Is there any medication to help my asthma go away?

Hi, @jenniferguajardo - having an asthma attack every time you go outside sounds rough. You might ask your primary care doctor, allergist or pulmonologist, but that doesn't sound like asthma control to me.

I used to have asthma flares about quarterly, especially when coming back from being out of town. I'd almost always have to go on a 5-day course of prednisone. That worked, but prednisone has its own side effects, like only sleeping about 4 hours per night.

What's made a difference for me was taking a biologic, mepolizumab (Nucala). I no longer need the courses of prednisone, thankfully.

Is a biologic something your doctor has talked about?

@lisalucier My 28yr old son called me yesterday and told me he was diagnosed with asthma. I didn't get asthma till in my 40s. He passed out at work luckily someone saw him and helped him. Just wondering if u have any idea if he may get asthma as bad as me over time. He was diagnosed a lot younger then me. So I'm worried about his future health.

@jenniferguajardo - scary about your son passing out at work. Yes, luckily someone saw him and helped him.

That would be a really good question to ask his doctor as far as what to expect for the future of your son's asthma, as he or she would have a good idea of exactly where your son is at as far as severity of his asthma right now.

Do you know if your son got to ask the doctor about this? If not, do you think he'd get a message to the doctor inquiring about this?

@jenniferguajardo - scary about your son passing out at work. Yes, luckily someone saw him and helped him.

That would be a really good question to ask his doctor as far as what to expect for the future of your son's asthma, as he or she would have a good idea of exactly where your son is at as far as severity of his asthma right now.

Do you know if your son got to ask the doctor about this? If not, do you think he'd get a message to the doctor inquiring about this?

@lisalucier I went to the ER yesterday and was told I have a partial collapsed lung on the base of my lung. My oxygen levels wouldn't stay normal. I was told I need to o be on oxygen. Could a collapsed lung mimic asthma? Or r they two different symptoms?

Hi @jenniferguajardo - so sorry to hear your oxygen levels wouldn't stay normal and that you had to go to the ER.

Here is some information from Mayo Clinic on collapsed lung, or pneumothorax:

- Pneumothorax https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pneumothorax/symptoms-causes/syc-20350367

Did the ER set you up with oxygen, then? I don't know specifically about whether a collapsed lung could mimic asthma, but a lung specialist, a pulmonologist, would. Do you have a follow-up appointment with a pulmonologist?

@lisalucier Thx for the info everything help. I was wondering n oxygen for 6hrs in the ER. They were gonna admit me. But they stated since I was seeing my pulmonary specialist Monday that I should be fine till then. The ER doc wanted to prescribe me oxygen. But its a small town hospital and the lady that does that paperwork isn't there on the weekend. So they told me to ask my specialist to prescribe it for me.
So went to my specialist yesterday. And I explained everything to her. And she stated she couldn't prescribe it unless my level drop at her office and she said the one the nurse did on me look fine. So she said I'll have u do a 6min walk test. So I started doing that with the nurse in the hallway and I been made one and a half wal through and they dropped below. She told me to stop and test the as over it wasn't even a minute. So they put me on oxygen there and she said I'm prescribing u oxygen.
She also wants to do an echo she brought up something about the blood may not be connecting to my heart properly and maybe that's y my levels r dropping.
She was gonna let me do an at home sleep test but since my level r low she said I needed to come in because they have to connect me to oxygen and the sleep test wires
I asked if she could diagnose what kinda asthma I have she said she didn't know unless I get more testing she will know more. She just says I have general asthma. But it could be just when I'm being active it sets it off.
The reason for the sleep study she said she could look at my oxygen level when I'm asleep