Hey everyone. I was diagnosed no long ago with asthma. I am in my mid 30s and have been struggling with shortness of breath daily and it has been persistent. I have been taking my turbo Haler and it works sometimes and
Sometimes it doesn’t. I have more close to bad days than good days. I haven’t had any audible symptoms. Can anyone relate to this?
It can be a long battle from being diagnosed to getting your asthma under control. For some people it is easy, for others it is not.
You need a medic who is happy to work with you, to check you are using your inhaler correctly, and to try you on different inhalers. Remember inhalers can take a few weeks to work fully for you. A blood tests for allergies is helpful
Keeping an asthma diary really helps, record your attacks and what may have provoked them, for me it is dust mites, dog dander, pollen, detergents and cold wet weather.
You should have been given an asthma plan by your medic, which will tell you what to do if your asthma persists, which will normally be to go back to your medic.
So personally I would get back to your medic ASAP. If your medic cannot help they need to refer you.
Before your medic appointment ring asthma UK helpline on 0300 2225800, office hours. Their asthma nurses will go through it all with you, with no time limit. Also have a look at the asthma UK website. It is packed with information.
Finally, asthma can give scary attacks, if it does ring 111 or 999
Thank you
Do u have a sallbutamol plus a steroid preventer inhalers
yes I do
Hi John and welcome to the forum.
There are a variety of asthma treatments available and we've all experienced different levels of effectiveness with each treatment. It's important that you find the right inhalers that treat your asthma and get it as controlled as possible. It sounds as though your turbo inhaler isn't doing that and so it's important that you talk to your asthma doctor about trying a different preventer inhaler.
You may also want to discuss with your doctor about having a rescue inhaler for occasional use. These are short acting treatments and will help quickly, but only for a short time, around 4 hours. Ideally, they're only needed a couple of times a week as the main preventer inhaler does all the work.
Any new preventer inhaler will take around 8 weeks to reach their full effectiveness. If you find nothing has improved by week 8, then it's time to try a different inhaler. Sometimes it does take time to find the right treatments, unfortunately, there's no way of predicting this.
It can help if you know what type of asthma you have, as that can narrow down the best treatments for you. This link refers; asthmaandlung.org.uk/condit...
Keep asking questions, I think the more you know, the easier it is to work with your doctor. I note that you're in Austria, so you may be able to contact Asthma UK nurses through the WhatsApp number or email, if you want to speak about your case.
