I am sure no one is intending to make it seem like inhalers aren't needed in the third period (or whatever period it happens to be) as long as proper prevention is administered. No one knows asthma better than a mom/child(ren) who have dealt with it daily for 13 years. I hope this forum is not giving kids with real issues a bad name if they happen to need their inhaler while wrestling. I know for a fact that my son does every possible prevention (4 daily meds, a precautionary inhaler, a nebulizer and a relief inhaler) and he STILL needs his rescue inhaler sometimes during matches, winning or losing. And as far as the "other kids" having a disadvantage (from the originator of the forum) for stopping the match, the "other kid" certainly had an ADvantage when mine was up on Friday night at 3AM for 2 hours trying to get his breathing controlled. He was exhausted Saturday morning, not to mention that the poor kid tires easier anyway since his body is working extra hard breathing. So instead of making asthma the issue, let's admire all those kids who do have a serious health issue but by golly get out there anyway because they love the sport so much. As stated earlier, this chat should be about those who abuse the system. The same people who abuse their timeouts for inhalers are the same ones who would abuse anything they could to get ahead in life, whether it be on the mat, at school, play, work, etc...
In a perfect world, this would never happen but unfortunately we don't live in a perfect world, and what better way to teach our children about real life than on the wrestling mat where you not only wrestle the honest, but also the dishonest. I do agree that an injury timeout(s) should be given to "inhaler users" but let's not give those asthma kids who are honestly trying to live life as normal as possible, a bad name by suggesting that preventive medicine is the cure-all for matches being stopped. I guarantee that if it was your kid struggling to breathe, you would want that match stopped also...no matter how much "modern medicine" says he should be breathing due to preventive medicine. Again, it's not the asthma but the dishonesty of a few who would be dishonest in any situation....
