@Nanny Beach my doctors have always encouraged running for strengthening asthmatic lungs. Good plan on the grandson, he'll be a hardcore runner in no time
That's good to hear.
When I was a child with very bad Asthma (Before the miracle of the Ventolin inhalers was invented) I was told not to exercise as it would exasperate it and it did. When the Ventolin inhaler (Salbutamol) came along it transformed my life. What also made a big difference is taking up running that keeps the asthma at bay literally along with the Ventolin inhaler.
If your unfortunate enough to have asthma living in these times is the best fortune you can have due to the invention of the inhalers (Salbutamol). Before this came into being I can remember struggling for hours at a time as a young child gasping like a fish out of water to breathe. Salbutamol changed that for everyone with Asthma.
Isn't medical science wonderful when used appropriately.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
He is nearly 10, not a bit sporty,he is a math genius, I wanted to prove to my worried daughter that if he did have to wear a mask he wouldnt suffocate, tough love you see Haha!!!
I know what you mean @Kili, I have a memory of being a child and really suffering, and my dad presented me with this blue inhaler (you put a tablet in the end and twisted it to get it open). It was like a miracle! I thought I was cured, I really loved that inhaler. Obviously it didn't cure me, but I was a bit sad when they stopped making it and I had to go onto the modern ones.
I know what you mean @Kili, I have a memory of being a child and really suffering, and my dad presented me with this blue inhaler (you put a tablet in the end and twisted it to get it open). It was like a miracle! I thought I was cured, I really loved that inhaler. Obviously it didn't cure me, but I was a bit sad when they stopped making it and I had to go onto the modern ones.
I remember the device your talking about. I think it was known as a spininhaler. You inserted a capsule then pulled the outer sleeve up and down to puncture the capsule then suck hard on the the device to spin the contents of the capsule into your mouth. For me it did not work very well as I lived in a very damp cold environment and the powder in the capsule was always damp so did not spin out. The ventolin inhaler was my saviour.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
When I was a child with very bad Asthma (Before the miracle of the Ventolin inhalers was invented) I was told not to exercise as it would exasperate it and it did. When the Ventolin inhaler (Salbutamol) came along it transformed my life. What also made a big difference is taking up running that keeps the asthma at bay literally along with the Ventolin inhaler.
If your unfortunate enough to have asthma living in these times is the best fortune you can have due to the invention of the inhalers (Salbutamol). Before this came into being I can remember struggling for hours at a time as a young child gasping like a fish out of water to breathe. Salbutamol changed that for everyone with Asthma.
Isn't medical science wonderful when used appropriately.
That is amazing to hear. I never had anyone in my family with asthma until my now 10 year old was diagnosed as a two year old. With the help of a nightly nebulizer treatment of steroids for years, and now a daily tablet... one would never know. We have inhalers for him at home at school, but he's never used/needed them. We were going to take him off the tablets this summer, to see if he was okay without them, but decided with Covid to wait another year.
How terrifying for you and your parents, to have to suffer through an attack. As a mum, I can't even imagine. My son had one attack, once, when he was about three. We were camping and it was in the middle of the night.. just the two of us out in the desert (my husband was home with our baby).. I drove like a wild thing to get home to give him a nebulizer treatment (our house was closer than the hospital). I still have nightmares about it.. that gasping coughing crying..sometimes with no sound coming out. It was horrible. Thank goodness for modern medications.
I've found out why I've been 'spammed' with invites to get a jab when I already had it in February. I've had numerous phone calls and letters. It turns out that my local surgery messed up the admin so I have to go in with my card in Monday so that I get onto the list for jab2 At least it proves the invitation system is working. If this is happening to you, get it sorted or you won't get called in again for the second jab.
We've both had our first vaccinations this morning. I thought mine would be a couple of weeks after OH because I'm 5 years younger and in the next-lower category, but no, we both got a text from the GP surgery on the same day, asking us to book at their centre which is about 10 miles away and we were able to book appointments close together. All very efficient and home again by 9am.
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When I was a child with very bad Asthma (Before the miracle of the Ventolin inhalers was invented) I was told not to exercise as it would exasperate it and it did. When the Ventolin inhaler (Salbutamol) came along it transformed my life. What also made a big difference is taking up running that keeps the asthma at bay literally along with the Ventolin inhaler.
If your unfortunate enough to have asthma living in these times is the best fortune you can have due to the invention of the inhalers (Salbutamol). Before this came into being I can remember struggling for hours at a time as a young child gasping like a fish out of water to breathe. Salbutamol changed that for everyone with Asthma.
Isn't medical science wonderful when used appropriately.
