Hi Frens,
My wife is currently experiencing severe wheezing, cough, and chest tightness. She has dealt with asthma her whole life, but I have NEVER seen it this bad in the 6 yrs. we have been together.
It is getting to the point where she is talking about going to the ER which I am trying to prevent for ALL the reasons we already know.
I had her on an ivermectin (horse paste), vit c, vit d, zinc and melatonin regimen for a couple of days and she seemed to be getting better. she is very skeptical of the horse paste so she stopped after a couple days after feeling better. today we wake up and it seems to be back with a vengeance.
I put her back on the paste, vitamin regimen this morning and told her we need to do this everyday for 5-7 days.
Any other tips or experiences would be greatly appreciated. The last thing I want is her to go to the ER and take some BS COOF test and then we all know how that can end up..........
This board is amazing with these kinds of things and any and all advice, tips, or experiences would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
Thanks Frens squid
NAC has action in the lungs. She can take up to 1200mg/day safely. 600mg twice a day. Also, quercetin helps to knock down histamines and acts as a bronchodilator in doses of at least 20mg. She also may want to look at taking daily folate, magnesium, and adding home grown broccoli sprouts. B-5 and vitamin D are also reduced in people who are on asthma meds. If you do not have an air cleaner with a good HEPA filter that can clean down to a couple of microns, then get one and keep it in the bedroom. If there are trigger foods in the diet like gluten, highly processed dairy, sugar, preservatives, MSG, along with artificial sweeteners and flavorings, they need to be removed. Look for recent dietary or environmental changes that may have been a trigger.
Trying to treat her problem as an infection when it may be exacerbated asthma is a mistake. An infection like the Coof will run its course in about 7 days. After that, it is the inflammatory immune response that can affect her and trigger her asthma. If you have to get a steroid nebulizer to reduce the inflammation to get her over the hump, use telemed instead of going to the hospital. But deal with the asthma. Good luck.
I ended up taking her to the urgent care because it wasn't getting any better
They gave her a breathing treatment with albuterol and a steroid shot with a prescription for the rescue inhaler
I love this board so much I can always count on pedes.
Definitely looking into the triggers and we did have Chyna food last night so maybe msg.....
Thanks
You are most welcome. This is my wheelhouse so I am glad to be of some assistance. That is what is great about this board. Anons here come from many genre of expertise so there is always someone that can give advice.
Yes, the Chyna food can be yummy, but sometimes the payback is not worth it when dealing with sensitivities. My advice is to keep things pretty strict for the time being until she can get stabilized. Cook at home with things you know well and keep it as least processed as possible. Keep it simple and look for triggers. A higher alkaline diet while she is taking any of the meds is good since the meds make a person more acidic.
Lot of great suggestions on this thread about supplements. They are huge and she needs a regular regiment of the necessary ones - especially after the meds. That is the double edge sword with asthma meds - they deplete nutrients that in turn can increase risk of asthma attacks. Vit D, NAC, and quercetin are the biggest in my book that directly impact asthma. The rest, Mag, Vit C, Folate, B5, etc, are also important and are needed especially in todays toxic environment.
The air cleaner is huge. So if you do not have one already it would be a great investment. A charcoal pre-filter with a high grade HEPA will work the best. You won't need a huge one for the bedroom. That is the most important place to have one. If you want to get another and keep it in your family, living room, or office, where you spend time, that's a plus.
Good luck fren.
I was hoping you posted an update! Yes, I thought they might do a steroid treatment too since it was so bad and had gone on so long. Another thing I was told when my asthma was first treated many years ago us to use the albuterol early, at the beginning of an attack—don’t let it get too far along the cascade of symptoms and it will resolve faster. If I have to think about breathing for more than a few minutes w/o it resolving, I go ahead and take it. It might be good to have some allergy testing done to get a clearer idea of what her triggers are.
Also got the nebulizer juice prescription so we can treat before it gets this bad again
Great idea. It is better to have want you need on hand just in case you have to utilize it in a hurry. Time is a precious commodity for someone that can't breathe.