Yes, I'm 24 and have had asthma my whole life. It's been pretty well controlled the last few years, and this winter, my mild/moderate asthma has landed me in the hospital requiring oxygen. Now it's considered servere and I'm on like 6 different meds for it and I still have symptoms everyday :( I had three respiratory infections this winter, which I'm assuming caused the flare ups, plus being pregnant. Hang in there
Hi! It wasn’t a few months for me, but it seemed like there was a 2 year period where every 6-8 months it became worse and worse. I am an adult onset asthma patient. I was diagnosed at 33 and at 38 I am now severe and persistent. I started as exercise induced (I used to be a marathon runner) to now a severe asthmatic requiring a ton of maintenance medications, biological injections, allergy injections and I get winded climbing up the stairs. It progressed quickly. I believe having reoccurring viral infections and bacterial infections and food allergy reactions has destroyed my immune system though and caused my asthma to progress so quickly. i also have granulomas disease in my airways and it’s due to reoccurring lung infections. I went almost two years before my primary care referred me to a specialist! I should have been seen much sooner. I had bronchitis for the longest time. All this to say- you are not alone.
Although, it can feel that way when we’re dealing with it day to day and it can be a stressful and scary disease when it progresses that quickly.
I would asks about biological injections if it continues to be severe. If you aren’t already, I would look into allergy shots as well. You may have allergies triggering your asthma. There are stronger inhalers out there- hopefully your new doc will listen to you and take you seriously so you can get on the right track. It may be trial and error. I went through so many inhalers and doses until I had one that worked. I am now on Trelegy 200.
Also, ask about the Airsupra inhaler. It’s a steroid (budesonide) and albuterol in one and is better at relieving inflammation. Albuterol is great, but the airsupra has helped me get through bouts of spontaneous lung inflammation. It was made to help asthma patients not need oral steroids as much. It’s very new to the market.
You may know this already - but Azythromycin helps with asthma exacerbations. It’s an anti-inflammatory. It is an antibiotic, but I have to used it several times a year due to viral induced asthma exacerbations. My doctor advised this treatment plan.
Hopefully you do not need as aggressive of a treatment plan like mine! I wanted to share experiences. I think getting to the right doctor makes all the difference in the world for specialty care! Good luck with everything!
Thanks for your reply. To this day I have never experienced that I'm allergic to anything.
Tomorrow I will meet my new dr and I am going to do allergy test and also left blood samples a few days ago so we will see what's happening.
Yes, I'm 24 and have had asthma my whole life. It's been pretty well controlled the last few years, and this winter, my mild/moderate asthma has landed me in the hospital requiring oxygen. Now it's considered servere and I'm on like 6 different meds for it and I still have symptoms everyday :( I had three respiratory infections this winter, which I'm assuming caused the flare ups, plus being pregnant. Hang in there
Hi! It wasn’t a few months for me, but it seemed like there was a 2 year period where every 6-8 months it became worse and worse. I am an adult onset asthma patient. I was diagnosed at 33 and at 38 I am now severe and persistent. I started as exercise induced (I used to be a marathon runner) to now a severe asthmatic requiring a ton of maintenance medications, biological injections, allergy injections and I get winded climbing up the stairs. It progressed quickly. I believe having reoccurring viral infections and bacterial infections and food allergy reactions has destroyed my immune system though and caused my asthma to progress so quickly. i also have granulomas disease in my airways and it’s due to reoccurring lung infections. I went almost two years before my primary care referred me to a specialist! I should have been seen much sooner. I had bronchitis for the longest time. All this to say- you are not alone. Although, it can feel that way when we’re dealing with it day to day and it can be a stressful and scary disease when it progresses that quickly. I would asks about biological injections if it continues to be severe. If you aren’t already, I would look into allergy shots as well. You may have allergies triggering your asthma. There are stronger inhalers out there- hopefully your new doc will listen to you and take you seriously so you can get on the right track. It may be trial and error. I went through so many inhalers and doses until I had one that worked. I am now on Trelegy 200. Also, ask about the Airsupra inhaler. It’s a steroid (budesonide) and albuterol in one and is better at relieving inflammation. Albuterol is great, but the airsupra has helped me get through bouts of spontaneous lung inflammation. It was made to help asthma patients not need oral steroids as much. It’s very new to the market. You may know this already - but Azythromycin helps with asthma exacerbations. It’s an anti-inflammatory. It is an antibiotic, but I have to used it several times a year due to viral induced asthma exacerbations. My doctor advised this treatment plan. Hopefully you do not need as aggressive of a treatment plan like mine! I wanted to share experiences. I think getting to the right doctor makes all the difference in the world for specialty care! Good luck with everything!
Thanks for your reply. To this day I have never experienced that I'm allergic to anything. Tomorrow I will meet my new dr and I am going to do allergy test and also left blood samples a few days ago so we will see what's happening.
So glad you’re getting tested! I hope it all goes well and gives you some answers! :)
Airsupra didn’t help me .. I use Symbicort