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Asthma Signs & Symptoms
  The following list includes some of the common ways in which asthma may show up in you or your child:
  • Trouble breathing with respiratory infections
  • Shortness of breath with exercise or when exposed to cold air, pollution, or allergens
  • Chronic wheeze or congested breathing
  • Chronic cough after respiratory infections
  • Decreased exercise tolerance with cough and/or wheezing
  • Chest pain with exercise

See Your Doctor If...

  • If you think you have asthma
  • If you have to use your rescue medicine (Albuterol, Ventolin, Maxair, etc) more than twice each week
  • If in the past 12 months:
  • You have had a sudden severe episode or a reoccurring episodes of coughing, wheezing (high-pitched whistling sounds when breathing out), or shortness of breath
  • You have had colds that "go to the chest" or take more than 10 days to get over
  • You have had coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath in certain places or when exposed to certain things (e.g., animals, tobacco smoke, perfumes)
  • You have had coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath during a particular season or time of year
  • You have used any medications that have helped you breathe better or
  • If your symptoms were relieved when you used the medications
  • If in the past 4 weeks, you have had coughing, wheezing, or shortness of breath...
  • That awakened you at night
  • In the early morning
  • After running, moderate exercise, or other physical activity
 

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