My sister has had three asthma attacks well supposedly in a week. The thing is she's never in her life had asthma, she has been sick with a cold. Do you guys think that what they were is Breathing Attacks? Her doctors aren't very educated so, they wouldn't know. But is there even a such thing as Breathing Attacks? And do you think she has asthma? Or was it just cold in her chest?
2007-02-26 03:29:14 · 12 answers · asked by Miah 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
I agree that it's asthma. She must be susceptible to having asthmatic attacks. If she has allergies she can have an asthma attack.
A cold can bring on an asthma attack.
ANYONE can develop asthma at any time during their lives.
Asthma is when the airways of your lungs constrict with fluid and they can squeeze right shut if you aren't careful and controlling the symptoms with medication.
Usually Ventolin is the "reliever" which opens the airways right up by relaxing them, and the "preventor" usually something like Flovent has a minute amount of steroid in it to keep the airway from inflamming and closing right up.
You can die having an asthma attack.
Most people with asthma need to start their puffers at the first sign of a cold to prevent having asthma attacks. The wet flemmy cough is an indicator that fluid is in the lungs there. When they breathe and exhale they actually WHEEZE.
Best thing to do is start the preventor immediately at the first sign of a cold and take it right through until you have no cold left and your coughing stops. The Ventolin can be taken up to 4 times a day, maybe more in severe cases and keeps the lungs from spasming (which causes you to cough).
There are puffers like Advair which are both in one. Your doctor can best prescribe which is best for you. I took Advair once when I had bronchitis as I was coughing my lungs out for two months. It finally went away but I used it when I had a chest cold after that till it expired as it didn't make my chest feel so "heavy".
2007-02-26 03:39:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-27 12:02:05 · answer #2 · answered by Freda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the heck is as breathing attack?? and what kind of doctor are you seeing that would be "uneducated"?? This is an odd question. I think you need to research asthma and find out what that is so you can make a more informed decision here. I suppose in simple terms a "breathing" attack is, well, an asthma attack since the patient is having an attack of difficult breathing.
2007-02-26 03:33:31 · answer #3 · answered by Tulip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asthma is episodic, or comes and goes. It is an allergy and can be triggered by many things. Triggers differ from person to person. Some common triggers are:
Common cold
Smoke
Dust
Cockroaches
grass/weeds/plants
Cats/dogs/pets/farm animals
cold air
wet or dry air
exercise
These are only SOME of the common triggers. If you think she has asthma, ask your doctor to test her for it. Then find a certified asthma educator (AE-C) and get educated on the condition.
2007-02-26 06:19:22 · answer #4 · answered by Matt A 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find a real doctor....Also there is such a thing as seasonal asthma...I have played soccer since I could walk - Now that I am older I get Asthma around August and September - I have never had it before...but it suddenly came up this year...
2007-02-26 03:32:54 · answer #5 · answered by ~J*me~ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like Asthma. Never heard of "breathing attacks", except like "anxiety attacks", same symptoms. If her docs aren't "educated", find one that is. I developed Asthma after my teenage years..so really it doesn't always start early in life. She really needs to seek GOOD medical advice/help. Good Luck
2007-02-26 03:34:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she has never had Shortness of Breath before this might just
the cold
A Pulmanologist should be able to find it
2007-02-26 03:36:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People can develop asthma over time, and usually it is after they've been sick. My brother was born with asthma, but my mother has developed it, I think that you need to seek professional help. If you know her docs are quacks, why isn;t your family seeing someone else??
2007-02-26 03:32:54 · answer #8 · answered by ~J♥L♥L~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have asthma, and depending on the weather/allergens I have had that many. Not enough to hospitalize me, but still.
Was she wheezing or just hyperventilating?
Send her to a pulmonologist for a pulmonary function study as well as possibly an allergist -- something in her environment (my triggers are dust and mold) could have changed to cause it, and some maintenance inhalers could take care of it.
2007-02-26 03:32:32 · answer #9 · answered by icequeen_ah 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An asthmatic is born with the disease.But that doesn't mean they will have problems with it all the time.Or even ever An asthmatic can live their whole life without even knowing they have a problem until they run across the thing that triggers it.
2007-02-26 09:56:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