industrial asthma

[Guest bigredbusa]

i had a heart and lung doctor come round to exam me after i contracted industrial asthma while welding and i breathed in burnt paint fumes , this was a year ago and i havent been feeling to bad since i have taken myself out of a welding enviroment but still get a bit wheezy now and then.

 

me and the doc spoke about this and he asked 'do you have any pets ' which i reply 'only the goldfish oh and some ferrets that live in the shed' the doctors face was a picture , he was mortified ' oh no mr brb that wont do you will have to get rid of them' !!

 

just so happens that ferrets are the worst animal to keep regarding allergies and asthma, he said the dry urine is an awful trigger.

 

turns out that i no longer have asthma but the paint fumes damaged my lungs enough that they may heal within 3 years or maybe never , it's called broncal...summinorrather

 

i said that the season starts soon and there is no way im getting rid of em to which he replied ' the wife will have to clean them out '

 

that was two days ago and the missus is still curled up on the floor laughing .

 

 

maybe the members of fuzzywuzzyoverweightferrets.com forum could send some ferret nappies my way .

 

 

this week sucks and that was the icing on the cake

[Quasar 1]

i have a mild asthma and was told to get rid of my 23 ferrets.

 

i said u can sod right off. my asthma is manageble.

 

i didnt say we also have 2 dogs, 2 cats, 7 chickens also

 

i developed my asthma from a shitty air/con unit at my last place before i had ferrets etc. only had the one dog

[Guest gaz100604]

i developed asthma aswell about a year ago pain in the balls puffing on the blue inhaler pissssssssssssssssssssssssss people look at you like you have two heads

[JoseiesMom 0]

I was diagnosed with allergy related asthma too and my Dr. told me I needed to live in a bubble! I told her she needed to get me really good drugs! She did! I am NOT about to give up the lifestyle and the companions that keep me happy just so I can live a long miserable life!

 

If you'd install proper indoor plumbed toilets for your ferrets- you wouldn't suffer so!

 

Cheers,

Kim

[Kay 3,709]

My husband reacts terribly to the ferrets so much so it can & has hospitalised him, he dosent only sneeze & struggle to breath his whole body reacts, reddening of the skin

 

 

My advice to lessen the symptoms is to keep them outside & if your partner suffers change your clothes before coming into contact with them as i do

[cjw 1]

hi guys

i,ve had bronichol asthma since i was 18 it,s a pain in the arse sometimes been rushed into hospital ( blue lights flashing ) a few times drs keep saying stop smoking stop this stop that do they want me to just sit there and festate or what well no way on this earth am i laying down without a fight so i take my medicine two puffs seritde twice a day ventolin when required i keep cuddleing the dog & ferrets & the wife in that order and enjoying life at it,s best so to all you fellow sufferers good luck and keep well

 

 

cjw

[Guest bigredbusa]

well im surprised that there is others in a worse state then me who carry on keeping the worse possable pet ?? we must have a screw loose lol .

 

oh and the other offender - pigeons

[jjbull 38]

ive had asthma since i was 3 been hospitalised a couple of times but wouldnt give up my animals for it, laughing can set my asthma off, i have recently changed medications and after having 4-5 attacks on a good day ive gone to none most of the time,its a combined inhaler called symbicort, if you want to ask your doctor for some info on it

[gilly-93 31]

My dads got bad asthma he hasnt had a problem yet with mine but i cleen them out

[8shot 192]

  Kay said:

My husband reacts terribly to the ferrets so much so it can & has hospitalised him, he dosent only sneeze & struggle to breath his whole body reacts, reddening of the skin

 

 

My advice to lessen the symptoms is to keep them outside & if your partner suffers change your clothes before coming into contact with them as i do

 

 

who needs a hit man just chuck a ferret his way

[pigeonphill 69]

  bigredbusa said:

well im surprised that there is others in a worse state then me who carry on keeping the worse possable pet ?? we must have a screw loose lol .

 

oh and the other offender - pigeons

o dear im fu#ked all ready got pigeon fanciers lung and still keep racing pigeons didnt no the ferts were killing me as well . o well got to go some time ,but will go happy ps are the dogs killing me too

[Malt 379]

  pigeonphill said:

  bigredbusa said:

well im surprised that there is others in a worse state then me who carry on keeping the worse possable pet ?? we must have a screw loose lol .

 

oh and the other offender - pigeons

o dear im fu#ked all ready got pigeon fanciers lung and still keep racing pigeons didnt no the ferts were killing me as well . o well got to go some time ,but will go happy ps are the dogs killing me too

I was about to mention birds as the worse things you can keep with chest problems, at least that's what I thought it was.

[Kay 3,709]

  maltenby said:

  pigeonphill said:

  bigredbusa said:

well im surprised that there is others in a worse state then me who carry on keeping the worse possable pet ?? we must have a screw loose lol .

 

oh and the other offender - pigeons

o dear im fu#ked all ready got pigeon fanciers lung and still keep racing pigeons didnt no the ferts were killing me as well . o well got to go some time ,but will go happy ps are the dogs killing me too

I was about to mention birds as the worse things you can keep with chest problems, at least that's what I thought it was.

 

yes my dippy mother in law an asthmatic for over 50 yrs got a parrot & ended up in hospital

[martin 332]

I've got 'Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease' and,I've kept ferts all of my life,I think it was the asbestos that got me.Never used to worry about it years ago,and,just pulled down asbestos garages/rooves etc. I aint getting rid of the ferts though..................Martin.

[The one 8,512]

Aye im wheezy never thought about my ferrets though