Long term illness and benefits help

NYM

BillJones wrote: »

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.

Too be fair, they're public areas too

whodathunkit

help4help2013 wrote: »

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

The difference is that the default position should that people with asthma can and do work, although a minority may be too severe for that to always be possible, not that asthma is normally a couse for claiming disability benefits. Quite a different outlook.

whodathunkit

NYM wrote: »

Too be fair, they're public areas too

But not usually work related.:)

stevemLS

Can I have some for my diabetes, please - I am "at risk" of having a hypo at every moment.

I don't have mental health issues though - at least not as far as I know.

BillJones

NYM wrote: »

Too be fair, they're public areas too

If that's the case, I might stop paying my membership and just continue to use them.

I'm not sure the staff on the front desk would be happy though.

NYM

BillJones wrote: »

If that's the case, I might stop paying my membership and just continue to use them.

I'm not sure the staff on the front desk would be happy though.

Ok, maybe I worded it poorly. Perhaps I should have said they're areas the public can visit.

kingfisherblue

Re aerosols and cleaning fluids - my son has been asthmatic all his life. He also has other disabilities. Aerosols and other sprays such as cleaning fluids can easily set off an attack. Disabled toilets have to be cleaned, just as any others lid toilet does, and he has had attacks before now due to the stuff used by the cleaners.

In school, other pupils using aerosol deodorants after PE, have set off attacks. Shops that have had certain customers in sometimes spray air fresheners once those customers have left (I used to work in a shop where one of our customers was rather nifty, and we kept air fresheners under the counter - as a bookshop, he often browsed for a while).

Caf!s use sprays to clean the tables - not usually as big a problem, as not usually as scented as other sprays, but still a problem at times. He has other triggers as well, including damp weather, very cold or very hot weather, smoke, exercise, and some unexplained attacks.

Just for the record, my son has several medications each day, including sprays, tablets, and a liquid suspension for his asthma. He has not been hospitalised, except for planned surgery, for many years, but does have attacks that I manage at home. His doctors are aware of this, and are complimentary in how well his asthma and a related breathing condition are managed. However, I fully understand that others do need to go into hospital when attacks occur.

OP, income support, as others have said, is not available to you unless you are a carer (and other conditions apply) or a single, non-working parent of a child under 5. You would have to claim ESA as an out of work benefit, and PIP if you have regular care and/or mobility needs. You may, of course, have to provide medical information and attend a medical examination.

Indie_Kid

kingfisherblue wrote: »

In school, other pupils using aerosol deodorants after PE, have set off attacks.

I remember being told at school, (I've only just started having problems) that we couldn't spray either. I did almost have an attack the other week when someone used one.:(

He has other triggers as well, exercise.

This is another trigger for me. But I am generally ok if I use my blue inhaler before exercising. I just need to be careful I don't do too much.

sunnyone

rogerblack wrote: »

Unfortunately, this is not the case.
While most peoples asthma is well controlled, others - even with all the available medication - is not.
A significant number of people die due to asthma - around a thousand a year, and many more people have severe disability due to uncontrolled asthma, with multiple hospital admissions.

For most, asthma is a mild inconvenience. For others it's likely to kill them.

Asthma runs in our family and for most of us its just an annoyance but for my sister it ruled her life, she was hospitallised on many occasions and the steroids/treatments etc. caused further health problems, she died age 34 from an asthma attack.

Brittle asthma kills but its rare for someone to be affected as badly as my sister, many million of asthma sufferers just get on with it and it isnt easy to claim disability/sickness benefits, my sister got IB and DLA pretty easily because she had extensive hospital records to support her claim, do you have evidence to back up your claim OP.

gems96

tomtontom wrote: »

Have they? I cannot see any mention of children one way or the other.

gems96, for us to help you more can you give a fuller picture of your circumstances please? Age, who you live with and what they earn, capital over £6,000, any children, what you live off at the moment etc?

My capital is way below £6,000. I don't have a income coming in.
I don't have children. And I live with my parents ATM. I hope this answers your question