Exercise-Induced Asthma

CNN's Michaela Pereria has more talks about the signs and symptoms of exercise- induced asthma

[mkaymkay]

I can confirm. I do not wheeze, but my chest gets tight and it feels like I am breathing through a damn straw, then I may get dizzy. It depends how hard I'm working and how often. Weight lifting is fine, intense exercises like power cleans, squats, deadlifts, I'm all good. But it's running that makes my chest tight.

My asthma was horrible when I was younger, I assume it went away because I have no phlegm, leakage in my lungs or weazing.. But recently the tightness and shortness of breath in my chest has been annoying me at Football practice.

[getoutmywhey]

dude I have exercise induced asthma and can't even run for 1 minute without feeling like I have to use my inhaler. I have used every medicine there is for asthma and none have worked. the docters say its never gonna go away, my only hope is if a new medicine comes out

[everythingiseverything]

"Excercise-induced asthma is not an excuse." Precisely why I had a feeling no one would take me seriously as a teen struggling in PE.

[Fal]

May Allah cure all those suffering from asthma

[Vrsxt]

No treatment works with me, I just wanted to breathe like a normal person

Edit:
Hey guys hope youre doing well, after an year I discovered that my shortness of breath was due to anxiety and that's why no inhaled medication worked, I did psychotherapy and I'm breathing normally, search for help, everybody deserves to breath!

[jillivers]

I always wheeze and overheat and then eventually it turns into a panic attack

[bryanvelasquez]

I swear that doctor at 0:57 is Steve-O's cousin!

[mwikhwmnarzary]

I have astham since I was 7 and now I m 16...
I used to suffer a lot before and I had also consulted many doctors but medicines didn't show much effect.
But when I entered the teen years I knew tht medicines wont work and I decided to exercise regularly... I play football, I run in mornings, I jump, I do yoga and Now I m living lively...
Till now I have used only 3 Inhalers

[melvinbowennd]

Soooo how do regular people feel when they exercise?

[SwordFighter]

Before discovering I had sports induced asthma, I played a full soccer season. My teammates perceived my asthma as "low stamina", which didn't lead me to believe it was anything serious till i went to the hospital. I was about to be cut from the team, but after getting an inhaler the difference was wild. I became the team captain and our most reliable defender.

[crzypyromaniac]

I usually get asthma attacks when I rung a long distance, when I run for a long period of time, in cold weather and allergy (sometimes).
The first time I began having asthma symptoms was back when I was 3 y/o, when I first went to kindergarten. When my mother came to pick me up she noticed I had heavy breathing and was producing whistling sound.
I'm not sure if it was because of stress, an infection or hysteria but I've had that for a long period.

[ray_ayy]

Oh my gosh, these are exactly the same symptoms I’ve been having. Time to schedule a doctors appointment...

[amandabisby]

It sucks. I have asthma and I’m out of shape too so it’s so hard to tell if it’s asthma or being out of shape but hearing this is exactly how I sound when I run. I feel guilty in high school gym when I walk when I’m supposed to run (I told my teachers I have asthma so it’s fine, but I still wonder if it’s asthma or me just being out of shape and I’m actually capable of doing it). It bothers me way too much but I just don’t feel like I’m breathing right. The doctors told me my asthma would go away when I was little and I’ve recently started being treated again after being left untreated for 10 years.

[emilcurtis]

I have exercise induced asthma and I cannot run without my chest seizing up and I have a super hard time breathing and it feels almost like I'm drowning and because my parents don't trust doctors my inhaler ran out and I have to be super careful and not do anything that causes my heart to speed super much and to breath in through my nose out through my mouth when doing my bike races

[lonajgamer]

Now I know why I can’t run fast like before

[Sapioso]

I never had this issue when I was younger. I quit smoking after 17 years nearly 9 months ago, but have always been active. Since I’ve started running on the regular basis I can’t shake this. I couldn’t breathe the other day and was choking as if I was drinking a glass of water and it went down the wrong pipe. Every breath(what i could get) was shallow and forced me to cough. I could NOT get enough air in my lungs. I nearly blacked out before finding my albuterol inside the house.

This happened after the run while cooling down and walking. This never happens during a run. It’s always shortly after. I keep an inhaler in my pocket now. If I was running outside of my complex or at a park it could’ve all ended for me. Stay safe people.

[--__--]

When I was 16 I found out that I have asthma. Due to the expensiveness of the medicine, we searched for different ways to somehow reduce the frequency of these attacks. So I started exercising, the main cause of my asthma that time was sleeping late, not eating healthy and being obese. After 2 months of running I thought I might try to run with no inhalers. The first thing I experienced was lung spasm, wheezing and shortness of breathing at night. Time went on and now I can successfully run 3k without any problems I can even eat chocolate and chicken now. But remember when you are just new on the exercise, be strict on your food restrictions. I also learned that running that focuses on working your stamina worked even better so long endurance jogs don't work as much.

[Eagle]

This happens to me when I run too and always has. But early on I learned I can pass the barrier I have during my run, I purposely get into certain breathing pattern and focus deep and sort of fall into a hypnotic state where everything around me disappears except for me, the concrete, and my breathing pattern. When that happens somehow my breathing becomes manageable. I have different patterns for different situations depending on where I am during my run and what my body feels like and is telling me I use the pattern that fits best. So I kind of use them like a tool kit.

[bmoisgood]

Asthma is SO infuriating. Not being able to breathe is one of the most terrifying things I've ever experienced. I lost my health insurance this year and haven't been able to have my Breo medication. I can't even exercise anymore without fearing I'll pass out.

[richardfriedel]

1) An asthmatic tends to breathe through the mouth and does not press his lips together.
2) Normal lip pressure relaxes chest airways and overcomes asthma.
3) Finger pressure on a lip shows this.
This opens up lung airways by acupressure. This makes sense. Lip pressure is so important for love and the martial arts as well as asthma. That is the way I cured my asthma.