Home
Share
Forum
Asthma Forum
Living with asthma
What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share!

Back

Patients Asthma

What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share!

158 views
22 times supported
13 comments

JosephineO

Community manager

26/02/2019 at 15:39

Good advisor

JosephineO

Community manager

Last activity on 15/07/2024 at 09:21

Joined in 2018

989 comments posted | 26 in the Asthma Forum

6 of their responses were helpful to members

Rewards

Good Advisor
Contributor
Committed
Explorer
Evaluator
Friend

View profileView Add a friendAdd Write

Asthma attacks are scary and highly debilitating. They leave sufferers feeling scare and exhausted.

What was your worst asthma attack? Where did it happen? How did you feel afterwards?

All comments

Go to the last comment

Unregistered member

11/03/2019 at 15:16

My cousin had a terrible asthma attack before when we were on holidays. It happened in the water but luckily the inhaler was in my aunt's bag on the sand. I will never forget the fright.

What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share! https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/your-worst-asthma-attack-2746 2019-03-11 15:16:43

moorea63

13/03/2019 at 10:15

moorea63

Last activity on 12/06/2024 at 18:46

Joined in 2015

1 comment posted | 1 in the Asthma Forum

Rewards

Committed
Explorer

View profileView Add a friendAdd Write

Worst one was few years back it was scary and they plunged needles in every where! Gave me that much sabutamol that room was spinning made me very sick! Not wanting to ever go there again

What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share! https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/your-worst-asthma-attack-2746 2019-03-13 10:15:06

Roo1978

13/03/2019 at 10:23

Good advisor

Roo1978

Last activity on 20/08/2024 at 22:49

Joined in 2015

14 comments posted | 4 in the Asthma Forum

1 of their responses was helpful to members

Rewards

Good Advisor
Contributor
Committed
Explorer

View profileView Add a friendAdd Write

My worst asthma attack was in November four years ago. I had a cold which was affecting my chest and my inhalers were not helping much..One night my breathing became so laboured I was sure I would die. Rushed to hospital by ambulance and given lots of drugs and oxygen. It turned out I had pneumonia on top of my asthma. When I came home a week later I had no energy at all..I was on prednisolone steroids for months ...It took a long time to feel more like myself and it knocked my confidence so much that I worried about leaving the house for months ....asthma more controlled nowadays I am glad to say.

What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share! https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/your-worst-asthma-attack-2746 2019-03-13 10:23:46

Sylvia

13/03/2019 at 11:17

Good advisor

Sylvia

Last activity on 17/02/2023 at 10:47

Joined in 2014

19 comments posted | 3 in the Asthma Forum

Rewards

Good Advisor
Contributor
Messenger
Committed
Explorer
Friend

View profileView Add a friendAdd Write

I have had asthma all my life and it has never bothered me much until just latterly. I have kept it well under control until Christmas when I had a chest infection and ever since I have had breathing problems. Now been told it is my asthma causing the trouble and I have to use my inhalers more.

See the signature

Sylvia Reynolds

What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share! https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/your-worst-asthma-attack-2746 2019-03-13 11:17:48

Unregistered member

14/03/2019 at 19:01

my worst asthma attack happened a few years ago I was in the hairdressers and could feel the tightness in my chest getting worse I travelled the 12 miles home and lay on the bed but sitting up, I was using my inhaler , salbutamol all day and wasn't getting any better........I was not getting any air hardly into my lungs and my husband drove me to the hospital in the snow and ice ....I was very poorly by the time I got to the emergency department and was kept in hospital for a week ..............the consultant told me NEVER ever to drive to the hospital as I could have died before I got there.......always call ambulance........my asthma isn't that well controlled even now but I certainly won't take chances again

What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share! https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/your-worst-asthma-attack-2746 2019-03-14 19:01:44

