I have tried my rescue inhaler but it didn't have any effect.
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Q: I can't get my peak flow meter above 150 and I also have a cold. What should I do?
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10/12/09 3:54pm
What you need is an asthma action plan. You can read about what this is and how to implement one here.
In the meantime, I highly recommend you call your asthma doctor and get in to see him immediately. If you don't have a doctor, if his office is closed, you should consider having someone drive you to the emergency room. There are great medicines that can get you felling better if you seek help.
6/20/11 10:32am
Go to the emergency room, get them to put you on a nebuliser. I had a bad spell with my asthma and also had a deep chesty cough. The doctors were shut, so I called an out of hours service; the doctor rang back within the hour and listened to my symptoms and told me to get to the local a&e.
They nebulised me (google it), xrayed my chest, and gave me free inhalers and antibiotics. I got seem quickly, but had to wait for the xray results and medicine almost 2 hours once I was stable. You may want to get a preventer inhaler, they are usually brown in colour.
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