I had asthma as a child, it went away and then came back post covid. Noticed it as I was short of breath a lot during the summer months when it was humid but not had an ‘attack’ (I don’t think)
Was put on fostair pink preventative inhaler and a blue reliever inhaler.
We moved house last month so I have to admit I haven’t been using them regularly as routines have gone out of the window.
Yesterday late afternoon I had a pain in my right side back and side of chest, thought it was where I was sat a bit slouched at first but as an hour or so went on I couldn’t get comfortable and couldn’t take a deep breath, felt a bit sick and just not right.
Thought the pain could be lung area so used both inhalers, it eased it slightly but still felt like I was sort of gasping for a big gulp of air all evening, did sleep but could only sleep in certain positions as it was aching and woke up a few times needing to take some deep breaths.
Have a pounding headache today, the ache is still there but I can take big gulps of air, bit breathless when going up the stairs.
does this sound like an attack? The NHS website says to see GP asap but obviously it’s the weekend and the wait times for A&E are insane in my city on a weekend (and would it be A&E if I’m feeling a bit better now?)
Thanks for reading!