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Adult Asthma Symptoms

Health Encyclopedia: Adult Asthma Symptoms

Symptoms

Asthma symptoms vary in severity from occasional mild bouts of breathlessness to daily wheezing that persists despite taking large doses of medication. After exposure to asthma triggers, symptoms rarely develop abruptly but progress over a period of hours or days. Occasionally, the airways have become seriously obstructed by the time the patient calls the doctor.

The classic symptoms of an asthma attack include:

Wheezing when breathing out is nearly always present during an attack. Usually...

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Expert & Community Posts

Aging with Asthma Part I

By Nancy Sanker , Health Expert

Challenges Facing Older Adults with AsthmaWell, our recent move from one Georgia town to another... Read more »

The Difference Between Adult Onset Asthma and Childhood Asthma

By Fred Little , Health Expert

...function tests (PFTs). This test will help distinguish adult asthma symptoms from other causes... Read more »

Aging with Asthma Part II

By Nancy Sanker , Health Expert

...continue. Asthma can be difficult to diagnose in older adults as there may be co-existing... Read more »

How Asthma Is Diagnosed

By Kathi MacNaughton , Health Expert

...the decision that what you have is asthma? In adults, doctors can rely on a history of your... Read more »

19 Tips to Avoiding Allergens That Aren't Exactly Fun to Follow

By Rick Frea , Health Expert

Well, the warm weather has finally arrived, and so has the urge to spend as much time outdoors as... Read more »

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Health Guide

Adult Asthmatics Dismissing their Asthma Symptoms: Doubting Thomas Comic

Read the full text of The Doubting Thomas Asthmatic and leave a comment! Read all of Rick Frea's Posts Visit Respiratory Therapist Cave, Rick Frea's personal blog Read more »

Asthmatics Exaggerating Asthma Symptoms for Sympathy: Actors Comic

Read the full text of Some Asthmatics Are Good Actors and leave a comment! Read all of Rick Frea's Posts Visit Respiratory Therapy Cave, Rick Frea's personal blog Read more »

Asthmatics Should Be Cautious of Swine Flu

April 28, 2009MILWAUKEE – As news of the swine flu situation develops, it is important for those with asthma or other respiratory conditions to be aware of the basic facts about influenza and how... Read more »

The Actor Asthmatics: Asthma Isn't That Bad

Just when you need a household chore done, when you need volunteers for the church bake sale or just when the gym teacher asks for dodge ball players, they take out their asthma inhalers and puff... Read more »

Asthma In Infants

...of asthma symptoms in children five years old and younger is a respiratory virus. Although both adults and children experience respiratory infections, children have more of them and some... Read more »

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