Hi. I think I may be about to have a severe asthma attack. I have been having flare ups alot recently. Today it has been hard for me o brethe. I have a wheeze and a cough. I have taken my inhaler aout 4 times today..it hasnt helped. I am having shortness of breath as well. I am on medication for my asthma ( singular which I have been taking for three days now and flovent which i have been taking for a couple of weeks) I also have allergy induced asthma. What should I do?
Hi, Welcome to Chat Doctor, Thanks for the query, Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction and bronchospasm, mostly episodes comes in the nighttime. The chronic inflammation is associated with airway hyper-responsiveness that leads to recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing particularly at night or in the early morning. You must go for spirometry (pulmonary function tests) to measure peak expiratory flow rate and which will help to make a clear diagnosis along with your symptomatology. Now there are very good medicines like steroids, alpha a Chat Doctor. If you are really having asthma symptoms then OTC 