bronchiectasis breathlessness worse in heat

[Curryandchips]

recently diagnosed. Gets worse in the summer. Breathless and general feeling of being ill. Not that much mucus and not that dark.

Not on any medication.

Any ideas? Is there a puffer I could take?

[Busybee57]

Hi Curry snd chips I have been feeling more breathless and slower of late, think it may be the pollen . I take fostsir inhaler twice a day ( morning and evening) which helps a lot and salbutamol if I need a bot of extra help as and when needed. Hope you’re feeling well soon xx💐

[Busybee57 in reply to Busybee57]

fostair

[B0xermad]

Hi yes the air is dry and dusty also high pollen can make a difference to your breathing, even a ventolin inhaler would help and possibly some antihistamines.

[Nula2 in reply to B0xermad]

Hi Boxermad, I have Bronchiectasis and your words are very reassuring as I've been worrying because my breathing has been getting worse every day lately. But as you point out the air is very dry and dusty so that probably explains it. 🙂👍. Thank you. xx

[Collienut]

It might be best to speak to your GP/Consultant and see if they can prescribe any inhalers etc. Some surgeries have really good respiratory nurses that can prescribe.

I find I also need to increase my fluid intake when it's hot (I get a bit dizzy otherwise) and I use a fan to get air movement, which makes it easier to breathe.

[PaulineHM]

Hi there, sorry to read that you are affected by the heat.

I know some people benefit from using a hand held fan in the heat to help with their breathing. Have you already tried that ?

The other thing is to increase your intake of clear fluids when the weather is warmer. I have a jug which I fill at the start of the day and work my way through it as the hours pass. That helps to thin the mucous and keep it moving.

If your home gets very warm then perhaps close the curtains as the sun rises and use a table top fan to stay cooler.

Hope these ideas help.

Go well.

Pauline

[Curryandchips]

Thank you so much to all who responded. I saw my Doctor this am and I have been issued with a course of AB's (Doxy). I'm due to have a CT Scan at the end of the month and I am hoping the lung Consultant can prescribe me a better solution for the future. Thanks again.

[Alberta56]

Fingers crossed that the Doxy will help. Some people here have found that it does take time to get them on the best regime- there are so many meds to try to find the one that suits each of us best.

[Timberman]

Hi, I was diagnosed with bronchiectasis alongside my emphysema about 10 years ago. Although the 'bronch' is significant in exacerbations of COPD (the widened airways retain mucus and this gets infected) and the cure for this is antibiotics.

The longer term problem I was told was the relative inability to remove waste mucus from the lungs. Hence the infections. I was also old by a specialist that my smoking and other environmental inputs had damaged the little hair-like cilla that line the bronchial tubes and are important in breaking up mucus for expectoration.

I take carbocistein (to stop my mucus becoming 'sticky'), tiotropium (to reduce restriction in the airways - although this is now combined in an inhaler called Trimbow (medicines.org.uk/emc/produc... which has other active ingredients. Having some asthma I also use Ventolin (salbutamol) for events.

I am a patient not a clinician so what I say is only based on desk research.

I strongly suggest you talk to your clinician about what you should be taking to control your COPD