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Q: Treatment of an asthma attack?
My best friend had a severe asthma attack at school yesterday. It was a hot dry day, so we went to a computer room to try to cool her down. Her ventolin had little effect on her breathing, and at one stage she couldn't get any air at all. She was starting to lose consciousness. After an hour and a half it started to go away. Teachers didn't suggest an ambulance. I feel useless whenever she has asthma attacks, I really want to be able to help her. What can I do to help her at the beginning of an asthma attack, apart from getting help and making sure she has ventolin?

A: When your friend begins to have an attack you should make her calm down. have her in a position where it is easy to breathe, put her hands above her head, try to get her to breathe in through her nose and out through her mouth if possible, and keep a very calm, reassuring voice. Give her her medicine AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, asthma attacks can be life threatening. you need to make sure she stays calm. if she has had it as long as an hour and a half or goes unconscious you need to call 9-1-1. hope it helped!

Q: Asthma Attack.......?
I was having a bad asthma attack that was not responding to my inhaler, it was apparently empty, so I went to a doctor. But since I am away from home at school it was one I had never seen before. I went into the office and she said my blood pressure was normal my O2 stats were fine but my heart rate was very elevated. So she (a physicians assistant) had me breath into a paper bag? It only made me feel worse, Why in the world would they tell someone who could not breath to breath into a paper bag?? She just kept yelling at me to try and take deep breath and I felt like i couldn't breath so how was i suppose to take deep breaths? Eventually she decided to give me a breathing treatment and it helped for a while but i am starting to feel a little tight again, is that normal. I had the treatment like 6-7 hours ago.... Thanks for any help people can give to me.

A: The purpose for breathing into a paper bag is to slow your breathing down. You must have been hyperventilating. It makes sense if you were having breathing difficulties. As a person gets anxious when unable to breathe deeply and oxygenate the blood they start to breathe shallow and rapidly. The paper bag is an old technique to get someone who is hyperventilating breathing more normally. I used to tell patients to concentrate on the bag and making it expand fully. Have you been using your inhaler as directed? Or because you have much on your mind at school are you not as diligent in keeping up on its use? If you continue to experience problems you should make an appointment with a doctor to see if your inhaler medication needs to be increased or changed. Hope you feel better. Best of luck.

Q: what do you do if you are having an asthma attack and don't have the proper medical treatment at hand?


A: Asthma attacks are taken seriously. An attack can quickly escalate to severe bronchospasms. You need to have an asthma action plan. If you don't have a rescue inhaler on hand, you get yourself to an ER.

Q: How to calm yourself during an asthma attack?
I am coming down from a bad asthma attack an hour ago. I took my inhaler and tried to keep myself calm. Lst time I was this bad I panicked, took 3 nebulizer treatments and ended up calling an ambulence. This time I tried to talk myself down so I didn't panic. I'm wondering what other people do while they are trying to calm themselves down and it feels so scary in those first 15-30 minutes until the lungs relax.

A: Try closing your eyes, focus on your breathing. I've had asthma forever, like 41 years, and it's hard to calm yourself. Drinking hot coffee, take your bra off if your a girl, it will release a little more pressure.

Q: What to do during Asthma attack?
I have not been diagnosed with Asthma, but suspect it. I have severe allergies all my life and lately have been noticing some light wheezing at times when I breathe. I have no insurance so medical treatment is not optional at this time. So my questions is, what does a person do if they have an attack? Are their medications you can get (inhalers) over the counter for an emergency? Anything else people do during attacks?

A: well i would first say go to a doctor, but since you don't want to go due to insurance there are some ways to help when you feel an asthma attack coming on. drink coffee, eat chocolate caffine is supposed to help. When i had a really bad asthma attack and didn't have my inhaler they gave me pepsi and m&m's. I'm not sure if they give albuterol over the counter, but you can always ask the pharmacy or look it up.

Q: When to use asthma inhaler after steroids via nebulizer?
I was in the hospital this morning with an asthma attack and received steroid treatment through a face mask. It's been about 12 hours since my treatment and I'm feeling a bit short of breath and wheezy. Should I take my rescue inhaler?

A: Yes. If you were in the hospital, you should have been discharged on oral or inhaled steroids, and given instruction on this, as well as rescue inhaler use. You need to call your doctor or get in contact with a medical professional to discuss post-discharge treatment and develop an asthma action plan to prevent this from happening again. You can take your rescue inhaler as often as every four hours. Please call a doctor ASAP, and good luck!

