Signs of an emergency
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Using your reliever a lot
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Your reliever isn’t helping
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It’s difficult to breathe
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You can’t talk in full sentences
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Your symptoms (chest tightness, wheezing and coughing) are worse than normal
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Your peak flow reading is less than half your normal1
Find out what to do in an asthma attack here
Approval code: UK/RESP/17/0032l(1)
Date of preparation: January 2020
References
- Your asthma action plan. Asthma UK. Available at: https://www.asthma.org.uk/globalassets/health-advice/resources/adults/dh025_asthmaactionplan2019_editable.pdf Last accessed: January 2020.