Any asthma sufferers

^TANK^ · 2 May 2006 at 16:45

I grew up with asthma and by my teens i grew out of it but im starting to get breathless again. I keep fit by going to the gym three days aweek swim sometimes and i can do an hour of cardiovascular workouts quite happyly. I cant work out why my asthma is coming back ive been to the doctors and hes given me the old blue inhaler (ventolin)) which i take now at night.Anyone else suffer with asthma or think its coming back.

^TANK^ · 2 May 2006 at 17:00

georges said:
Hope this isn't going to happen to me. I had it. Still have the blue thing, but I've never had an attack, just used to wheeze pretty badly. Never happens now I'm 16 so time will tell

Ive only ever had one really bad asthma attack when i was about 11 i burst all the blood vessels in my throat not a nice experience.

^TANK^ · 2 May 2006 at 17:21

MNuTz said:
You dont happen to suffer with hayfever do you?

I had asthma as a kid, never used the inhaler as it actually made me worse and more dependant on it. Exercise got me through it.

Im now 24 and although i dont exercise anywhere near enough its rare i get an asthma symptoms. That is, until hayfaver season.

Its usually later in the evening when i start wheezing, if i manage to fall to sleep then i wake up choking and coughing. I really do struggle for breath!

Try some allergy tablets and see if it helps.

Yes i have hayfever bring on the summer lol i love it.

^TANK^ · 2 May 2006 at 17:29

jezsoup said:
Funny you should say that my gf has exactly the same problem recently shes taken up going to the gym and her asthma is coming back and is havign to use her inhaler ever day.

Ive been going to the gym since i was 15, since then i havent been so breathless.Im 23 now and ive only started using my inhaler for about a month now.Exercise has helped me a lot im better for it anyway

^TANK^ · 2 May 2006 at 19:34

mctiny said:
I wish it was £5, but in reality it`s closer to £7 per prescription at the moment.

Do you hav any info on "the cure" you speak of?

Cure what might that be then?. :eek:

^TANK^ · 2 May 2006 at 21:55

Tob3z said:
Had asthma since I was 14... grew out of it and then last year I have had about 3 pneumothoraxs and now... hopefully I am fine... lol.

Get hay-fever ever year and always will but a yellow box of pills stops that.

Asthma is not only annoying because of the shortness of breath but as a kid I just forgot to take my inhaler... plus I have a spacer device which just looks stupid....

Whats a pneumothoraxs :confused:

^TANK^ · 2 May 2006 at 22:02

Tob3z said:
Collapsed Lung. Not nice... well actually having a collapsed lung is fine. So you cant walk up the stairs without being out of breath and the constant pain in your chest and arm... but it's better than having a 6 inch tube inserted under your arm with local anesthetic. Thank god for morphine... shame it doesn't take away the pain... just makes you high.

Collapsed Lung **** me mate. :eek:

^TANK^ · 2 May 2006 at 22:15