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Bizarre breathing problem

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I had a bizarre thing happen to me today. The weather was abysmal but I thought I'd have a quick morning ski so I popped up to the local by myself. Due to the freezing conditions for the first time ever I donned a standard Polyester neck warmer and whilst going up on the chair I raised it to cover my mouth and nose. About 30 seconds later I started coughing and lowered it. Things then got bad and in the next two minutes my breathing became so restricted I nearly blacked out. I could do nothing but try to keep calm so if I did collapse into unconsciousness at least I would stay on the chair where the lift operator would hopefully see a body on the chair and take action. It is a very slow lift and after a few minutes I regained some semblance of normal respiratory function and was able to unload normally.
I still feel very ordinary with very restricted breathing and it was very unsettling episode. Has anybody heard of, or experienced anything similar?
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Not a medical person but it sounds very similar to the severe allergic reaction I once had to a field of oil seed rape but I have no idea if polyester or perhaps something that had been applied to the neck warmer might have that effect
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if its been washed could be soap residue?

if its new it could be some lubricant applied during the manufacturing process
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Nothing applied to neck warmer. It is not new either. I can't see how it could be something intrinsic to the fabric though. I might get it sent off to the lab for analysis
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Juddernaut,

You can develop allergies over time or wash products can change forumations

It could be temp induced asthma?
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Juddernaut, Have you ever had asthma? I believe it's possible for cold air to trigger such an attack, see this
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Alastair Pink wrote:
Juddernaut, Have you ever had asthma? I believe it's possible for cold air to trigger such an attack, see this

I was wondering that. I had bad asthma about forty years ago as a kid but have been generally fit as a fiddle since. I never ever go to the doctor but I am going to make an exception in this case and get checked out especially after reading how many people die from asthma.
When I was a kid I used to get a wheeze during an asthma attack but this time I didn't get a wheeze. Just read that; "Experts call this the ‘silent chest’ and it is a danger sign of a severe asthma attack" javascript:emoticon('Shocked')
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Juddernaut, sounds like maybe something either temp or perhaps a washing byproduct could have triggered the asthma Shocked
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... it's also possible for hot air to induce such an attack. I once drank a flaming cocktail, and had a similar reaction (though with wheezing). No more firey drinks for me.

Alternative - I had a horrible chest infection a few years back. For a few weeks after it, I'd still cough now and then, which could bring on a bronchospasm. These were terrifying, as I just couldn't breath, suddenly. But also went away if I stayed calm and kept trying controlled breaths.

(Oh, and I'm not asthmatic - just these are reactions that can happen anyway.)

Either way - something interfering with breathing = reason for a doctor. Dying limits the amount of skiing you can do.
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Juddernaut, do you get hay fever? This is linked to asthma and this can be linked and brought on by changes in diet. I'd suggest a trip to the docs, he/ she may prescribe you with a blue inhaler, will likely never use I but if needed its there. I once had a wheezing but since I gave up drinking beer I discovered it must have been a wheat allergy, never been back since I gave it up. It was just a case of elimination, but suggest something must have triggered it, more likely something you ate differently (salmon, grapefruit etc) for breakfast. Ironically my mild asthma was much improved a altitude and I never used to suffer with the clean alpine air but as soon as I got home t UK it came back.......probably full of beer, I wheat at the time also! Now I've lost a lot of weight it's gone totally, could this also be an issue, pressure on the organs is a factor......don't want to sound rude, just telling it as I found it!!

Best to get to the docs, better than croaking on the lift..... wink
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Or.....Maybe you need a new Merino buff?!
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Maybe has nothing to do with the buff. I might have another sniff for 10secs and see what happens. Might want to keep an insulin syringe handy.
ps I am not a doctor and do not accept any liability resulting from the above.
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Maybe has nothing to do with the buff. I might have another sniff for 10secs and see what happens. Might want to keep an insulin syringe handy.

ps I am not a doctor and do not accept any liability resulting from the above.



Wonder how the test went? And I do hope that it was an adrenaline (epipen), not insulin syringe that you had handy?? wink

Just to reassure you, you almost certainly didn't have 'silent chest', but most likely a transient bronchospasm either to mould spores in the neck warmer, or as suggested, chemicals from washing.

Hope you're better now.

tb
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