If there is no cardiac comorbidity in asthma, a defibrillator is usually not needed. However, malignant arrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation may occur in acute attacks of severe asthma, and a defibrillator may be used in the above cases.
1. Most cases of asthma do not use defibrillator: asthma is a respiratory disease, the main manifestation is chest tightness, wheezing, the above symptoms are caused by airway spasm, and the defibrillator is mainly used for the treatment of malignant cardiac arrhythmia, used to revert ectopic cardiac rhythms to sinus rhythm, so it is generally not used defibrillator.
2. asthma combined with heart disease, may use defibrillator: for example, asthma severe attack may lead to ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation and other malignant arrhythmias, the above situation may need to use the defibrillator defibrillation treatment.
Therefore, the decision to use a defibrillator for asthma should be made by your doctor on a case-by-case basis.