i mean has anybody joined when they had asthma? and did u get through basic traini without a problem?
2006-11-08 07:35:32 · 7 answers · asked by soutelzfinezt 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
It depends on when your last asthma attack occured. They, under normal circumstances, will not allow a person with active asthma to join the airforce.
2006-11-08 08:19:45 · answer #1 · answered by sovereign_carrie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asthma is an allergy and is triggered by something. The best non medication treatment for asthma is learning your triggers and avoiding them. Common triggers are smoke, dust, mold, mildew, plants, dust mites, pets and grass/weeds.
If you can not figure our your triggers, you may need to see an allergist and have allergy screening done. This may point out your triggers.
The National Asthma Prevention Program and the Expert Panel of Diagnosis and Management of Asthma both agree if you have to use a prescription inhaler such as albuterol more then two time per week, your asthma is NOT in control and you will need a prescription controller medication.
Controller medications are steroids (Asthmacort Asthmanex, Flovent, Pulmocort), Leukotriene modifier (Singulair, Aculade, Zyflo) or mast cell stabilizers (Cromolyn sodium, Intal, Tilade).
You may want to talk to your doctor about several strong controller medications and maybe Xolair shots.
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2016-05-14 17:47:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This depends... IS your asthma controlled and how often you have outbreaks... Airforce is the best with asthma. See when you enter the air force.. one thing you will find is recruiters will do lots of things to recruit you,thats what they get paid to do.. there are lots of loop holes and so on. Now the first thing (being prior af) I can tell you is if it is in control don't put it on your list. That by the way is what your recruiter will tell you.Then once your in if you have an act up thats okay... they will treat you and just be like wow you must have accured it due to the changes in climate or so on... you get the point. Now if it is not in control I do not recomend it because boot camp may endanger you. So as I said it depends on how bad it is...
2006-11-08 07:53:41 · answer #3 · answered by Mikentab R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think your soreness. i've got had bronchial asthma for 14 years now and function considered a number of docs. in fact, there is not any undemanding remedy for bronchial asthma on the 2d. however the indications would be prevented. It somewhat relies upon on what motives your brother's bronchial asthma. Mine is in many situations dirt and warm climate. yet i think of the well-known technique is utilising the administration inhaler. I cured my bronchial asthma the organic way?
2016-10-21 12:02:19 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know people that have joined the USAF with asthma. It just depends on your severity. Also too, look into the ANG or AFRes. Talk to the recruiter about it or call your local MEPS.
2006-11-08 07:44:41 · answer #5 · answered by doom92556 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry dude but no you cant... i know a couple of people that had it in basic and they got kicked out. i knew another person that made it through basic with a really light case of asthma but she got caught about a year later and they kicked her out too. you really dont want to go through all that just to be kicked out on you butt after a few weeks of basic.
sorry!
2006-11-08 07:50:14 · answer #6 · answered by Dustin S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think not.
2006-11-08 07:37:45 · answer #7 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