Asthma Flare up

[Lilmix03]

So I have Severe Asthma that at one point was uncontrolled and for some reason lately I've been having a really bad flare up. It started around the start of the month and my Dr gave me steroids but I was still symptomatic when I finished so they gave me another course along with antibiotics which seemed to do the trick. But now I've noticed that it seems to have kicked off again, I keep getting this feeling like I need to take a deep breath in and sometimes I find it hard to breathe in and sometimes it's hard to fully exhale. I'm not wheezing and I'm not bringing any mucus up, my oxygen levels are fine so I guess I'm just confused because I don't feel unwell . I have a home nebuliser system which I have Ipratropium and Salbutamol nebules which help relieve the strange feeling in my chest for a while but then it comes back a couple of hours later, weirdly enough I found that singing seems to also relieve it 😂. I'm going to give it a few more days and then maybe go back to my Dr.

[Homely2 Administrator]

Do you know what is provoking the asthma. My asthma is steadily reacting to more and more things, so this year it is reacting to mild humidity badly for the first time

If you can nail down the cause, maybe you can get it under control.

[daz1874]

I have been on a similar path over the last 6 weeks and have went from having mild asthma to having a number of asthma attacks on a daily basis. Since Tuesday I was prescribed a strong antihistamine to go along with my Fostair 100/6 and for the first time in weeks have slept through the night without waking up with coughing fits. This change has definitely worked for me so you should explore this option as well if it hasn’t been prescribed yet. Up to now I never classed myself as having any allergies but now think the pollen has triggered my symptoms

[Mandevilla]

Singing helps regulate the breathing and it is also a great stress-buster, so that might explain why it makes you feel better.

[Poobah]

If I had a magic wand, I would ensure that every asthmatic got to see a respiratory physiotherapist regularly. Understanding how to use our respiratory system can help and doing regular breathing exercises can help many. I'm not saying this is a cure, but an excellent tool that should sit along side our medication regime. Over the years I've learned that what I do during a flare up and attack can exacerbate the symptoms.

My respiratory physiotherapist recommended Buteyko breathing exercises for me and they've helped me stop mouth breathing all the time - the air hunger feeling, trying to get a good lung full of air into my lungs and yet it doesn't do the trick. Horrible feeling as you can't breath out enough in order to breath in enough. But there are various breathing dysfunctions and a respiratory physiotherapist can work with the patient to address their breathing dysfunction.

physiotherapyforbpd.org.uk/