About Asthma Symptoms: Chest Pain

Diagnosed asthmatic or not, when you're feeling tightness or pain in your chest, you are experiencing one of the most common symptoms. If it the pain is asthma-related the experience will be comparable to having your chest in a vice with the pain or tightness intensifying as you open up your lungs to take in air. Other common symptoms are shortness of breath, coughing and wheezing.

Asthma occurs progressively. It begins with inflammation of the lungs, and is followed by tightening of the muscles along the bronchial walls and the production of extra mucus that blocks the airwaves.

The causes of asthma symptoms vary from person to person, but chest pain is often a case of asthma triggers, such as increased pollen count and exercise. For that reason, it is a good idea for anyone with asthma to learn what her triggers are and develop a plan of attack before exercising. For instance, if cold weather is a trigger find a place to workout inside when it's cold. If working out inside is not an option try using a bronchodilator, such as an albuterol inhaler, 15 minutes before your workout and wearing a mask over your mouth and nose while exercising. Common asthma triggers are: · Cold air · Tobacco smoke and wood smoke · Perfume, paint, hair spray, or any strong odor or fumes · Allergens such as dust mites, pollen, molds, pollution, and animal dander · Common cold, influenza, or other respiratory illnesses · Exercise.

When experiencing chest pain, or any other asthma symptoms, follow the routine that you developed with your doctor. If the symptoms persist seek medical care immediately. Routines often include a combination of long-term and short-term control medications in addition to monitoring airflow with a peak flow meter. When an effective routine is in place, your daily life will rarely be affected by your asthma condition.

One of the benefits of having so many people with asthma is that it draws a lot of attention to the disease. For that reason the tool chest for asthma is stacked with effective tools to alleviate asthma symptoms. Long-term control medications are inhaled or swallowed, long-term medications are the most essential tool available to preventing asthma symptoms from occurring. Short-term control (rescue) medications typically are inhaled through an inhaler or nebulizer. Short-term or rescue medications are used for sudden asthma symptoms or to combat the effects of an asthma attack. The peak flow meter is the simplest way for an asthma sufferer to monitor his lung function. It's typically designed with a mouthpiece on one end and a pressure gauge at the other. The asthma suffer simply exhales deeply into the mouthpiece and that sends a marker up the numbered pressure gauge.