Hi everyone! I was hoping you might be able to help answer my question... I've been having asthma problems lately (from a sinus infection and unseasonably warm weather). I'm on Prednisone, Flovent, and Albuterol treatments (all from my primary care) for my asthma alone, in addition to about 4 other medications for allergies and my sinus infection. My question is, if I have to go into the ER tonight for asthma symptoms (I had to go in 2 days ago too, but left before I was seen because I had a doctors appointment with my primary early in the morning and there would have been a 6 hour wait, therefore i would have been seen quicker just going to my existing appointment), would the doctors or nurses think I was "faking" or just having an "anxiety attack" (even though I do not suffer from anxiety) given the following information:
-I was not presently wheezing (although I was earlier)
-It feels laborous to breathe and I'm tired from breathing (you can visibly see me struggling)
2007-01-11
08:47:10
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-Normal oxygen levels, but a high pulse from the albuterol
-Cannot take a full breath in, and trouble talking more than a few words at a time.
-Dry cough with occasional "mucusy sounding" coughs
I'm obviously having real symptoms from real asthma attacks, but I guess that I'm just kind of traumatized from times in the past when doctors have said that back problems that I was having were from "psychological causes," yet it was later discovered that I had slipped discs and nerve damage.
Thanks for any help!
2007-01-11
08:47:37 ·
update #1
Thanks, yeah I already see an asthma and allergy specialist, and I'll be going back in within the next week. My question is just about the emergency room in particular. I have a long history of severe asthma allergies sinusitis upper respiratory infections, etc., so my "regular" doctors know this; i'm just concerned about the ER docs that know nothing about me. :(
2007-01-11
08:57:24 ·
update #2
EDIT agian: And moreso I'm worried about if they'll think "you're not presently wheezing and your oxygen is okay, so you're fine" when in fact I haven't been able to breathe normally, despite all the steroids and albuterol. Will the fact that I'm on those medications pretty much tell them that I AM having a problem with my asthma, regardless of my oxygen levels/lack of wheezing at the time?
2007-01-11
08:59:43 ·
update #3