Is it common to have an Asthma attack 8 years after not having one?
Last night i had a very bad asthma attack that resulted in me being taken to hospital as i don’t keep inhalers any more because i haven’t had an attack since i was about 11 so i thought i grew out of it.
I was given a Nebuliser and prescribed new reliever and preventer inhalers and steroid tablets.
Is it common to go years without having an Asthma attack?
Asthma can not be cured and you do not outgrow it. I will always be there. You can be symptom free if you are not exposed to your asthma trigger but as soon as you come into contact with that trigger then the airway inflammation and bronchoconstriction will start.
Now you may have been having this all along but it was not bad enough to notice. The myth of out growing asthma is when you are little, your body parts are little too including your airways. Little airways are easy to get clogged with airway inflammation. As you get older, your airways bet bigger too. They may get inflamed but air will still flow.
So yes it is possible after all these years to have an asthma attack.
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June 9th, 2010 at 10:28 am
Asthma can not be cured and you do not outgrow it. I will always be there. You can be symptom free if you are not exposed to your asthma trigger but as soon as you come into contact with that trigger then the airway inflammation and bronchoconstriction will start.
Now you may have been having this all along but it was not bad enough to notice. The myth of out growing asthma is when you are little, your body parts are little too including your airways. Little airways are easy to get clogged with airway inflammation. As you get older, your airways bet bigger too. They may get inflamed but air will still flow.
So yes it is possible after all these years to have an asthma attack.
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Respiratory therapist, asthma educator
RRT, CPFT, AE-C
June 9th, 2010 at 10:49 am
Sorry to hear of your attack, hope you’re doing better today.
Yes, it’s very possible. My younger brother had attacks throughout his early teens, and then they subsided. He moved to L.A. when he was 20 and had an attack within a week, because of the poor air quality. It was his first in five years.
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June 9th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Yes and that is the goal of asthma. Control. Prevent attacks. YOu do not ever outgrow on no longer have asthma. You may have developed a sensitivity or new allergy. What has changed. New environment, new job, new pet, new??????????????
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