If I go to sleep, will I die from an asthma attack?

Question

I've been getting asthma attacks since Friday. I'm afraid to go to sleep because I might not wake up to take my inhaler.

Answer 1

Your body will wake you up if it's not getting enough oxygen. However, your asthma sounds like it's very poorly controlled. You need to go see a doctor right away because your lungs aren't in good condition.

Asthma attacks are caused by hypersensitive airways. The airways swell up and become more sensitive to irritants. (Kind of like an itch, where the more you scratch it, the worse it itches.) It sounds like right now your lungs are really irritated and that's why you are getting a series of asthma attacks.

You probably have an inhaler for relaxing the smooth muscles in your lungs. That's fine, but for this kind of situation your doctor can give you an inhaler that also stops the inflammation of your airways, which will reduce the number of attacks too.

Answer 2

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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Answer 3

I often wondered that too. I asked my doctor and he told me that if your feel that tight in the chest I should take pregnazone steroid to open me up. Ask your doctor about that in the mean time I would say you should wake up the problem once your up is get enough of the inhaler in before you get to tight. I use advair as well as my inhaler. you only hit it twice a day and I have been good since I started using it. I don't even carry my inhaler around any more.

Answer 4

Kylee, I hope you went to the Urgent Care clinic, or emergency room when you began to have them. You are very unlikely to die from an attack in your sleep. We need to breathe, and when an asthma attack occurs, we naturally wake up. Keep your inhaler near your bed so you don't have to get out of bed to use it. Double check with your doctor about your fears, and be sure your prescription is up to date and meets your current needs. And sleep easy.

Answer 5

Oh boy do I know how you feel. I am asthmatic too and sometimes I have attacks in my sleep. Fortunately your body knows when it's deprived of oxygen and you wake up. Sounds like your current asthma meds aren't cutting it anymore. See your doctor and let him know about the increase in asthma attacks. You may need new meds to control the symptoms.

Answer 6

You'll wake up, but want to know how my grandmother cured my mom of asthma when she was young? She took spider eggs, crushed it and put it in water and made my mom drink it. She never had an asthma attack again. (My mom didn't know there were spider eggs in it)

I don't reccomend it tho..

Answer 7

sure i'm particular you are able to yet do not worry because of the fact this dose not ensue to you frequently i might assume it to blow over. in case you have an emergency inhaler i might advise you keep it via your night stand. attempt to make your recommendations up whats inflicting thease assaults is it a sparkling detergent you washed your sheets with thats bothering you?, puppy dander, pollen, and so on. seek for suggestion out of your surgeon to be certain what's up & to be certain in case you will get a extra ideal sthma drugs. wish you get extra clever!

Answer 8

If your attacks are that bad, you need to see a doctor. If you're already wheezing, then get to the ER NOW.

Answer 9

You might but you will not know about it. The best thing to stay alive longer is to NEVER go to sleep. Are you still alive as its been 3 days since you asked?

Answer 10

you will wake up. Your body is great at taking care of you.