I Am Asthmatic, please Help

Hi all,

Jst need ur advice. I am Asthmatic n my Doctors say i have a unique Asthma. Reason: While most people r triggered by Dust, Smoke, Cold etc, myn is trigerred by Heat. Most asthmatic patients, infact 99.9% of the patients hv wheezing sound in their chest when u listen to it but myn is absolutely silent.

The problem now is, only my Doctor knows my case and believes so. There r moments i hv an attack n doctors administer an entirely different treatment instead of the normal one. 4 that, i always move wt my inhaler so that the Doc can knw what the problem is. Most tyms the delay knocks me off completely n makes me unconscious.

Cn u proffer any advice on how to  handle my case better.

Thank u

Sorry to hear that, Chilla. I'm also asthmatic, was worse as a kid, but now, my attacks are less frequent - about about 3 days in 2 years or there abouts.

Mine also seems to be triggered by heat, as opposed to dust, pollen or smoke. I have 3 different inhalers:

Regular blue one - for relief when an attack occurs
Brown one - for prevention, usually taken a few times daily
Purple one - as brown one, but slow release
Green one - a rapid relief one

I've never used the green one, I tend to use mostly the blue one, or the brown one a few times daily. I find a few puffs a day prevents the attacks from coming on. I take it during the summer, when it's really hot, and I'm more likely to suffer an attack.

I hope this helps, I'll also check the names, just incase the colour codes are different in Nigeria, though I doubt it.

@ Siena
Av come across those inhalers as in the Blue one whc is the relievn one and also the preventive type. I guess i misused them then as a result of the constant usage n was stopped completely by my Doc, who diagnosed another called becotide, cld that be the purple u were tryn to say?

My attack is less frequent now that av really found out what my allergies are. But being in an environment with different attitude towards the ailment, i decided to seek 4 mre advice.

U said its occurence is very rare, what do u do when it attacks u by the way?

Ill really appreciate more responses from u.

Thnx alot.

Chilla, yes, that's the purple one.

If I forget to take my preventative inhaler, I find the blue relief one works really well. But, the trick is NOT to forget to take the preventative inhaler.

I'd also suggest you see a nutritionist - it's very possible you're allergic to something other than the usual. When I lived in Nigeria, I was not allowed to eat things like corn, or coconut products. The same went for fried products, especially fried in palm oil, and there was a marked improvement.

Cutting out things you're allergic to can actually halve the frequency of your attacks.

Chilla, I'd stop eating anything that makes your lungs feel congested.

There are a lot of great-tasting meals in Nigeria, it must be pretty easy to abstain from beans, surely? 

well i also have asthma and i have been living with it since i was nine.yester night i couldn't sleep,i had to wake up like up to twelve times to puff my ventoline inhaler besides the asmanol i took before i slept.today i went to complain only to be told that i need to continue with seretide diskus,the purple inhaler.i was using it before but stopped because it gave me headache.so may be you should try that out.i had to change mine because the doctor said my body wa too used to ventoline.good luck. 

chilla, i have one drog for you,it is the most recommended medicine for the type of ur sickness but my fear is , are u goin to use it??
           u see, the bible say smth in the book of (3 john:2.) i tell you the doctor can only help u, it is god that can cure you. because by his stripes we are healed. so what i want u to do is that go to any winners church around you and get a book tag `THE HEALING BALM,  AND I TELL YOU ur life will not remain the same! please try this , since uve try all the prescription given to u by ur doctor, why don't u try this book?  and you know what , this month is tag total healing is my heritage, i tell u just try and ur life will not remain the same!!!!!!!!!! looking forward for ur testimony! and there is goin to be a night with king on friday,7th sep, 2007 where u will be face to face with the king and tell him what u want in winners. please be there!
                                      larriederm@yahoo.com

last time i checked, asthma has no cure them don come again. asthma can be controlled to a level where you'll live your normal life to the fullest, but to say cured. . . . hehehehehehehe e no de hard to kill o,and most people wey asthma kill na peeps wey thinks say them don cure am finish

I had a similar case, but great news my asthma is soooo gone.  Humidity was also the main trigger of my attacks, I still can't use my heater in winter.

Ok, I have'nt had an attack in like forever (stopped 2-3 years ago), all I did was pray to GOD and I also did a lot of YOGA!  Yoga didnt only help my breathe but it helped me internally because I was always stressed!

Just try yoga and c what happens (sounds stupid but trust me I can't remember the last time I bought an inhaler).  Am almost the queen of cheap, so I do Yoga ahome.

Stay well ok.

  I will like to suggest that u guys shld try a particular herbal product,it is called African potatoes and defender,the combination of this two product we definitly bring about the result u are expecting.