Asthma Support Group
Asthma is a disease of the human respiratory system where the airways narrow, often in response to a "trigger" such as exposure to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. This airway narrowing causes symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing, which respond to bronchodilators.
I am an older person who has just been diagnosed with asthma following a severe viral infection. I started with a lot of coughing, which I have had frequently in the past, especially when around smoke, perfumes, etc. and then led to severe wheezing that required inhalers, several breathing treatments, predinisone and almost two weeks to clear up...my questions are...is coughing typical and a sign of an asthma "attack" and is is usual for the wheezing to last so long. Is there any good reading material for asthma starting as an adult?
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
yes , coughing is a typical sign of asthma. So is wheezing.
your lungs and/or airways have been injured some and have inflamation by the irritants - colds, cigarettes, perfumes, etc. and will need time to heal.
you can google "asthma" on the internet for great reading materials.
hugs, Raoul