Asthma Questions

This is a question for those of you who have asthma. Does getting upset make you wheeze?

My Dr told me I have chronic bronchitis, but lately whenever I get emotionally upset, I wheeze. It's so hard to breathe. I know next to nothing about asthma but just read of a character in a novel who had asthma attacks when he was upset and started wheezing. Could this be it?

Thanks to all.

Jan

A lot of things can make you wheeze; asthma is a disease that can't really go away, it can just get better and go into remission, etc. I had to go to the ER 3-4 weekends ago with mine, they started me on steroids (which my own health care person and I got me off of right away as I didn't need that full-blown help) and now I'm 100% fine; I have trouble in the "summer" for whatever reason, especially in August. Probably 80-90% of asthma is due to allergies. Emotional upset doesn't "cause" asthma but doesn't help it either. It's kind of like when you have a cold and how that doesn't help anything because you're already stuffed up and having trouble breathing. Emotional upset causes problems of its own but if the asthma or bronchitis is under control with control meds, shouldn't cause an attack necessarily. Anxiety can cause wheezing of its own, as in panic attacks but none of that is related to asthma or bronchitis which is caused by gunk getting trapped in the lungs because the lungs overproduce it during an attack. I would say you can wheeze when you get emotionally upset but that isn't your bronchitis or asthma, it's the emotional upset causing problems of its own.

My child has asthma he would get upset and have an asthma attack,he would have an allergic reaction - grass, mold, food medication and have an asthma attack, he would catch a cold and have asthma problems all the way through the cold to the point where most times the cold would turn into broncytis because his asthma problems when sick he didn't have the breath to shake the mucus looose from the lungs.

If your doctor told you that you had broncytis it is because he heard fluid (mucus) in your lungs. if it was an asthma attack there would not be fluid in the lungs. Asthma is when the broncial tubes close and no air can get in.Asthma doesn't turn into broncytis and broncytis doesn't turn into asthma. broncytis is from viruses like colds and bacterial infections which is why antibiotics (ammoxicillian, pennicyllian eurithomyacin sulfas type meds are prescribed for broncytis where as with asthma the person is precribed a broncial dialator like albuterol, pulmicort, advair, accolate.

Sometimes when a person has broncytis they are also prescribed an anit hystamine like benedryl which will help sometimes not always with the breathing problems or a bronchail dialator that will help open the tubes wider so that the person can breath easier while the antibiotics take effect.

Since your physician already diagnosed you my suggestion is if you are still having problems contact him and let him know the medication you are on if any is not working and he may want to change it or give it more time or prescribe some if he didn't already. Usually they do because broncytis can lead to the person needing to be hospitalized for pneumonia.

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What causes asthma symptoms?

Most of the symptoms of asthma -- such as difficulty breathing, wheezing, chest tightness, and coughing -- are because the airways become narrow and blocked during an asthma episode. There are three things happening:

Inflammation -- The lining of the airways become very inflamed, which means they swell with fluid and cells (in response to an allergic reaction, exercise, or other trigger). Chronic inflammation is now thought to be the major cause of asthma. In fact, the purpose of steroid "control" medication is to keep inflammation as low as possible and prevent attacks.

Airway muscles tighten -- The rings of muscles that wrap the airways constrict tighter and tighter, pinching the airway closed. The drugs used to relax the muscles are called "bronchodilators."

Fluid buildup -- The cells that line the airway produce excess mucus, which builds up inside the airway passage.

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I use the herb guarana to clear my airways because I'm allergic to most meds.

Hope you feel better soon!

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thanks for the info I personally will be sticking with the 2006 information from my family physicain. the last time this website had been reviewed and updated was

"Reviewed by Alan Greene MD FAAP September 2002"

Again personally think you may want to contact your physicain because he was the one that diagnosed you with broncytis not asthma.

By the way I know that sky was not addressing me. I just found the info interesting and worth talking to my physician about it. Which is why I wanted to thank her for it.

Ok tks here's an OCT 1,2006 reference http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclo...ronchitis.html

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Thank you so much for your help. The albuterol helped yesterday. I'm tired of wheezing.

Hugs,

Jan

glad you are feeling better, I also have asthma, but it is controlled well with meds. Another good site is asthma.com. Mine is triggered by many things. In the begining of an asthma attach, you might not reconize the signs right away. But when your heart starts beating faster, and your lungs aren't working as well, it can mess with your emotions before you even know you are going to have an attack. Are you seeing a good doctor for this?

Thank you Exotic. I'm seeing my family Dr. for it.

Nice to meet you!

Jan

Thanks to all for the info! I am recently diagnosed with asthma and am using a steroid inhaler and have an Albuterol rescue inhaler. I've been tracking my peak air flow since I started the steroid inhaler and it is definitely helping. The cold air today seemed to lower it a bit, guess that goes with the territory. I will check out some of those links!

RainbowFaerie

{{{{{ Jan }}}}}} I understand how you feel. I've had asthma since I was really young.

I tend to have asthma problems when I get emotionally upset too. For me it relates to breathing too fast. When I get emotionally upset I breathe too quickly and that makes me wheeze, and it goes on from there. Breathing exercises help me sometimes. I just need to control my breathing.

Its also been so cold around here lately, maybe that is contributing to the wheezing.

Yes, I'm having trouble with the cold suddenly too. That and the dry air in the house from our type of furnace. I don't want my asthma to get out of control so I'm watching it like a hawk as the trip to the emergency room and all I had to do to "recover" from that made me not want to do that again. Hopefully being careful with what I eat and keeping well hydrated and working with other little personal piccadilloes will help. I think after the weather stabilizes some I'll be okay but this up and down stuff is making me seasick :-)

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What Causes Asthma?

People with asthma have very sensitive airways that react to many different things in the environment called "triggers." Contact with these triggers cause asthma symptoms to start or worsen. The following are common triggers for asthma:

* Infections (colds, viruses, flu, sinus infection)
* Allergens such as pollens, mold spores, pet dander and dust mites
* Irritants such as strong odors from perfumes or cleaning solutions, air pollution,
* Tobacco smoke
* Exercise or exertion
* Weather -- changes in temperature and/or humidity, cold air
* Strong emotions such as anxiety, laughter or crying, stress

Source: WebMD "Asthma Guide"



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Thank you each and every one for your information and insights. I appreciate it so much.

Hugs,

Jan

don't forget all those pretty colored tree leaves hold dust and pollen, have had attacks due to getting upset many times

I never thought about autumn leaves! Oh gee!!!! Thanks for telling me. It just didn't cross my mind.

Hugs,

Jan

Ragweed also is in the air this time of year, if you're looking for allergens to chalk it up to ;-). It's the only thing I'm allergic to, but I'm *really, really* allergic to it. Benadryl makes heaps o' bucks off of me from August to October!!

Candy

I was doing miserably until last night when I turned on the air conditioner again (instead of the heat -- it's supposed to be 76 here tomorrow, yay!) and it was like night and day LOL. But suddenly I could breathe and wasn't tired and could sleep better and even the middle-of-the-night "depression"/gloomy thinking (I'm going to be sick the rest of my life, it's never going to get better) went away. Today I didn't need my albuterol, etc. I can't figure out what happened though (I have a heavy duty air cleaner next to my bed so it's not dust/bad air -- my husband pointed out too that the same "fan"/duct system works for both the heat and the AC) but now I'm curious to see if, when it gets cold again, it all starts again. I swear I'd rather freeze to death before I go back to feeling that way!