[at-l] Hikin in the Heat

[daveh at psknet.com (David Hicks)]

I'm no Doctor and don't play one on TV or the internet.

However, I suggest you see an asthma specialist.

About ten years ago I did.  I went to an allergy / asthma specialist.  He 
pegged me as stress related asthmatic.  Since then, I have been on a 
preventive regiment and carry an inhaler for attacks and my life has been far 
easier.

For 45 year I had had a variety if respiratory problems -- lots of bronchitis, 
coughing, pneumonia, etc.; yet no general practitioner had spotted it because 
I did not have a significant wheeze and by the time I got to their office the 
attack was long gone.

Chainsaw

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bluetrail@aol.com>
To: <athummingbird@dnet.net>
Cc: <at-L@backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Hikin in the Heat


I have never had the first sign of asthma,though I am allergic (skin) to 
several things.  However, in both trips out to northern Arizona & southern 
Utah, I had some asthma symptoms.  About day 14 of our trip, at the south rim 
of the Grand Canyon, I awoke about 4:00 a.m., in the tent, doing what I 
described to my doc at home as "double breathing."  I was taking a normal 
breath and then kind of pulling for more air about half way through the 
breath.  I finally got up, got into the front seat of the car, and dozed 
upright until it got light.  I don't think it was altitude because we'd been 
at higher altitudes throughout our trip.  I'd even done a little hike at over 
10,000 feet.

I would also experience this kind of breathing randomly as we drove from 
national park to national park.   While driving, it was a kind of every 15 
minute thing; that night in the tent, it was every breath for a while.  My doc 
at home said it was symptomatic of asthma.

It was NOT a big wildfire year, though they were doing some prescribed burning 
at the north rim of the Grand Canyon.  I never even smelled smoke at the south 
rim.

Maybe all that dry air is hard on gals with lungs used to breathing water!

Joan
bluetrail@aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Benschop <athummingbird@dnet.net>
To: bluetrail@aol.com
Cc: at-L@backcountry.net
Sent: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:31:54 -0400
Subject: Re: [at-l] Hikin in the Heat


I have never had heat hit me anywhere like here in the West. I just cannot 
breath or get water enough to drink. I find it so frustrating as it seems like 
my asthma continually bothers me.
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