Asthma Support Group
Asthma is a disease of the human respiratory system where the airways narrow, often in response to a "trigger" such as exposure to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. This airway narrowing causes symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing, which respond to bronchodilators.
my 10 yr old son had asthma attack on friday which cause his blood oxygen to drop to 95 the asthma nurse gave him nebuliser then gp put him on steriods for 5 days on monday he had another attack which dropped his oxygen lvls to 94 and he was rushed to hosp could hardly breath he was admitted to hosp and 3 times during his stay he got very breathless like the attacks before but had no wheezing so the dr said he was fine and refused him medication the 1st time the 2nd time they left him struggling for 40mins before finally giving him his inhaler that took the breathlessness away and the 3rd time they said he was fine and sent him home today was first day out of hosp and we walked to library which is just a 10-15 min walk and by the time we got there he was so breathless he could hardly talk and his chest was tigth and his hands were hot and sweaty but no wheezing had 10 puffs of inhaler and he was fine within 10 mins are these attacks with no wheezing still asthma as the doc arent listening to me and i am worried how they just leaving him to struggle
From wikepedia:
An acute asthma exacerbation is commonly referred to as an asthma attack. The classic symptoms are shortness of breath, wheezing, and chest tightness.[40] While these are the primary symptoms of asthma,[76] some people present primarily with coughing, and in severe cases, air motion may be significantly impaired such that no wheezing is heard.[75]
10 puffs seems like an awful lot...and is that safe?