Should someone with asthma self-isolate for 12 weeks?

[mymoonmyman2020]

Is this what the new guidance says? Anyone who qualifies for flu jab is this correct? Even if young and otherwise healthy (apart from asthma)?

That’s exactly what I am wondering.

Fuck knows. Mine is well managed, brown and blue inhaler. Haven't had steroids or ABs for years but still. Be nice to know.

Me too. My asthma is under control I take my inhalers as I should. Feel a bit of a fraud if I have to self isolate but also worried.

It said on the news anyone who usually had the flu jab, but then they said it would impact about 1.6 million people. I thought there were over seven million people with asthma.

I wish they would be clearer.

Yes I’d like more clarification on this two. Have mild asthma, under control with brown/blue inhalers plus an autoimmune disease where my spleen may not work to fight of infection as it should. No idea what to do right now, can’t afford to not work - hoping work will let me work from home as much as possible.

It wasn't one of the conditions mentioned at the briefing.

My asthma has been under control for years now, but it’s currently playing up.

Dh can’t drive, we were relying on me to shop & get stuff for his elderly parents.

I'm wondering this too. Due to go to work tomorrow and I'm not sure if I should ask to work from home. Asthma is generally well controlled but it does worsen if I get a cold or flu (so I have a flu jab every year). However I have two children so I am most likely to catch something from them.

Asthma sufferers who are entitled to a flu jab, which is those who have a brown inhaler And/or those who have ever had an hospital admission because of asthma

Wondering this too!

I have asthma, (am supposed to) use a brown inhaler and have a blue one, and have never been invited for a flu jab 🤷‍♀️

If you have children, you may want to think about keeping them off school ( and isolating them ) or introducing strong isolation within the household. Easier with teenagers than toddlers !

This is the latest guidance from Asthma UK - will probably be updated again tomorrow!

www.asthma.org.uk/advice/triggers/coronavirus-covid-19/

I’m already self isolating as am in the middle of cancer treatment as well as having asthma, so am feeling pretty vulnerable right now.

I amn't invited as such, but I am on my surgeries list of entitled people. Perhaps your asthma nurse would be best to advise?

My asthma has been under control for years now, but it’s currently playing up

Oddly, mine too.

My son has brittle asthma which is very unstable. He takes 3 inhalers, montelukast and has been on azythromycin for a few years. The gp phoned me today to arrange extra courses of steroids to be in the house for him (he takes 8 for 7 days usually twice a month), he actually told me to keep him home. He has been home for 2wks anyway.

DH has just has a blue inhaler and mildish asthma, he is not eligible for a flu jab He asked when GP sent him a text by mistake for one so he is probably one of the seven million rather than the 1.6 million, likewise our DS is not eligible either

Why would having a brown inhaler mean your asthma was more serious? Having a brown rather than purple preventer inhaler doesn’t mean your asthma is worse.

And aren’t all asthmatics supposed to use preventer inhalers?

Because I got the pre payment card for prescriptions and stocked up on inhalers, and therefore didn’t need any more, I got struck off the flu jab list.

Which I wasn’t too worried about back in October when I tried to book one and was turned down...

Taken from Guardian website:

Johnson said everyone in the UK was now being asked to avoid all “non essential contact” with other people. That meant they should be working from home if possible and avoiding pubs, clubs and theatres etc.

	He said the advice to avoid unnecessary social contact was particularly important for the over-70s, people with underlying health conditions and pregnant women.

	He said the government was now advising entire households to self-isolate for 14 days if someone developed a fever or a persistent cough.

	He said there would be specific advice soon for people with the most serious health conditions. He said:

In a few days’ time – by this coming weekend – it will be necessary to go further and to ensure that those with the most serious health conditions are largely shielded from social contact for around 12 weeks.

I have asthma - from what's been said those who are entitled to the flu jab should be more aware, look at social distancing more strictly but not self-isolation for 12wks.

Last year I was hospitalized for 5 days with asthma triggered by a virus. I have pink and green inhalers. The previous year I was in A&E resuscitation with asthma. I work in a school, am a single mother and care for my elderly parents daily. I feel frightened about working tomorrow and sending my daughter to school. If I get this virus the ramifications for me could be very bad. What do I do?

I'm a bit worried about this too. DH and I are both invited for flu jabs every year, my asthma is significantly worse than his though. I can't work out if we're in this demographic that needs to isolate for 12 weeks, but it's worrying me because that just isn't going to happen - we're both teachers.

So if I get the flu jab and have a brown inhaler, what should I be doing?

I used to have a brown inhaler but stopped taking it several years ago. I take my blue one infrequently but whenever I have a cold or hay fever it plays up.

Ju

My understanding now is that people with serious underlying health conditions, which would include asthmatics who have previously been hospitalised, will have to self isolate for 12 weeks.

But only from whatever day before this weekend that the government announce self isolation is to begin.