Asthma Sufferer

[lily83]

My asthma started when I was 12 years old. I had it under control for years, however I feel my lungs don't react to the medicine as quickly as it used to.
Several months ago, the church that I attend had some work done. The chairs that have wood arm rests were stained. This was around May 2010. Every time that I've entered the building I get an asthma attack. Everyone says the smell is gone, and I went to visit about 3 weeks ago and even though I did not enter, I could smell the stain on the clothes of my friends; and I started wheezing. What can I do? Should I contact the company and find out if there's a type of antidote or something? Is that even possible?

[lily83]

I tried medicating before I entered the building but it didn't work. And, afterwards too, but I noticed that it takes a long for me to recuperate.
Thank you for your input.

[Tammy2009]

You could try pre-medicating with ventolin or a similar drug to see if that helps you enough to be able to tolerate the environment.

There is unforunately no antidote or anything that will make you less senstive to the smell.  Medicating before entering or switching churches would be your options.  

Stains constantly give off a bit of smell just because of the material they are made of, you probably are just more sensitive to it than others.

If your rescue meds aren't helping as much as they use too, you should talk to your doctor as you may need to add or change your preventative medications which could help as well.  If your lungs are constantly inflammed from being under-treated, the smell of the stain may be enough to push them over the edge where once they are properly treated you may not react as much.