Breathing

[Jecrookes]

Hi i would like to know if i can apply for PIP for asthma

[WheezyAnne]

Only if you have Severe Asthma.

[Jecrookes in reply to WheezyAnne]

Hi i have 3 inhailers one is clinal 250 the doctor has just increased this to 2 puffs 3 times a day and the seravent is at its highest dose i take montilukast and 2 floroxatine per day to reduse stress levels my job is also very stressfull. Thing is i dont know if it is classed as been severe asthma there is no warning when an attack is immitant i take my inhalers everywhere . Then durin an attack i feel like i am drouning all that mucus yuk my rib cage seems to be at its full expance and afterwards i am exhausted for 3 days on average my partner monitures me if we are at home or out somewhere and i sweat terribly whilst having the attack i have been to hospital before or the drop in centre and put on a nebulizer. I know its getting worse but its hard to admitt it i have been fit all my life never smoked and after 20 years i am ready to accept it wont get any better. At 52 years of age its so frightening

[WheezyAnne in reply to Jecrookes]

What is your peak flow measurement usually? Are you under a Consultant, as he should be able to tell you, and or your GP tell you if you have moderate or severe Asthma. Severe Asthma usually means that the person has Asthma symptoms most if not all of the time to varying degrees and despite taking all the medication they can prescribe, still suffers Asthma Symptoms. I myself fall into that category, with multiple allergies and infections. Both make my Asthma worse, as well as the environment temperature and humidity.

[Jecrookes in reply to WheezyAnne]

Your discribing me i do hav it all the time.i have found over the years that the weather can effect it but mostly brought on by stress i thing. My peak flow always seems to be under the expected if i have a chest problem i know because the mucus that comes up is green but found that doctors dont want to give antibiotics.the steroid tablets used to start working in two days of taking them but not anymore its 5 or six days before i start feeling any better. I have made an appointment to see my asthma nurse on monday to ask what chatagory i fit in to. Last time she gave me an information sheet for my collegues at work in case i have an attack which has been useful at times

[WheezyAnne in reply to Jecrookes]

The other thing that GPs don't like doing is sputum samples to see if the patient is on the right meds in the first place, assuming it is a bacterial rather than viral infection. My peak flow is stuck at 180 (yep, I am a dart board in disguise, especially after all the needles in hospital). Anyway, what I meant to tell you is that I am in my 50s and found my Asthma was getting steadily worse, and i was eventually told that I also have scarring of the lungs from numerous chest infections. This is classed as lung obstruction, which is why my peak flow is stuck at 180. Get the Asthma Nurse to do a Spirometry test and make note of the results. Ask her to explain the results to you as well, and give you a copy of the results.

[Jecrookes in reply to WheezyAnne]

Thankyou you have been a great help. It is horrible to think i was very healthy and fit but even if i went to the gym that would bring my astma on walking we luv it but if i start walking that brings it on too its very crap getting older

[Jecrookes in reply to Jecrookes]

Hi i hav been to see asthma nurse this mornig she says at the moment i hav brittle asthma i hav to go tomorrow and see the asthma specialist to do a breathing test as my breathing is at under 200 thats less than half what it should be i feel really breathless today and so tired my finger nail wick went blue yesterday after a walk. Nurse said it most posibally be copd its funny i sneezed at work earlier and that brought an attack on i am baffled by it all

[Piglets2]

I have Pip for various Medical Conditions, Brittle Asthma Inc) do u have other Medical Conditions as well as it seems if you have more than one you may or may not get pip. And don't assume you will get the Mobility side of it as I didn't I just got basic care