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Old 06-10-2006, 19:22   #35
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Originally Posted by Sweetbriar
I'm not a doc, but asthma must be more dangerous than I ever thought before . The husband of a co-worker died of it this week. She sent him off in the ambulance like before, went to take him some clothes in the morning and he was dead. I'm not about to ask her the details, but I see the word "arrest" used above. Will it make your heart stop, or does it become so impossible to breathe that all interventions are overwhelmed?

Sweetbriar,

The inflammatory cells of an asthma patient hyper-respond and become inflamed to stimuli that does not bother you and I making it impossible to breathe.
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