Emergency care doctors like Dr. Josyann Abisaab are familiar with asthma and the stress it often causes in parents. Doctors and health care providers suggest preparing for ER visits in advance, as well as becoming familiar with symptoms that require a trip to the hospital.
Some of the more severe symptoms include:
* Changes in lip and/or finger nails colors (to blue or gray)
* Talking difficulties
* A peak flow lower than 50%, which does not improve with medication
* Repeated use of medications for severe, reoccurring flare-up symptoms which take five-ten minutes to eliminate
* The pulling in of the area between and below the ribs, as well as the neck, during inhalation
