Taking a break?

**hills** · 04-20-2020, 06:08 AM

It's scary isn't it ? My wife was having some breathing problems about a week and a half ago. Had to use her nebulizer and inhalers. I took some time off from work just so that i could stay close to home and keep an eye on her. Since then, i've spoken with others in the community and they've mentioned that they're having problems too.

There's always that doubt running through your mind. What if it's the covid thing ?

Rationally ... her symptoms didn't match up with Covid-19. I think between the two of us ... we decided that it was more likely asthma. Asthma is an allergic reaction to something in the air. A lot of folks suffer with spring allergies. Asthma is just a more intense reaction than runny nose & watery eyes. Don't know exactly what her trigger is, but it's more likely some kind of pollen or mold in the air.

Anyhoo .... i picked up a couple of HEPA air purifiers at big box the day after her attack. She started feeling better about a day after we got the air purifiers going.

Not saying it couldn't be the covid but it might be something else that's triggering your breathing problems.

I hope we all get feeling better soon !

**jimicrk** · 04-20-2020, 06:40 AM

Originally Posted by hills

It's scary isn't it ? My wife was having some breathing problems about a week and a half ago. Had to use her nebulizer and inhalers. I took some time off from work just so that i could stay close to home and keep an eye on her. Since then, i've spoken with others in the community and they've mentioned that they're having problems too.

There's always that doubt running through your mind. What if it's the covid thing ?

Rationally ... her symptoms didn't match up with Covid-19. I think between the two of us ... we decided that it was more likely asthma. Asthma is an allergic reaction to something in the air. A lot of folks suffer with spring allergies. Asthma is just a more intense reaction than runny nose & watery eyes. Don't know exactly what her trigger is, but it's more likely some kind of pollen or mold in the air.

Anyhoo .... i picked up a couple of HEPA air purifiers at big box the day after her attack. She started feeling better about a day after we got the air purifiers going.

Not saying it couldn't be the covid but it might be something else that's triggering your breathing problems.

I hope we all get feeling better soon !

Tree pollen is very bad in TN right now and has been for over 2 weeks. I can hardly breath this morning. You can check what the local pollen count is.

**SKWrapper** · 04-21-2020, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by hills

Rationally ... her symptoms didn't match up with Covid-19. I think between the two of us ... we decided that it was more likely asthma. Asthma is an allergic reaction to something in the air. A lot of folks suffer with spring allergies. Asthma is just a more intense reaction than runny nose & watery eyes.

Yep, I for sure know what asthma is. It can have many triggers not just for an allergy like pollen. I have had chronic asthma/allergies, food allergies and chronic allergic rhinitis for 48 years. I stopped using maintenance meds for my asthma a while ago - long story short the powder meds gave me pneumonia twice. Last time anything worked for me was theophylline - no one wants to prescribe it anymore. So because I am no longer on maintenance meds, I use my rescue inhaler twice daily when I am perfectly fine, more if I exercise and more when I am sick or having a reaction to lots of dust etc...

The bad thing is my inhaler doesn't help as much when I am sick, why I have been using it more lately - it's not pollen for sure here, and it's not pollution either. Not saying it's Covid but it's something other than an allergy.