JazzyC

Ambassador

01/04/2019 at 15:04

Good advisor

JazzyC

Ambassador

Last activity on 04/05/2024 at 07:55

Joined in 2016

293 comments posted | 61 in the Asthma Forum

13 of their responses were helpful to members

Rewards

Good Advisor
Contributor
Messenger
Committed
Explorer
Evaluator

View profileView Add a friendAdd Write

Over the years I have had a lot of serious asthma attacks but one of the worst was 3 years ago 4 days after my mum's funeral. I collapsed at home and I can remember my son having to take the dog out because he wouldn't let the paramedics take me out to the ambulance. Next thing I remember is waking up in the HDU with a hood mask over my head. They were feeding me the ventalin, oxygen and another asthma medicine straight into the mask, I was hooked up to machines and I don't know what else. It was terrifying to say the least. Hard to believe that was only 3 years ago when I think how much better my asthma is now

See the signature

Janet Collins

What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share! https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/your-worst-asthma-attack-2746 2019-04-01 15:04:22

JosephineO

Community manager

02/05/2019 at 14:07

Good advisor

JosephineO

Community manager

Last activity on 15/07/2024 at 09:21

Joined in 2018

989 comments posted | 26 in the Asthma Forum

6 of their responses were helpful to members

Rewards

Good Advisor
Contributor
Committed
Explorer
Evaluator
Friend

View profileView Add a friendAdd Write

@JazzyC @suecroft @Sylvia @Roo1978 @moorea63 @Greggy Thank you all for sharing :)

What signs do you get when you are about to have an asthma attack? Is it always shortness of breath and tightness in your chest, or do other symptoms occur?

See the signature

Josephine, Community Manager

What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share! https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/your-worst-asthma-attack-2746 2019-05-02 14:07:14

Sylvia

02/05/2019 at 14:57

Good advisor

Sylvia

Last activity on 17/02/2023 at 10:47

Joined in 2014

19 comments posted | 3 in the Asthma Forum

Rewards

Good Advisor
Contributor
Messenger
Committed
Explorer
Friend

View profileView Add a friendAdd Write

|shortness of breath followed by Tightness in my chest.x

See the signature

Sylvia Reynolds

What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share! https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/your-worst-asthma-attack-2746 2019-05-02 14:57:20

JazzyC

Ambassador

03/05/2019 at 17:15

Good advisor

JazzyC

Ambassador

Last activity on 04/05/2024 at 07:55

Joined in 2016

293 comments posted | 61 in the Asthma Forum

13 of their responses were helpful to members

Rewards

Good Advisor
Contributor
Messenger
Committed
Explorer
Evaluator

View profileView Add a friendAdd Write

Tightness across chest and then not able to take a breath

See the signature

Janet Collins

What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share! https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/your-worst-asthma-attack-2746 2019-05-03 17:15:09

cazza2358

07/05/2019 at 10:01

cazza2358

Last activity on 16/11/2023 at 21:45

Joined in 2015

1 comment posted | 1 in the Asthma Forum

Rewards

Explorer

View profileView Add a friendAdd Write

Tightness of chest...wheezing and like trying to breathe through a straw!!

What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share! https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/your-worst-asthma-attack-2746 2019-05-07 10:01:26

Members are also commenting on...

Articles to discover...

15/05/2024 | Testimonial

Asthma: "I’m excited to read the final research and know that I’ve helped to shape it."

08/05/2024 | Testimonial

Asthma & Emphysema: "Like everything in life, it’s not easy to come to terms with your own limits!"

07/05/2024 | Advice

Tips for relieving asthma symptoms without medication

02/05/2023 | Advice

Asthma: tips for managing the disease on a daily basis

21/03/2018 | Testimonial

Managing Asthma, COPD and Diabetes: steroids, side effects and food diary

08/10/2018 | Advice

Benefits of using a humidifier

12/07/2017 | Advice

Steroids may do more harm than good in some cases of severe asthma

09/08/2016 | News

First new asthma pill in 20 years hailed as ‘wonder drug’ by sufferers

What was your worst asthma attack like? Let's share!

All comments

Give your opinion

Members are also commenting on...

Articles to discover...

Medication fact sheets - patient opinions...