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Severity of symptoms

The severity of symptoms depends on:

- Individual response (some individuals are much more sensitive than others.) This response may, in turn, vary according to circumstances (worse during colds or allergic crises).

- The dry, cold air, the drier and colder air, the greater the changes in the lining of the airways and the greater the stimulus for the release of chemical meters of inflammation, which produce bronchoconstriction and give greater lead to more serious symptoms.

- The continued exercise (eg running) causes more severe attacks that intermittent exercise (eg, tennis).

- The intensity of exercise is also important: the more intense, what are the symptoms: intense exercise demands a deep and rapid breathing, leading to dehydration and cooling of the lining of the airways. (more…)

Asthma attacks caused by exercise are given in almost all asthmatic patients who exercise a certain intensity, especially if they have fallen (or removed) the asthma medication. This phenomenon is so typical, if not present, should be reviewed in the diagnosis of bronchial asthma. In some patients the only manifestation of the disease.

Since most people exercise, these attacks of exercise-induced asthma is a potential risk that must be taken into account.

Fortunately, in most cases is achieved adequate control with medication and other therapeutic measures.

What are the symptoms of exercise-induced asthma?

Symptoms, either alone or in combination, include:

- Cough, though the asthma is not the only cause.

- Tightness in chest or a special feeling of tightness, with shortness of breath and chest sounds (wheezing).

- Dyspnea, or shortness of breath (this feeling is different from what you have when you are in bad physical shape, but in these cases appears dyspnea during exercise and dyspnea in asthma usually occurs at the end of effort). (more…)