Q: Homeopathy treatment for Bronchiolitis (Infant asthma) of 2year old boy (second attack)?


A: theresa p has the right basic idea... it's very possible that his immune system is a bit weaker than it should be. However, you should NOT give an infant Colloidal Silver. Yes, it's great for adults, but the dose is too great that it can be toxic for infants. If you are looking for a Homeopathic remedy for this, you'll want to bring your son to a Homeopathic doctor... they will not only give you the best remedy for him, but you'll be sure of not needing to try several products from the store shelves if they aren't exact what he needs. Also, most herbs and supplements are sold in adult doses, which are commonly way too big of a dose for children. Good luck!

Q: Asthma attack while praticing rescue breathing?
Hi there my girlfriend is trying to learn how to do cpr and rescue breathing but she is a really bad asthmatic. Every time she dose rescue breathing she has a really bad attack and needs to stop and do a breathing treatment on her nebulizer and almost ends up stopping breathing herself does anyone have any ideas how i can help her we have tried to use the nebulizer before she does it but it still doesnt really help her!!!

A: As few people have said she needs to have her asthma reassessed to make sure her medication regime is correct. She maybe also reacting to the latex on the manikins, does her lips become red and inflamed after contact with the manikins? I try to prevent my students from reacting to the latex by urging them to use a CPR mask or shield. I also ensure anyone with asthma to take their medication about 10-15 minutes prior to practicing and completing their CPR test. Also if she was unable to ventilate someone she can do just External Cardiac Compressions (ECC), meaning she'd be pushing hard and fast which may affect her asthma.

Q: If you have asthma and u r having an asthma attack should u not go to sleep?
Earlier at school i had an asthma attack and i went to the clinic to go get my inhaler and it was empty and the nurse called my mom and she told me to go back to class and she would call me back down to the clinic when my mom got here with my new inhaler and so i went to class and my chest got even tighter and i put my head down on the desk and fell asleep and my teacher said she couldnt wake me up so she called the nurse to come get me and then i went home with my mom and got a breathing treatment. Could my asthma have caused me to not wake up?

A: in a way yes but i don't know if ur asthma attack would have been that severe bec u wouldn't have fallen asleep. see when u breathe in ur breathe in oxygen and let out carbon dioxide( CO2). too much CO2 can make u very sleepy and cause u to be confused and not know where u r. but i doubt it was that bad i think u were just a little tired from ur asthma attack. make sure u keep ur inhaler up to date. and if ur asthma attack is bad trust me u wouldn't be able to sleep.

Q: I have asthma, took a nebulizer treatment four hours ago, but can't stop shaking?
Last night (well early this morning) I had an asthma attack and had to go to the emergency room. After a few treatments of albuterol (and something else I can never remember the name of - I just know that most hospitals only give you about three doses) and prednisone the doctor gave me a shot of adrenaline. I "cleared" and was able to go home, since I have a nebulizer at home and am (for the most part) able to control my asthma. I took another treatment about four hours ago. Usually right after taking the albuterol my hands shake for a bit, but it usually stops. Right now it's my entire body. I can't stop shaking. Is this because of the adrenaline shot? Or possibly because I've had so much medication in the last 18 hours? All suggestions welcome. Thank you! I already take advair, singulair, prednisone, flonase, qvar, allegra, and albuterol (I have a nebulizer, a portable nebulizer and an inhaler).

A: The shaking is either from the albuterol or the adrenaline, most likely from the former. Asthma results in both constriction and swelling of the bronchial tubes. The adrenaline and albuterol affect only the constriction. The prednisone should take care of the swelling, but its action is slower in onset. The treatment you received in the ER was a temporary fix. You may need to alter your treatment regimen by taking a leukotriene inhibitor like Singulair and/or an inhaled steroid on a regular basis, or perhaps a long-acting bronchodilator. You should discuss such treatment with your personal physician.

Q: asthma attack while doing cpr?
My girlfriend is trying to leran how to do cpr and ever time she does she ends up having a asthma attack and needing to do a breathing treatment on her nebulizer and almost stops breathing herself!!! She has tried doing the rescue breathing on her sister to see if it was the dummy she was having a reaction too. She lasted longer but still had a bad attack. we have even tried to use the neb before she starts cpr but still she ends up on it!!! Does anyone have any ideas how to help her???

