The person I chose to interview was Sam Smith, who is a 22 year-old female who was been diagnosed asthma. I had a list of questions for Sam and was interested in the ways that she would respond and what insight she could give me as an outsider looking in on the topic of asthma. Playing basketball with Sam I could easily see she struggled when it can times to do sprints, but I did not have a full understanding of why. Here are a few the questions I asked her to get a better understanding of the disease.
Q: When were you first diagnoses with asthma?
A: I was first diagnosed with asthma as a child where I had to do breathing treatments to help control my asthma symptoms. The asthma seems to be very minimal as I grew older and now it’s purely …show more content…
A: I was given two types of inhalers, one being albuterol, the other unknown.
Q: Do you carry an inhaler with you at all times?
A: No, I only carry my inhaler with me if I know I’m going to be doing exercise or physical activity.
Q: In practice or games do you every have asthmatic attacks, if so how do you counter act them? A: No, I have not had an asthma attack in a while, but when I do have one I take my inhaler and attempt to focus on breathing calmly.
Q: Would you say having asthma can be scary?
A: Yes, having asthma can be scary because it’s like instantly you cannot breath.
After my interview with Samantha, I gained more knowledge on asthma. Previously I had little knowledge on the topic, I just assumed during sprints she just needed a break. I did not know she was actually really struggling to breath. I learned that there are different varieties of inhalers which deliver the drug in different ways. Many of the inhalers contain steroids to help with inflammation. I did notice that our athletic trainer always has her inhaler at practices and games. I learned that having asthma is not a setback, but it can slowly decrease and just become exercise
Q: When were you first diagnoses with asthma?
A: I was first diagnosed with asthma as a child where I had to do breathing treatments to help control my asthma symptoms. The asthma seems to be very minimal as I grew older and now it’s purely …show more content…
A: I was given two types of inhalers, one being albuterol, the other unknown.
Q: Do you carry an inhaler with you at all times?
A: No, I only carry my inhaler with me if I know I’m going to be doing exercise or physical activity.
Q: In practice or games do you every have asthmatic attacks, if so how do you counter act them? A: No, I have not had an asthma attack in a while, but when I do have one I take my inhaler and attempt to focus on breathing calmly.
Q: Would you say having asthma can be scary?
A: Yes, having asthma can be scary because it’s like instantly you cannot breath.
After my interview with Samantha, I gained more knowledge on asthma. Previously I had little knowledge on the topic, I just assumed during sprints she just needed a break. I did not know she was actually really struggling to breath. I learned that there are different varieties of inhalers which deliver the drug in different ways. Many of the inhalers contain steroids to help with inflammation. I did notice that our athletic trainer always has her inhaler at practices and games. I learned that having asthma is not a setback, but it can slowly decrease and just become exercise