Asthma Sign and Symptom

Occurance of Ashtma Symptoms

The asthma sign and symptom can vary from person to person. Even the heavyness of the symptoms may differ a lot from one attack to another.

People experiencing asthma exhibit symptoms virtually identical to those suffering from airflow limitation which is caused by COPD. (Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease). The symptoms for both are usually worse during the night.

From time to time asthma signs can be very mild or they can be severe enough to prevent you from acting further and sometimes these symptoms can be threatening you life. If this should be the case then you would need medical attention.

Asthma symptoms may also occur in very different intervals. Some people will only suffer from attacks once every few month and others may suffer from symptoms every day.

Unfortunately asthma is a major cause of impaired quality of life. It has an impact on work as well as recreational and physical activities and emotions.

There is no cure for asthma, though symptoms sometimes decrease over a period of time. With appropriate self management and therapeutic treatment, most people with asthma can lead normal lives.

Typical Asthma Sign and Symptom

Coughing

In particular at night or early in the morning the coughing could lead to sleep disorder.

Wheezing

This can be noticed when people with asthma breath. It may sound like a whistling or squeky sound.

A tight feeling in the chest

Sometimes you could have the feeling that someone is sitting on your chest or is squeezing it.

Shortness of breath

Often people with asthma seem to not getting enough air in or out of their lungs and my be breathless or out of breath.

Times of difficulty in breathing with wheezing

Noisy or faster breathing

Problems with airflow due to the narrowing of the airways

Airway obstruction changes in a rapid and considerable way (peak flow variation >= 20%)

Recurrently nightly episodes and low morning peak flow values

Considerable reversibility with steroid drugs or drugs that resemble adrenaline, the beta2 agonists 

Periods without symptoms

Frequent allergy symptoms

Inflammation of the air passages, characterised by eosinophils in the airway wall

Additional Asthma Sign and Symptom

Wheezing in case of a cold or other illness

Regular coughing, particularily at night (often the only evidence of asthma in children)

Asthma symptoms caused by exhausting outdoor activities in particular during cold weather

When excessive crying or laughing is causing coughing or wheezing

The presence of an allergen or irritant combined with coughing and wheezing

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