Asthma

[Ducatiboy stu]

Well....last Sat night I ended up in ED with an asthma attack that took roughly 1hr to get under control.

It was one of the most scary things that has ever happened to me.

I thought my asthma was under control...but

Siting in ED with blood sats under 90 after all the drugs &IV......was a BIG WAKE UP....

I Dont even remenber going in there....

Was told that I collapsed walking into ED....I only just remember them taking Xrayrs

It was scary as all ****

 

[pk.sax]

Not funny at all mate. Hope you take good care of yourself and get healthy.

 

[GalBrew]

As a fellow asthmatic since 1985, all I can say is Seretide. And the 500/50 dose, asymptomatic since I started taking it....and I had many a trip to casualty while on intal, becotide, beclaforte etc.

 

[HBHB]

As you've found out mate, asthma can be fatal. Have dealt with many hundreds of cases in my years & seen several close shaves. Time to take stock, have a management plan and heed the warning signs of a worsening episode.

Next time use 000 and let the paramedics deal with it, instead of risking collapsing behind the wheel where there's little chance of survival.

A fair number of Asthma fatalities happen on the side of a road somewhere while trying to get to hospital instead of staying put, using their MDI's and waiting for professional help.

Glad this one ended up on a positive note.

 

[Camo6]

Asthma sucks. Was a time when I wouldn't leave home without a ventolin in my pocket. God help me with a bad cold or in a cat owners home (hiss hiss you feline lovers). Grew out of the worst of it especially after giving up the smokes (no **** sherlock). Now I'm listening to my youngest coughing and wheezing with a chest cold and it drives me mad not being able to make it go away.

 

[StalkingWilbur]

That sucks. I had it pretty bad as a child. Swimming lots of laps seemed to help, I don't know if that was just coincidence or not though. Haven't had an attack in forever, I feel for you, that **** is scary.

 

[going down a hill]

I did a buteyko breathing course 15 years ago and it helped me get my asthma under control. The swimming does the same thing as buteyko breathing with regulating your breathing. Terrible news, hospital trips with asthma sucks, take it easy mate.

 

[Florian]

Next time use 000 and let the paramedics deal with it, instead of risking collapsing behind the wheel where there's little chance of survival.

A fair number of Asthma fatalities happen on the side of a road somewhere while trying to get to hospital instead of staying put, using their MDI's and waiting for professional help.

Glad this one ended up on a positive note.

Totally unrelated to asthma I figured out for myself that 000 is my friend if in doubt. Those guys on the other end of the line (once you're past the 'fire, police or ambulance' stage) are usually pretty good at assessing your situation. And don't get me started on the actual Ambos, rarely have I met such a passionate and dedicated breed of people.

Don't risk your or your family's life and especially that of other road users if it's totally avoidable.

Stu, you were lucky you only collapsed walking into ED and not earlier, be smart and learn from that for the future.

The emergency services in this country are second to none, comparing them to the countries I have lived in, so take advantage whenever necessary and make sure you show your appreciation whenever you get the chance, be it financial or verbal, to keep them the way they are.

 

[Dave70]

Fucken hell..
Its a prick of a thing. Bloke I went to school and worked with on and off when plumbing died a few years back in a customers driveway after some dust in the roof triggered an attack. They found the poor bastard beside his ute, phone in hand.
Both my kids (a 3 and 1 year old) need a puff on the Ventolin if they get a bad cold, though we've been told its more a bronchial thing that they will hopefully outgrow. Nothing worse than hearing your kid wheezing and coughing in the middle of the night. We started using one of those steam vaporizers in the daughters room with a little Vicks and it works a treat.

Stu.
You may want to give the corn cob pipe a rest.
I just assume Morris owners drive about smoking one and wearing a driving beret for some reason.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Pipe & beret free zone here.

 

[Bribie G]

Glad you've got it under control, bloody scary. Have you always had it? I know some middle aged guys in a running club I was in when I lived in SEQ suddenly developed "late onset" asthma.

I wonder what the cause is? It used to be very rare when I was a kid, in my high school of around 500 pupils ( we didn't become students till uni) we had one only asthma boy and we were all told what to look out for if he had an attack, and call a teacher immediately. We were baby boomers in a cold part of the UK as well that you'd think prone to lung disorders. Now it seems a fair proportion of the population has it, not to mention karking it if you feed them half a peanut, I wonder if that's related as well.

Maybe it's to do with us playing in the mud, rolling in the hay and having one bath a week whether we needed it or not, although I expect a lot of rural kids in Australia in the 50s were the same.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Have allways had it, but normally only mild. I know that wheat dust and some fibre glass resins set it off....along with lawnmowing and exercise. It runs in the family both sides but neither of my 2 kids get it.

There seems to be a greater rate in the population over the years, so something is causing it.

 

[warra48]

It's not something to laugh at at deal with lightly.

Neither I nor any of my family suffer from it, but we have a friend who lost her husband from asthma, only in his early 30s. Then 2 years ago his son also died from it at home, because his partner was too darned slow to call the ambos, and it was too late by the time she did.

The message it to treat it seriously and not muck about. The advice of calling the ambos is right on the money.

Glas to see you seem to be on the mend.