When I was 15 years old, a month or so into the football season, I had trouble breathing one day during practice. It was around August, so the temperature was usually around 92-100 with high humidity, so I figured that having a hard time breathing shouldn't be that big of a deal. My breathing problems were minimal and I practiced for a few more months with it without it affecting my practice performance, but one day when clearing my throat of phlegm/mucus, I saw that there were small streaks of what looks like blood (never confirmed, but there's not much else that it could be). After seeing this, I decided to go on the safe side and mention it at my doctors appointment that was coming up. The doctor checked out my lungs/nose/throat and said that they were all in great condition, not finding any problems. He concluded that the blood probably came from me coughing so much, bursting small vessels that (over time) accumulated small amounts of blood. I was coughing because ragweed had started growing a few months back (the same time that I had trouble breathing), it grew in large amounts both by my house and right by our practice field. Ragweed usually causes me to have a runny nose/cough a lot, mixed with the heat/humidity and 3 hour practices, it is understandable why I was having a harder time at practice. The doctor just advised me to hydrate more and said that if I wanted to I could have a pulmonary test. Deciding that it would be better to be safe than sorry, I had the pulmonary test and passed without any difficulty, showing no signs of asthma. On the way out, my parent asked for an inhaler to try out (just in case if it turned out not being the ragweed). I did use the inhaler initially, which I regret, but stopped using it shortly afterwards because it had little to no affect. A few weeks later, when the weather cooled down and the ragweed died off, I was feeling back to normal. The doctor called me to have a checkup and, after I asked, offered to give me another pulmonary test to prove that I do not have any form of asthma. If I did take this test and passed again without having asthma, will having an inhaler on my medical record past the age of 13 still disqualify me from getting a DODMERB waiver? I have checked out the forums and seen different answers that ranged from "if you're not diagnosed with asthma, you're good" to "if you have ever used an inhaler past 13 years old, you are automatically dq'd no if's or but's."
Sorry about the length of the question, I tried to include as many details as possible not to leave any important information out. Also, I was recommended to try out this forums from the GOARMY website because there is a Navy physician who goes through these forums and would have a more accurate answer, if any of you know this person, could you tell him/her about this post? Thank you in advance for the help
Sorry about the length of the question, I tried to include as many details as possible not to leave any important information out. Also, I was recommended to try out this forums from the GOARMY website because there is a Navy physician who goes through these forums and would have a more accurate answer, if any of you know this person, could you tell him/her about this post? Thank you in advance for the help