Any other asthmatics shitting themselves?

[HermioneWeasley]

I’m not even badly asthmatic, but a cold will usually leave me wheezy so I’m genuinely worried about needing hospitalisation, and even worse, the nhs being overwhelmed and not able to help.

I’m washing my hands regularly and dettoling my house and desk regularly. What else are others doing?

Yep, every cold leaves me struggling to breathe for a few nights so I am not at all sanguine about my chances if I go down with this. I am even more worried about my DD who is also asthmatic. But she is 21 and otherwise fit, I keep reminding myself.

We have both stepped up our use of the brown inhalers and made sure we have enough spares of both types in stock.

It feels a bit like standing blindfolded in the middle of a busy road...

Mine is mild so I’m not worried about myself... DH on the other hand...

My DD has brittle asthma and I'm concerned but 'luckily' she also has an illness that means she has been bed bound and only out of the house for hospital for over 7 years. As a result we are super hot on germ control and I doubt she will come into contact. We have also had 3 lots of cancer in ten family in last 8 years so also good on hygiene for that reason.

Called GP yesterday as she has a sinus infection and he suggested he didn't visit to reduce risk to her/me as he couldn't guarantee being is free himself. Really sensible approach I thought. I had to visit hospital myself in Monday and was shocked that only me and DH used the antibacterial rub that was at the entrance. No other bugger used it. Thanks people

Oh and GP gave antibiotics prescription which was at the pharmacy within 5 minutes of putting the phone down

l'm a bit worried, l must admit.
l have asthma. l've also had pneumonia and serious lung issues in the past (serious enough for me to be off work 10 weeks and need multiple courses of antibiotics and steroids).
l'm over 60 and l work on a supermarket checkout.
l'm not optimistic.

I have also been on Seretide for years and my asthma is so well controlled now. I was in and out of hospital constantly as a child. its been a real game changer for me.

The seretide side effects have eased now, def going to stay on it for the foreseeable future

I have well-controlled mild asthma and I'm just being more diligent about my brown inhaler.

Does anyone know if there are any better research/stats than the two given above?

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/all.14238
From this link given above: www.eaaci.org/resources-list/resources/4691-coronavirusallergy.html?fbclid=IwAR2xgtVVG5-7gQkc2vIohm2xn5emtTjUbsR3H5Fol2fjFYOWt532k8aTLw0

This is the research linked to above - examined 140 patients only in one hospital in Wuhan over a short period. No patients with asthma - there are 2 with COPD, who both fell into the 'severe' category. But from such a small sample, impossible to tell how typical this is.

With other comorbidities, 30% had hypertension ie high blood pressure and 12% diabetes - but I have no idea how that compares to the figures in the general Chinese population, or whether having these comorbidities puts them at higher risk. A slightly higher proportion had severe coronavirus (37.9% for hypertension and 13.8% for diabetes), but again, with such tiny samples ie 42 people with hypertension and 17 with diabetes, it's not possible to reliably prove that either hypertension or diabetes put you at greater risk.

The other article was better, here:
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/03/these-underlying-conditions-make-coronavirus-more-severe-and-they-are-surprisingly-common/

This covered 44,600 case studies. But again, without breaking down the category of "chronic respiratory conditions" further, it's impossible to tell the significance of asthma - the category also includes cystic fibrosis, COPD, etc.