Astma Attacks?

Question

i currently have a really bad cough and have had asthma all my life i was taking ibruphin pain killers because i was tender but they started off an asthma attack and i have not had 1 sinse i was born

why did it set my asthma off?

yes im sure i have asthma

i just want to no why it set my asthma off

i do not need a page full of medical crap that i do not understand!

Answer 1

Have you tried eliminating dairy from your diet? I suffered my whole life with asthma until I stopped consuming dairy and started taking small doses of natural ephedrine...this is the one I use:

http://www.naturalkiosk.com/proddetail.php?prod=033674000120&cat=47

Also...explore this website:

http://www.mercola.com/2005/nov/8/a_natural_treatment_for_asthma.htm

The first step is BELIEVING that you can and will be well...that you do not NEED meds for the rest of your life...and that you WILL breathe normally again!!!

You'll see!!

I'm very healthy now and there was a time when I could barely get up a flight of stairs without losing my breath....the toxins in dairy are a direct link to breathing problems...also a lack of sunlight and dependency on meds only makes matters worse.

I wish you the BEST !!!!!!!

Answer 2

As someone who is actually an aspirin sensitive asthmatic I'll like to point out the answer from Dr Frank has some errors e.g. most people with ASA are not usually atopic, quite the opposite. They just present symptoms that are assumed to be allergic reactions.

ASA usually develops in a person's 20s or 30s. The first symptom that appears is what seems to be allergic rhinitis - a runny, itchy nose. It's usually another couple of years before asthma develops and there can be several more years before the sensitivity to aspirin or other types of NSAIDs like ibuprophen occurs. This is the "textbook" progression of ASA.

Because there's no test for ASA it's important to avoid aspirin and NSAIDs if you are asthmatic as you can be happily taking aspirin one day and the next day take one and end up in hospital as a result of a severe asthma attack.

The asthma attack that occurs when you take an aspirin is usually accompanied by a runny nose, along with sneezing and a hot flush to the face.

Although you can avoid aspirin and other NSAIDs to prevent the further risk of asthma attacks, ASA sufferers can have additional problems such as chronic sinusitis, loss of sense of smell, and nasal polyps.

If you're asthmatic and you're coughing a lot you need to see your doctor to ensure that your asthma is being controlled properly. At the same time tell him about the reaction you had so it can go in your medical notes. And stick to paracetamol based medication from now on.

Answer 3

NSAIDs or anti-inflammatories the group of drugs that include ibuprofen correctly carry a warning that they should not be taken by asthmatics,

A percentage of asthmatics, sometimes known as ASA aspirin sensitive asthmatics have NSAIDs as a trigger for their disease.

We cannot identify them with any tests but they are more likely to be atopic individuals, i.e. those who also have allergies and eczema.

Asthmatics arrive at their symptoms via different pathways, the symptoms are the same but the chemical pathways that different asthmatics take to get to those symptoms varies. A London expert called Professor Barnes has spent a lifetime plotting some of these pathways.

The ASA group of asthmatics also tend to be responders to the group of drugs Leukotriene antagonists, (singulair accolate). It is thought that in some way there is a link between ASA asthmatics and the pathway to wheeze involving Leukotrienes.

When I come across an asthmatic with aches and pains or fever I always ask if they have taken aspirin or ibuprofen before, if they have done so without provoking asthma symptoms it is OK to let them continue, since this appears to be an all or nothing phenomena.

Answer 4

are you sure that you have asthma? asthma may be diagnosed by having a peak flow meter value improvement of more than 15% after you have used a bronchodilator. that means that the acute airway resistance has responded to the treatment.
although the finding of wheezing will make you suspect an asthma attack, there are other possible diseases that mimick asthma. among them are foreign bodies in the airway, epiglotittis, laryngitis.
medications are among those that trigger asthma. other triggers are the environment, exercise, cough and colds.