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Old 18th Aug 2005, 11:24
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yachtsman
 
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Asthma hospital admission

Hi,

I'm hoping to start the PPL soon and eventually the ATPL. I have a question about the class 1 and 2 medicals.

As a kid I had asthma but it cleared up completely when I was a teenager. It recurred about 3 years ago (at age 26) and was fairly mild, I used a bricanyl inhaler as necessary, but no preventitive inhaler. One evening, about 3 years ago, I had quite a bad attack and after 3 puffs of the bricynal it wasn't really helping so I went to casualty and had a dose of ventalin on a nebuliser. Since then I've been regularly taking becotide and haven't had another attack like it.

On the CAA webpage it says:
There is a minimum period of 5 years since the last acute attack, and no significant hospital admissions.

Would this count as a significant hospital admission and disqualify me from getting a medical?

Thanks!
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