A: Have her do this, no CPR, but to assume the position as if she was about to do some rescue breathing. If the attack happens, then she probably needs to see a cardiologist. By bending down, she's increasing her systemic vascular resistance, creating more pressure than her heart can pump against, and causing a bit of congestive heart failure that is sometimes masqueraded as an asthmatic attack. They call it "Cardiac Asthma." Ralph

Q: Why would I have little red dots on skin after an asthma attack?
I just found out I have asthma. I was having trouble getting a good breathe for about two weeks and just kept hoping it would go away. Well it got worse and I finally rushed to the doc yesterday to find out it was an asthma attack. He gave me an albuturol treatment in the office, put me on steroids, and gave me an inhaler that I have been using around the clock since. This morning I found little red dots on my skin. They are flat and very tiny (like the size of a grain of sand). You couldn't see them unless I pointed them out to you. They are spread out, not in clusters, and they don't blanche (in other words they don't turn white when pressed on). I called my doctor and told the nurse, but she just wasn't getting what I was describing to her, she sounded very spacey, I had to explain my self like 3 times and when she called back she said she would give me a z-pack for my sore throat (which I don't have). If they get worse I will go back to the doc and talk Straight to him, just thought I would see if anyone else had ideas.

A: i believe that happens when you have been seriously deprived of oxygen. i would go to the hospital if the doctor does not take you seriously. I really think those spots are results of oxygen deprivation majorly!!! I am sorry but i cannot remeber the name of the condition. I know that they can tell how someone has died ,from spots on the skin, and that happens because they wer asphixiated, which is a majuor lack of oxygen. please get this checked out.

Q: Asthma attack question please help?
I have been having an attack since Friday night. I was in the Emergancy Room Friday night abit past midnight and they sent me home to continue breathing treatments every 4 hours. I am usually put on Prednizone for attacks, along with my usual Xopenex Neb treatments every 4 hours. Well, Saturday night the Xopenex was making me feel worse, and I had abit of a rebound reaction. I was left home alone all day Sunday and ended up going into an even worse attack. I was in the Emergancy room again, given two doses of Duel Neb, and a high dose of Prenizone in the ER, was sent home to continue a steriod burst treatment with the prednizone and Xopenex every 4 hours still. My question is - When I woke up this morning my left wrist felt a bit numb. Through out the day it has spread up to almost my elbow and my right wrist has begun to go numb. It doesn't really hurt but I feel pressure in my left wrist and weakness. It's bothersome. I am wondering if maybe it has to do with the Prednizone? Also, the Xopenex hasn't been working so well, I am still coughing, tight and have a hard time to get a good breathe. I am exhausted from having to work to breathe but I can't sleep because of my asthma bothering me. Anyone know a good way to get some rest, and to be able to breathe a bit better? The only thing that helped was the treatments in the ER. I know I have to give the steroiods a chance to work, but untill this, any sugestions? I am an 18 year old female if that helps. I've never experienced this numbness before. Nor have I experenced this much of a hard time breathing for this long of a time. It's been 4 days now. I can barely walk around without feeling like I'm going to pass out. I actually blacked out just walking 5 feet before I went to the ER yesterday. My peak flows have been from 200 - 350 before treatments when they should be around 500, they go up to 450 after treatment.

A: go to this web site and check it out. 2 TBS Apple cider vinegar brings relief to me I mix it with apple juice and 1/4 tsp baking soda. No guarantee but sometimes home remedies are better than the DR.kind http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/asthma.html

Q: What is asthma ? [read the description, i have more questions]?
i have a few other questions about it too, what might trigger an asthma attack ? what are some possible causes of asthma ? what are some treatments for asthma ?

A: I have asthma. you can get it from smoking or you could be born with it. an asthma attack happens if you are sick or if you have an allergic reaction to something like dust or pollin and you keep coughing and can't catch your breath. you need to get a nebulizer and or inhaler. contact a pulminologist if the attack is bad. e mail me if you have any other questions. feel better (if you are talking about yourself)

Q: asthma attack and masturbation?
I have just got my first sex toy and love it but as im a serve asthmaitc sex and i just dont get on!!! Every time i have sex i have a attack and need to do a breathing treatment on my nebulizer so last night when i was on my nebulizer doing a treatment i decided to have some fun with my new toy. It was amazing but just as i got to orgasm i had a major attack which luckly for me my sister was home and heard what was going on and came in with the ambu bag to help me breath and get me relaxed. Does anyone else have asthma attack while playing with toys or have major attacks during sex??? Is it ok to use my vib while on my nebulizer???

A: There's nothing at all wrong with it. As said before, the medicine (which you can't get too much of unless you put too much in the aero chamber) will get to the base of your lungs better if you're "excited"...because you're breathing heavier and deeper.