Symptoms Of Exercise-Induced Asthma

Not many people find this sort of asthma serious. Of course things like cigarette smoke or pollen make much more sense to us, but somehow it's not so clear what exercise does to cause an asthma attack. So in this article I am going to give a little insight about the causes and the symptoms of exercise induced asthma.

What happens is that once you exercise, you take short quick breaths through your mouth. Normally we breathe through our nose, where the air is warmed up and humidified before heading to your airways and lungs. On the other hand when you are taking quick breaths through your mouth, air doesn't get a chance to be warmed up and humidified. So it basically means that people who are suffering from exercise induced asthma, have lungs which are extremely sensitive to this cold, dry air that is being inhaled through the mouth. So what are the symptoms of exercise induced asthma? Well they are not much different from the other types. The package usually includes a tight chest, wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath. You should be having some or all of the following symptoms to know that you could be suffering from exercise induced asthma. Feeling tired more quickly than the other people you are exercising with. You start coughing immediately when you start exercising. You are unable to exercise for more than a few minutes without taking a break as you start gasping for air. But you must understand that all of these things also happen with the people who have started exercising after a long time so you should be able to differentiate between the two.

The severity of these symptoms can be much different for different people. For some the symptoms can start appearing just five minutes after starting physical activity. Whereas for the others they will not usually show up until after the exercise is over. In some people, these symptoms can last for hours after the physical activity has ended whereas in some it can be just for an hour or so. It is imperative that you are able to tell whether your symptoms are from exercise induced asthma or you are just not physically fit and out of shape. Now the basic litmus test for the people who are not physically fit is that they regain their breath after a couple of minutes of stopping the exercise; whereas someone who is suffering from EIA will take much longer to recover. Some things that so not usually induce EIA are walking, jogging, hiking, and golf. It does not mean that you will not be able to take part in other sports such as basketball and distance running, it's just that you do it with a careful attitude.

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