Im actually a physician too but could use some advice. I have mild reactive airway disease, and use albuterol for rescue on rare occasion. Im also pregnant at the time. After the huge dust storm here in Arizona Ive been quite short of breath. It doesnt feel like my usual bronchoconstriction. It is almost a tightness in my chest, with dry cough. Didnt know if I could continue to chalk it up to allergies or at what point I should get evaluated?
Hi welcome to Chat Doctor ... You have positive history of allergic airway disease.... Your auscultation should be done to look for rhonchi that suggest toward bronchoconstriction.... Meanwhile, do your CBC with AEC count.... If AEC more than 400 to 500 than antiallergic that suits you can be prescribed like Allegra M if it suits in your pregnancy period... Spirometry Also done that help in assess severity of disease. So according to severity further treatment can be guided like with bronchodilator if needed like levosalbutamol ... Take Paradise