That is amazing to hear. I never had anyone in my family with asthma until my now 10 year old was diagnosed as a two year old. With the help of a nightly nebulizer treatment of steroids for years, and now a daily tablet... one would never know. We have inhalers for him at home at school, but he's never used/needed them. We were going to take him off the tablets this summer, to see if he was okay without them, but decided with Covid to wait another year.
How terrifying for you and your parents, to have to suffer through an attack. As a mum, I can't even imagine. My son had one attack, once, when he was about three. We were camping and it was in the middle of the night.. just the two of us out in the desert (my husband was home with our baby).. I drove like a wild thing to get home to give him a nebulizer treatment (our house was closer than the hospital). I still have nightmares about it.. that gasping coughing crying..sometimes with no sound coming out. It was horrible. Thank goodness for modern medications.
Unfortunately for me Blue Onion my Mum and Dad were of a time were the attitude was tough, just get on with it. This may have been because their lives had been so tough growing up. My Mum had lived through the second world war under occupation by the German forces and my Dad was shipped to Germany, but survived, at times like these life was simply a gamble on whether you lived or died before the end of the war. I think this hardened them both to a point where they just took the view what will be will be if I sat on the sofa gasping for air there was nothing they could do about it and I would have to suffer.
Which is why I was so grateful for the creation of salbutamol inhalers I still remember the day as a child after years of suffering I was given an inhaler and that's about all I can remember of my childhood. There were no cuddles from my parents, if they fed and clothed me and my brothers and sisters that was their duty done. I never heard either of them say once they loved me, there were never any signs of affection. I suspect this could have been the same for many of my generation where a different view of children was taken in those times or maybe that's just my experience I don't know.
If you are able I would encourage your child to either do regular exercise or take up a musical instrument which involves blowing such as a trumpet to exercise the lungs regularly.
Its good to hear that the wonders of modern medicine are giving your child that chance of a better life and I expect he/she will be fine over the long term as medical science advances even further.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
@Kili My dad and mum were definitely not cuddlers and my brother suffered from Asthma as a child. Secondborn had asthma which involved hospitalisation when she was two. She also had lots of allergies the most severe being cows milk. As a mum I am a real cuddler and spent a lot of nights sleeping on the floor in Secondborn's bedroom listening to her struggling to breath. Inhalers and a home made nebuliser saved her life on a number of occasions and her son Gabriel has had lots of trips to hospital with breathing issues. I am so thankful that medicine has moved on so much in those years. Lots of children have been saved.
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When I was a child with very bad Asthma (Before the miracle of the Ventolin inhalers was invented) I was told not to exercise as it would exasperate it and it did. When the Ventolin inhaler (Salbutamol) came along it transformed my life. What also made a big difference is taking up running that keeps the asthma at bay literally along with the Ventolin inhaler.
If your unfortunate enough to have asthma living in these times is the best fortune you can have due to the invention of the inhalers (Salbutamol). Before this came into being I can remember struggling for hours at a time as a young child gasping like a fish out of water to breathe. Salbutamol changed that for everyone with Asthma.
Isn't medical science wonderful when used appropriately.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
I remember the device your talking about. I think it was known as a spininhaler. You inserted a capsule then pulled the outer sleeve up and down to puncture the capsule then suck hard on the the device to spin the contents of the capsule into your mouth. For me it did not work very well as I lived in a very damp cold environment and the powder in the capsule was always damp so did not spin out. The ventolin inhaler was my saviour.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
At least it proves the invitation system is working.
If this is happening to you, get it sorted or you won't get called in again for the second jab.
Unfortunately for me Blue Onion my Mum and Dad were of a time were the attitude was tough, just get on with it. This may have been because their lives had been so tough growing up. My Mum had lived through the second world war under occupation by the German forces and my Dad was shipped to Germany, but survived, at times like these life was simply a gamble on whether you lived or died before the end of the war. I think this hardened them both to a point where they just took the view what will be will be if I sat on the sofa gasping for air there was nothing they could do about it and I would have to suffer.
Which is why I was so grateful for the creation of salbutamol inhalers I still remember the day as a child after years of suffering I was given an inhaler and that's about all I can remember of my childhood. There were no cuddles from my parents, if they fed and clothed me and my brothers and sisters that was their duty done. I never heard either of them say once they loved me, there were never any signs of affection. I suspect this could have been the same for many of my generation where a different view of children was taken in those times or maybe that's just my experience I don't know.
If you are able I would encourage your child to either do regular exercise or take up a musical instrument which involves blowing such as a trumpet to exercise the lungs regularly.
Its good to hear that the wonders of modern medicine are giving your child that chance of a better life and I expect he/she will be fine over the long term as medical science advances even further.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'