Sudden asthma attack

[Wheezycat]

Today I have had a new experience. Any attacks, bar mini ones, have always built up over a day or two or three, but today I had that experience that many others know only too well. Due to roasting a bird, lighting candles that were then blown out, and candles that were left burning, it suddenly happened. Coughing, of course, and feeling really short of breath and unwell. For a moment I thought I would end up needing help, but 7 puffs of Ventolin later it started to lift and I became a bit more human again. Since then I couldn’t wait to get to bed due to exhaustion.

/This is a new experience for me, so sudden and so significant. I can’t say I liked it! And, for me, beware of anything burning!

[Nowheeze2020]

Glad that you are recovering 😊 Not a pleasant experience for you at all, I experience a quick freefall with candles/firepits. Am sure someone much cleverer than me will know the reason for this fast drop down rather than the usual warnings in place. Hope that you have a steady nights rest x

[Wheezycat in reply to Nowheeze2020]

Yes, so far so good. Anything burney irritates my airways, including toast/toasting, and normally I can keep a safe distance, but this time my guard was down. It is quite useful to know it can happen so that I am more careful in the future. I am assuming it is the PMs that are produced from burning and this time it just became too high a concentration of them. I also often react on wood burners, and my own cooking!

[Hidden]

I was at a friends house a few weeks back and they had a log burner, I distinctively remember my friend opening it for all of a few seconds to put a fresh log in, and I immediately felt it in my chest and throat. So weird. Glad you’re feeling better. Try having a room where you can keep a window/a open perhaps.

[Wheezycat in reply to Hidden]

Unfortunately cold air is also one of the things that irritate my airways, so I air the room before bed, leave the door slightly ajar and at warmer times of the year have a window elsewhere opened. It is also complicated by the fact that my husband has hayfever which can get bad and open windows can add to that in summer.

Yeah, I also get that weird chest feeling from things burning. My weirdest is that I do it with bread being toasted! But I also get it with my own cooking at times.

[Oldandgray]

I used to always have a huge candle burning over Christmas. Now I can’t have scented candles in the house at all and even the smell from indented ones can make me breathless.

[Wheezycat in reply to Oldandgray]

I am totally with you on scented candles! A complete no-no for me! What is an indented candle?

[Oldandgray in reply to Wheezycat]

Should say un-scented

[Wheezycat in reply to Oldandgray]

Ah, now I understand. I also find that the smoke generated after blowing out candles irritates.

[Tugun]

It's good to know what the triggers are and try to avoid them - but isn't it also good to have the ventolin on hand!

😀

[Wheezycat in reply to Tugun]

Isn’t it just!!