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Personpillsley
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Hi all, not been around for a while, got kidnapped by hospital and I need help. My youngest's partner has asthma & is currently off work with added bronchitis.
Can she do ANYTHING to make camping possible?


PersonRob and Tina
20/4/2022 at 8:57pm
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A good start with this is finding out what triggers the asthma and then taking steps to avoid these triggers. A lot of modern household cleaning products make me wheeze, air fresheners, perfumes, some paints and glues used to make me feel bad but since the products have become more environmentally friendly they don't affect me so much. Natural triggers like household dust and pollens can be a big problem, I used to have to wear a face mask when emptying the vacuum cleaner and certain tree pollens make me ill, I still have problems near fields of oil seed rape.

Ask the asthma nurse or specialist to check the medication and help with different inhalers etc. For years I was prescribed the same inhalers but a few years ago my new asthma nurse at the GP surgery had come straight from the respiratory ward at the local hospital and she changed my medication several times over a year or so until we found a better management system and I'm now a lot better than I ever have been

Do your own research, the asthma uk website and leaflets are very useful and with help from the nurse it is possible to lead a very active life with only very occasional problems.

Rob


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20/4/2022 at 9:08pm
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I have asthma and find that it is actually better when I am camping. A lot of the triggers for my asthma such as house dust mite aren’t present in the same volume when camping and the fresh air seems to agree with me as long as it is not too cold. However, everyone with asthma has different triggers so it’s important to find out what they are before embarking on anything new. For example, if the person you are talking about suffers from hayfever which then triggers the asthma, camping may not be suitable.

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Personpillsley
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Thank you SO much! She thinks it's grass so I think antihistamines might help - I take one the night before we leave and haven't had a problem for years but I wanted to check (can't risk making her worse)


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Quote: Originally posted by pillsley on 20/4/2022
Hi all, not been around for a while, got kidnapped by hospital and I need help. My youngest's partner has asthma & is currently off work with added bronchitis.
Can she do ANYTHING to make camping possible?


yes take her meds as instructed, like the rest of us with asthma/copd do. make sure that she has double the needed amount of salbutamol inhaler (blue one) just in case of an attack. although i have found i have far nless trouble with my asthma when away from home, less stress and more fresh air works wonders for me


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PersonRob and Tina
20/4/2022 at 10:17pm
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Allergy tests can be carried out to find out what you are allergic to. Tina had the tests done and she is allergic to house dust mites 1 and 2, dogs, cats and a few other things, I was diagnosed with asthma over 45 years ago and they've never bothered to test me but I've worked it out for myself.

Ask to get the tests done, it'll save years of suffering and trying to avoid things.

Like Pixie we are both better when we are away in the caravan.

Rob


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it can be Dairy. Cheese is one of mine but i love the stuff. Tonic water as in G&T triggered me off recently, also cider and White Wine irritate, soon stopped drinking that. Pure Apple juice ,not the concentrated stuff is good for asthma. I make sure i have inhalers in my shower bag and handbag. Keep in date and always order so you have enough.


Personriowanda
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Go camping near the coast, less polution and pollen. My son when young did some work on a city farm, and his asthma triggers reduced along with the attacks for some time, he seemed to develop more tolerance, and yes we had to keep him off milk.


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Ask the campsite to give you a spot where you can face the back of your tent into the prevailing wind.

Bit of an old wives tail but rough cider or cider vinegar is supposed to help, although there is no scientific evidence for this and could simply be a placebo effect in the same way that CBD at levels commercially available simply can not work for asthma but hundreds of people will swear by it.

As for the OP I originally read that as "My youngest partner......"!!!


Personnavver
05/6/2022 at 9:45pm
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I have asthma and use a dry powder inhaler once a day. I rarely need the reliever (blue inhaler) any more. The dry powder acts as preventer and reliever and is kinder to the environment than aerosols.

Need to take a long slow inhale when taking it.

In the old days before the new med I found I was better away in the country with fresh clean air.


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Persondecor55
08/6/2022 at 9:37am
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be careful with the antihistamins as some can make you worse with astma ask in chemist best be careful i only knw as i had to have a ambulance and the paramedic said some have a ingredigrant that wont mix with the astma.



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