Help! Can asthma/difficulty breathing be an allergic reaction to a bug bite?
I went to bed the other night with some mild difficulty breathing. I'm an asthmatic (mostly sports and weather induced, or dust), so it wasn't that abnormal. When I woke up, I noticed I had a bug bite on my hand, in between 2 knuckles. My asthma has proceeded to be some of the worst it's been yesterday and today. I used my inhaler the maximum dose yesterday, and it didn't touch it, and I've already used it twice today and am still having that tightness in my chest that accompanies my asthma. The bug bite is still very swollen and red and itchy. Could they be related?
I have also had acid reflux flare-ups for the past week. I also wondered if that could be related. I know those 2 things can be a sign of heart issues, but I don't feel shaky or weird other than the difficulty breathing and persistent acid reflux. Also, I have chronic stomach problems that are under medication (Protonix).
Any advice and input would be greatly appreciated!
Though I do have chronic stomach problems, I don't typically have acid reflux, and never for this long.
My one concern is the breathing problems started BEFORE I saw the bug bite, and I believe the bug bite happened during the night, which would mean the breathing problems started for sure before I got the bite.
I also was exposed to primer while working on my house on Monday night. It was pretty strong, and all we had were open windows, no fan. Sorry for all the details, I just don't have time to go to my dr today.
Answer by mark
breathing problems are a typical allergic reaction . If you have used your emergency inhaler the maximum allowed I would call your Doctor .
Answer by James S
I recommend that you see a doctor soon. Don't let your asthma kill you because you didn't want to disrupt your schedule to go to the ER, walk-in clinic, or doctor's office.
If you need to use the maximum dose of your inhaler and things are looking bad for today too, please get yourself to the ER now. This will mess-up your schedule because you will likely be spending a day or two in hospital while the steroids they will give you via IV and pills start to work and they try to break your asthma with a continuous nebulizer of Albuterol. Having a few days of disruption is better than being dead.
Asthma kills 300 people every year in Canada. That's 300 pointless deaths every year. Regardless of where you are, don't become part of the asthma fatality statistic.
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