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Indie_Kid

Some triggers are almost impossible to remove. One of mine is aerosol cans, which isn't easy to remove at all.

lighting_up_the_chalice

Indie_Kid wrote: »

Some triggers are almost impossible to remove. One of mine is aerosol cans, which isn't easy to remove at all.

That's very easy. Don't use aerosol cans.

Indie_Kid

lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »

That's very easy. Don't use aerosol cans.

Because of course, no-one else every sprays them in public.

kittykat17

Poppie68 wrote: »

There is no specific group that identifies people at high risk though, their maybe be other contributing factors though.

There numerous factors and even someone with mild asthma is at risk.
Or if someone doesn't take their preventer as directed they could then be at risk..
A friend with mild asthma who hadn't had any symptons for months went to the toilet and was found dead on the bathroom floor..asthma attack. His daughter who had never been diagnosed with asthma died 4 months after aged 6 after suffering an attack in bed..
Those who don't use their medication are at high risk but still not a disease that prevents sufferers from working..children with asthma are seen running around playgrounds everyday.

My cousin is an asthma sufferer and although she takes everything she's been prescribed she is hospitalised at least once a month. This can be brought on just by sitting watching tv as well as by trying to do more than she should. So I would say that although a lot of people are able to lead relatively 'normal' lives with asthma you can't generalise as everyone is affected differently. By the way, she also has a nebuliser which she takes with her everywhere she goes because she just doesn't know when she will have a bad attack and need it. That said the nebuliser frequently doesn't help which is when she ends up in hospital.

Poppie68

Indie_Kid wrote: »

Some triggers are almost impossible to remove. One of mine is aerosol cans, which isn't easy to remove at all.

Blimey never heard of that one..:)


That trigger can be controlled though in the work place..unless you work in Boots or Superdrug:D
My daughter doesn't have any identifiable triggers she has had attacks while sitting in the living room a room she has sat in hundreds of times, in the car, on her horse, in work and 2 while she was lying in a hospital bed while in for something else plus numerous others. She gets breathless from doing nothing more than sitting and watching tv..
She has a nebuliser and inhalers in work, at home and my husband has just picked another one up to put in boyfriends car ..Her boyfriend carries inhalers and even her boss has one in his desk drawer.

Poppie68

kittykat17 wrote: »

My cousin is an asthma sufferer and although she takes everything she's been prescribed she is hospitalised at least once a month. This can be brought on just by sitting watching tv as well as by trying to do more than she should. So I would say that although a lot of people are able to lead relatively 'normal' lives with asthma you can't generalise as everyone is affected differently. By the way, she also has a nebuliser which she takes with her everywhere she goes because she just doesn't know when she will have a bad attack and need it. That said the nebuliser frequently doesn't help which is when she ends up in hospital.

Alot of asthma sufferers like your cousin who are frequently hospitalised do work though....i'm not saying they should i'm just saying i have met alot of asthma sufferers with varying degrees of asthma and it surprising how many of them with the more severe symptoms do actually work while the ones with more mild symtoms seem to think it is their passport to benefits . ( I ran the reception on an asthma clinic for 5 years)

My daughter does and she said she would feel like she was waiting to die if she just sat around waiting for the next attack.

kittykat17

Poppie68 wrote: »

Alot of asthma sufferers like your cousin who are frequently hospitalised do work though....i'm not saying they should i'm just saying i have met alot of asthma sufferers with varying degrees of asthma and it surprising how many of them with the more severe symptoms do actually work while the ones with more mild symtoms seem to think it is their passport to benefits . ( I ran the reception on an asthma clinic for 5 years)

My daughter does and she said she would feel like she was waiting to die if she just sat around waiting for the next attack.

Unfortunately my cousin can't work due to other health issues she has. She has tried on numerous occasions but it has never worked out and her doctor told her she was in no way well enough to hold down a job. She did some voluntary work in a MIND shop but was asked to leave after a couple of weeks due to her health - she had two really bad asthma attacks whilst working there and they felt it was too much for her.

whodathunkit

Indie_Kid wrote: »

Because of course, no-one else every sprays them in public.

I don't think anybody's ever sprayed an aerosol anywhere near me in public - why would they?

help4help2013

asthma effects different people in different ways weather you know people with asthma or not some people are ok some are not you cant base how it effects one person to another just by knowing someone with asthma the OP has also stated they have mental health issues so combining both of these they might be able to claim ESA

TO gems96 if you feel you cannot work and only you know that then go to your GP and see if he/she will supply you with sick notes and then make an application for ESA be open and honest about your condition's and they will base the decision on that

please also see below for information on how to claim ESA

https://www.gov.uk/employment-support-allowance/how-to-claim

BillJones

Indie_Kid wrote: »

Because of course, no-one else every sprays them in public.

I don't think that I've EVER seen anyone spraying an aerosol can in public. In the gym changing rooms, yes, but on the street, not once.