can DLA be paid for asthma sufferers

NickyBat

As the title says really, as i keep reading posts and it appears it is very difficult to be awarded this benefit these days.
A colleague has made their 1st application for it.

Loopy_Girl

Depends if there is care and/or mobility needs - it's the day to day living that affects whether you get the benefit and not the 'name' of what you have

GlasweJen

the person would have to need at least 1 hour of care on an average day or be unable to walk 100m without bringing on a severe attack - not something typical of an asthma sufferer?

Indie_Kid

GlasweJen wrote: »

the person would have to need at least 1 hour of care on an average day or be unable to walk 100m without bringing on a severe attack - not something typical of an asthma sufferer?

According to the DMG, people with severe asthma may have care and /or mobility needs.

kianicky

I have severe chronic asthma. I applied for DLA and i was refused it. But it is worth applying for never the less.

sunnyone

My sister got it for severe brittle ashma, I say she did because thets how bad you have to be to get DLA for ashma, she died age 34 after over 20 years of spending at least 4 months per year in hospital and a few emergency admissions to A&E every month.

99.99% of people with ashma have no care or mobility needs but after years of oral steriods you eat a slice of cucumber and you put on a stone which makes it harder for your lungs to work but without the oral steriods, not inhaled steriods like ventalin but oral steriods for severe chest infections and pnumonia to keep you alive you woundnt get to eat at all.

kingfisherblue

My son gets DLA, but asthma is only one of his conditions - he has substantial care needs both day and night. Some of these needs arise from his asthma, especially at this time of year, but the majority of his care needs are a result of other conditions.

I haven't heard of anybody getting DLA for asthma alone, although I know of several people (particularly children) who have other conditions as well as asthma.

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MIL has had severe asthma for 60 years,but even at its worse it wouldnt imho warrant DLA

annies_mum

sunnyone wrote: »

My sister got it for severe brittle ashma, I say she did because thets how bad you have to be to get DLA for ashma, she died age 34 after over 20 years of spending at least 4 months per year in hospital and a few emergency admissions to A&E every month.

99.99% of people with ashma have no care or mobility needs but after years of oral steriods you eat a slice of cucumber and you put on a stone which makes it harder for your lungs to work but without the oral steriods, not inhaled steriods like ventalin but oral steriods for severe chest infections and pnumonia to keep you alive you woundnt get to eat at all.

This is so true, people think asthma is just a bit of a wheeze but many people die of it every year. I got/get HRC & HRM for asthma although i now have MS as well, but give me MS any day. I have had three heart attacks from it and been on a life support machine several times.
Sunnyone is spot on about the steroids, i initally put on 11 stone in 2 years. Its a wicked condition and unfortunatly it seems to be on the increase.

sunnyone

annies_mum wrote: »

This is so true, people think asthma is just a bit of a wheeze but many people die of it every year. I got/get HRC & HRM for asthma although i now have MS as well, but give me MS any day. I have had three heart attacks from it and been on a life support machine several times.
Sunnyone is spot on about the steroids, i initally put on 11 stone in 2 years. Its a wicked condition and unfortunatly it seems to be on the increase.

My sister had her first heart attack at 23 but it was nothing incomparison to the asthma, we thought it might have been her heart that killed her but it was her asthma (she had a PM due to it not been expected on that day, at that tiem but she had been expected to go several times).

As a teenager my sister could drop the weight between the courses of steriods but not once she got into her twenties the time between crises became shorter and shorter and we needed a massive coffin that had to be wheeled and not carried for her even though she didnt eat to try and force her body to stop gaining weight.

SingleSue

annies_mum wrote: »

This is so true, people think asthma is just a bit of a wheeze but many people die of it every year. I got/get HRC & HRM for asthma although i now have MS as well, but give me MS any day. I have had three heart attacks from it and been on a life support machine several times.
Sunnyone is spot on about the steroids, i initally put on 11 stone in 2 years. Its a wicked condition and unfortunatly it seems to be on the increase.

My ex mother in law is one of those people as is my ex husband and that is despite for the last two years running, youngest has been rushed into hospital seriously ill and spending a week or more in a high dependancy unit.

I am on serious tenterhooks right now as there are so many colds around and we are watching youngest's peak flows like hawks.

Youngest does get DLA (HRC and LRM) but he has a myriad of other medical problems.