I am 60 years old and have developed a tendency to cough when eating dry foods (breakfast cereal, bread etc). It feels almost as though the food is 'going down the wrong way'. Sometimes the cough is slightly phlegmy. My chest often feels tight and I become out of breath quite easily. I quite often feel light-headed and am perpetually tired. The last may be a result of taking pretty high-level pain-killers for arthritis.
Could the above be asthma or do the symptoms indicate something else please?
