"Steve" wrote in message
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John Barnard wrote:
wrote:
It's quite sad. I never knew an asthma attack could be fatal.
A severe attack can cause respiratory arrest and death due to
suffocation.
Exactly. Suffocation. There's no way a person can "suffocate to death"
in their sleep!
My mother had a couple of serious asthma attacks. We called 911
immediately because she COULD NOT BREATH AT ALL. There's no way anybody
could sleep through that.
Something tells me there's more to this story than we're hearing now.
She didn't die in her sleep. She was treating the attack in the same manner
she had previous attacks. The attack itself started while she was asleep,
which is not at all unusual.
Also, many people do die of suffocation/asphyxiation in their sleep. Snorers
die regularly as a result of apoxia.
In Memoriam: Ramona Bell
Art Bell's beloved wife of fifteen years, Ramona, died unexpectedly last
night after an asthma attack. At present, the exact cause of Mrs. Bell's
death has not been determined. It apparently took place during her sleep.
Until her death, Art and Ramona Bell had not been apart a day since they
were married. Mrs. Bell had suffered from asthma for years, and took her
normal steps to control the attack, which occurred sometime last night in
Laughlin, Nevada where the Bells were taking a brief vacation. Ramona Bell
was 47 years old.