Coronavirus and asthma - should I stop using my inhalers?

Hi all hope your all well I'm new on here  I'm asthmatic  on fosterair and ventolin inhalers montelukast  tablet  I've had to have 4 weeks of work  and two weeks of treatment with steroids at the start  I was very short of breath  and gasping inbetween  wasn't sure  if it was my anxiety panic attack or asthma  inhalers didn't seem to be helping  trebled up on my frostair  and ventolin every  10 minutes then started steroids  yes ventolin did drop but now on 4 week chest still tight wheezing like a squeak toy do I go back to work  or stay home  as I work in a supermarket and have to travel on 6 buses aday at the moment I have to stop on the 5 th stair to catch my breath  

Sorry  for the lengthy  tex

@Beverle I'm sorry you're going through all of that, these are certainly stressful, anxiety-inducing times. Thank you for being brave and helping keep us all fed. From what I've seen in articles and in the news, fever is a major part of the infection. Have you noticed that you're feverish? But if you're having more problems breathing then usual you may want to try to ring your GP!  Stay safe.

Hi guys, I’m new on here and currently self isolating, I am a mental health nurse so social distancing is non existent in my job role. I currently take ventolin and fostair inhalers and have had steroid treatment 3 times within the period of July to December, in order to get the letter to shield you have to have had the steroid tablets 4 times. I am really very anxious and refuse to return back to work. If someone has a cold/flu like symptoms in the past guaranteed I get it and it goes straight on my chest resulting in time of work, I cannot understand why I have not had the letter because I know that if I got this virus I would end up in hospital. As with everyone this is a very worrying time with no easy solution and no end date in sight as of yet. Hope everyone is well. TIA for your responses 😊

Hi @tracy7,

I also work in health care, I'm off sick as Asthma has flared up with the stress of Covid19. I think the government should allow all people with Asthma to self isolate, as if I get a cold, I end up on antibiotics & steroids with a bad chest infection! 

Have you rang your doctor?

Best wishes. 

Claire

Hi all, 

I haven't done my peak flow in a while, is 340 ok? 

Thx 

Claire

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i get my sick note emailed to me from doctor then i email it to work .. 5 weeks iv done this so far .. im on montelucus, sybicort,turbo inhaler, antihistimine thyroxine.. iv also just had 2 lots of steroid tabs n 2 lots of antibiotics for chest infection ... im a key worker .. im also anxious about returning to work iv not left the house in 5 weeks iv been lucky  to have sourced food deliveries to housed .. 

I had pneumonia in january was coughing all nite finally went to sleep woke up couldn't breathe so was rushed to hospital my oxygen level was 74 I'm wondering if i had virus then as was not being tested then x

Hello. Tracy71. I believe your health is bad enough to just Self Isolation. You have to balance your life. A friend she kept to rules until went into work just 2 nights. In old people home. She has ended in hospital now! First it was considered cough and cold, then into Intensive Care, started recovering and moved out before Test which became Positive meaning Invasive care ward. Now it’s Red ward. Seriously struggling. They moved likely too quickly as so many waiting for bed but also leave in infectious risk dangerous Need intermediary ward. Temp. finally controlled.Parents obviously devastated as it’s to do with blood and cells which white is overtaking. I offered blood as 99% sure clear as in 12 weeks Self Isolation. Which I keep too. Because on Steroids inhalers Fostairs strength recently doubled of course life saving Ventolin. Add in Beconase and Respimat. Aneurysm in main left heart artery. Also Chronic Asthma reached Stage 2. Whatever that is? Therefore you have to make decisions about your own health. Your only one who can decide risk. Be career after this COVID19. But your looking at 18 months plus. Likely many 1000s more. You have only one life so ask yourself has Government done enough to protect your life? Take care always. Seems only message writing to everyone now! Hopefully LockDown remains in place protecting lives. It government to country future. 

@Healthiswealth 

Patients with underlying health conditions, including asthma and diabetes, have been instructed by the Government to take extreme measures to shield themselves from the coronavirus (Covid-19), starting this weekend.

Yesterday Prime Minister Boris Johnson said anyone over 70, pregnant women and people with certain underlying health conditions making them more vulnerable to serious Covid-19 complications, should isolate themselves for at least 12 weeks starting this weekend.

hope this helps