What's the difference between out of puff and asthma attack?
I have read in the Asthma magazine a report to an asthmatic middle age man, he said that many people do not know the difference between being out of breath and asthma attack, can anyone explain? I think that gasping for air is like asthma attack or is not? Thanks for answers.
Answer by eilidh M
You will have a reason for being out of puff, ie. exercise. An asthma attack is caused by the illness and can come on at any time
Answer by grenter
Exercise related gasping is just the bodies response to your cells needed more oxygen than your lungs are currently providing. This will soon pass as you stop exercising. In a full blown asthma attack the little air passages (bronchioles) become constricted and it is hard to get air in or out of your lungs. These people do gasp, but it doesn't stop until the bronchioles relax with medications (either inhaled or steroids) Or, in worst case scenario the person will be intubated and have a machine do the work for them. So to answer your question, it is completely different.
Answer by madeline
i have been an asmathic myself so i can tell from experience is that an asthma attack comes with all sorts of things different people different allergies something triggers it even when doing nothing and most of the time wheezing is present whereas out of puff is exercising or feeling anxious . or we say how many puffs to take with using an inhaler
Orignal From: What's the difference between out of puff and asthma attack?
No comments:
Post a Comment