Ventolin

[237SJ]

Even though I am not unfit I have always struggled and got very puffed when going up lots of stairs or climbing big hills. Even though I have climbed some very big hills in my time, I still become really puffed and it`s uncomfortable. I have often suspected that I suffer from exercise induced asthma. A friend of mine gave me a puff of her Ventolin and we couldn`t believe the difference. My question is, if my airways were not narrowed by exercise induced asthma, would I have noticed any difference after taking Ventolin?

[wolf63]

This might not be much help but - my dog ate an inhaler many moons ago. It was a Ventolin inhaler. It make his heart go really fast and his eyes were rolling around - I thought that he was going to die. He lived.

Try going to see your doctor - if it is going to make you feel better it will be worth the journey. My cat takes Ventolin as a back-up to his steroids.

[Dee-M-See]

Bradley Wiggins had asthma and he won the Tour De France, ask what he took

[Sqad]

\\\ My question is, if my airways were not narrowed by exercise induced asthma, would I have noticed any difference after taking Ventolin?\\

No, I don't think you would. It would seem that you have made a diagnostic test for what seems to be ......exercise induced asthma.

[237SJ]

Blimey Wolf, I`m not surprised his eyes were rolling!
Thanks Sqad. Sometimes I have felt inhibited by the situation. I remember going to Pisa and staying on the ground while my friend climbed up to the top because I knew what I would be like with stairs. I don`t really want to go to the doctor because having conditions is a bit of a pain for travel insurance but I think I might bite the bullet and just do it.

[Sqad]

OK,237........have a word with your GP.

[237SJ]

I actually have a Ventolin inhaler that the friend gave me (she was a COPD nurse) I haven`t used it yet but I`m going to Hong Kong next month and want to climb the stairs to the Big Buddha so will take it with me. When it reaches it`s expiry date I will go to the GP.

[furrypusscat]

You ought to be checked out at your GPs. It isn't wise to take someone else's medication unless you have previously been diagnosed with asthma. As said it does make your heart rate faster.

[EDDIE51]

You say you are NOT unfit , yet you say you have always struggled with going up stairs and hills to the point where it is uncomfortable? Surely that is a sign that you ARE unfit?

[237SJ]

No, it is not a sign that I am unfit. It is a sign that I have a narrowing of the airways

[EDDIE51]

A fully fit person does NOT have narrowing of the airways , you are ignoring the symptoms. Go and see your GP.

[237SJ]

Sorry Eddie but you don`t know what you are talking about

[trt]

I use Ventolin daily and 2 other inhalers, but I have COPD.

I think you should be tested for the above, or at least see your Doctor.

[237SJ]

I don`t have COPD, I have exercise induced asthma

[EDDIE51]

''I don't really want to go to the doctor because having conditions is a bit of a pain for travel insurance'' I think that about sums it up!

[237SJ]

Thanks for that Eddie. Much help

[Ninefingers]

No Company will reject insurance for asthma if you have a diagnosis and suitable inhalers/steroids to treat it. get it checked SJ, better that than something much worse hit you later that you could have prevented