Protect Yourself During Asthma Peak Week: Tips to Help You Avoid Asthma Episodes
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File CommentWillow enjoys dancing, cheering for her sister while she races, singing, reading, and drawing. We keep all of our asthma items in a special “asthma backpack” so we can grab and go with ease! We always watch for coughing, wheezing, measure peak flow twice a day, and check O2 sats anytime a symptom arises. I’ve also been a pediatric nurse for 10 years (working with respiratory compromised children), so I think we have the clinical advantage as well.
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Blog Post Comment✅The problem is that companies are too cheap to do it right and/or the ventilation companies are worthless. A local big box pharmacy has air flow in and out of their area. Having their pharmacy at positive pressure would keep all the customer's germs out of the dispensing area. People complain about smoky businesses: one bar I used to go to had 200 people that smoked and their air was clear, whereas you couldn't see across another bar that only had 30 smoking. A local ventilation company...
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Blog Post Comment@ScttLee Your concern is certainly understandable. Doing what you did and being clear about your preference, regardless of cost, is so important (and sometimes easier said than done).
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Blog Post Comment🤔👍hello , i have excerice enducted asthma and i never get asthma atacks beside when i run or do a lot of sports , did not have any atacks since like 7 months im i still going to die if contact covid 19 ? or is it only for people that have uncontrolled asthma , last time i did the flow test i scored 250
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Blog Post Comment👍Hi Karim, I have cold induced, which can also be induced by a sharp change in temperature by 35 degrees in less than 24 hours,and I don't think ive gotten more than a 200 on my flow. I also haven't had to use my nebulizer in just over a year and spent most of my morning winters in the ER. My mothers friend is one of the head nurses for the covid situation here in New Jersey, I explained how I felt weeks ago to her the other day, she confirmed that I may have in fact had it. I did not however...
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Blog Post Comment@DeannaBu I’m sorry that you have to go through this . As someone with primary Ciliary Dyskinesia and also allergic asthma, migraines, I understand completely. But also as an supervisor for a government agency part of my requirements are to make sure compliance of PPE, masks . It certainly is an interesting time that we are right now but it takes all stakeholders to come to a solution. At my job we require mask use pretty much at all times . We also social distance. Even with social...
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Blog Post CommentVery good to know! I thought it was just our household that had a flare-up of asthma when school starts.
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Blog Post CommentThanks for this wonderful and knowledgeable post.
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Blog Post CommentNo joke my asthma has gotten worse this winter . I think it’s the extreme between the heat and extreme cold . Between the allergies and asthma and drip . I got a respiratory infection. Was on antibiotics not fun . Now anything sets it off . Someone smokes I can’t stop coughing. I was never like this before . Also doesn’t help that my workplace is an active construction zone so it’s non stop with dust . Also sometimes the air flow isn’t working . Just stagnant hot air . Doctor is having me...
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Blog Post Comment❤️I have allergies and asthma. Reading a real human story like this helps remind me to keep up that constant preparation no matter how good or bad I am feeling, for both myself, and also for my son who has food allergies. I carry a large backpack purse (sometimes I put it in a rolling bag because it is so heavy). It has all our emergency medicines in it. It has gotten heavier over the years because I want to be prepared and have my inhalers (I always carry a backup of each), our epipens, an...
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Blog Post CommentAs being allergic and asthmatic person just wanted to know why there is continue runny nose due to climate change that u can't even take normal breath. Ur cloths get wet because of runny nose that flow is like running tap but funny things is that u can't close that tap. What kind of symptoms these are?
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Blog Post Comment❤️I have two children with asthma, and I heard about this tragedy right after it happened. It has stayed with me, and I have tried to spread this warning to as many people as possible. No one can ever bring her back, my heart breaks for you. But if it helps at all, please know that there are people out here who care ❤️
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Blog Post CommentWelcome to the community @Mom5 , we're happy to have you here! Thank you for the kind thoughts and message. It so helps having advocates like you to spread these stories and educate others about the seriousness of asthma and allergies. With more education and awareness being made about triggers like September Asthma Peak Week , hopefully losses like these will lessen
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Database Record CommentI appreciate an article on this subject but it’s opinions such as this that lead ED physicians to make assumptions and call asthma anxiety. I had extensive testing and was found to have inflammatory asthma, mild bronchiectasis & TBM. I had adult onset and do not wheeze. My sat does not drop unless I have a concurrent infection. it’s not normal for asthmatics to have low sats during an attack that’s not approaching failure or intubation. Air exchange is ok, it’s the airway obstructing...
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Blog Post Comment❤️👍Wow! I had no idea!
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Blog Post CommentNeither did I. Glad we found out!
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