under control anymore. This happened to me all year. What you need to do is get yourself to a pulmonologist (a doctor who specializes in asthma) and have him/her re-evaluate your situation. They may have to adjust or add medications so you can keep your asthma and your attacks under control. As you get older your respiratory system changes a little bit and your asthma can change/worsen too.
Are you on any preventative medication? I'm on 3 preventative meds plus an Albuterol rescue inhaler. Keep your doctor informed of your situation, especially if it is worsening. If there's anything I've learned, it's that you have to be on top of this and incredibly aware of what's going on, your symptoms, what's working and what's not. If you have to, write down when you're experiencing attacks, how often, what your symptoms are, etc. etc.
I see my pulmonologist again later this month and am hoping the new meds will give me an improved reading on my breathing tests.
Good luck! And please, see your doctor!
If you use your fast acting inhaler more than twice a week you might want to see a doctor.
If you start having to use your inhaler more than normal, your condition could be getting worse. See your doctor about it if it keeps progressing and getting worse. If your symptoms are getting worse, then that is worsening of asthma.
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nope,it means the condition is worsening ...
and once u start using it for every small attack...it wont be effective when it comes to a severe one..
i say this out of my experience...
mild attacks can be controlled by taking in lot of warm or hot stuffs like ...
stay away from foods that u think may cause allergic reactions...
and try the seroflo 200mg preventive inhaler every night...it sure helps me.
take care
When an asthma attack is unresponsive to a patient's usual medication, other treatments are available to the physician or hospital:
* oxygen to alleviate the hypoxia (but not the asthma per se) that results from extreme asthma attacks;
* nebulized salbutamol or terbutaline (short-acting beta-2-agonists), often combined with ipratropium (an anticholinergic);
* systemic steroids, oral or intravenous (prednisone, prednisolone, methylprednisolone, dexamethasone, or hydrocortisone). Some research has looked into an alternative inhaled route.
* other bronchodilators that are occasionally effective when the usual drugs fail:
# intravenous salbutamol
# nonspecific beta-agonists, injected or inhaled (epinephrine, isoetharine, isoproterenol, metaproterenol);
# anticholinergics, IV or nebulized, with systemic effects (glycopyrrolate, atropine, ipratropium);
# methylxanthines (theophylline, aminophylline);
# inhalation anesthetics that have a bronchodilatory effect (isoflurane, halothane, enflurane);
# the dissociative anaesthetic ketamine, often used in endotracheal tube induction
# magnesium sulfate, intravenous; and
* intubation and mechanical ventilation, for patients in or approaching respiratory arrest.
* Heliox, a mixture of helium and oxygen, may be used in a hospital setting. It has a more laminar flow than ambient air and moves more easily through constricted airways
Complications of asthma:
* Respiratory fatigue
* Side effects of asthma medications
* Pneumothorax
* Death
Please see the web pages for more details on Asthma.
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