So sorry to hear about your husband. It must have been very frightening for you both.
I am going to list some things that you can do, however you may be doing them already.
1. Make sure that your gp knows what the hospital did, and what their recommendations are, letters sometimes go astray or are inaccurate.
2. Get a written asthma plan from your GP / Asthma Nurse or Consultant if you have one.
3. See an asthma specialist, it could be a nurse or a gp or you may get a referral to a hospital consultant.
4. Be proactive. get him to keep a peak flow diary, notice when symptoms change, take action when symptoms occur and peak flow reduces. Be really aware of triggers
5. Don't be afraid to keep going back to the GP if things are still bad.
6. Take the drugs that have been prescribed even if you are well.
Lastly a serious asthma event takes time to recover from. If the airways are really inflamed it can take 8 to 10 weeks to recover completely. This is very boring, but you do get better. Don't be hard on him, you feel ghastly for a long time, and recovery can be gradual.
So sorry about the lecture. There is a lot of information on this site about things i've talked about here including peak flow diaries, and different medications and much more
Good luck
Best
ri
You've had all the sensible medical advice, but something to really bare in mind...
It takes a lot longer that you'd think to get over something like that!
Make sure that everything is accessible and that he doesn't overdo it!
You may be offered a SS or OT assessment - they may be able to help you further.
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