In case of any of the following asthma symptoms a doctor should be called immediately:
Cyanosis
Exhaustion, drowsiness after the asthma attack
Severe breathing difficulties
Difficulty in breathing
Rapid pulse and breathing
Unable to stand or sit upright
Symptoms in young children where a doctor needs to be called:
Unable to speak
Tongue, lips, fingernail turning blue
Flared nostrils
Hollows between the ribs
Fast pulse rate
Wheezing
Facts to be mentioned to the doctor:
If any steroids were taken, what were they
If nebulizers have been used
If the drug theophylline has been used.
These facts are known to the doctor so as to avoid overdosage of the medicines.
