Waking up at night Move away from the thing that started the attack. Take a quick-relief asthma medicine. Stay calm for 1 hour to be sure breathing gets better. Get emergency help from a doctor if you do not get better. Your quick-relief medicine does not help for very long or it does not help at all.
Breathing is still fast and hard.
It is hard to walk or talk. Lips or fingernails turn gray or blue. The nose opens wide when you breathe. Skin is pulled in around the ribs and neck when you breathe. The heartbeat or pulse is very fast.