Athletic asthma is also called exercise induced asthma. This is different from ‘regular’ asthma because it is only triggered by physical activity. Although exercise can cause someone with asthma to have an asthma attack. Usually athletic asthma is found in children and current information indicates that these children may have very mild asthma that is only triggered by exertion.
Why does any of this matter to me? Because I’m beginning to think my child may have athletic asthma and as any parent can tell you, a child’s health is way up on the list of priorities. So back to my overly paranoid mommy brain. Whenever my son is playing and he gets all hot and sweaty (takes about 15 min of running) he gets kind of congested like a cough. Well that was how we found out I had asthma (cough etc, not typical wheezing although mine is allergy induced not athletic).
Fortunately, just like with any other form of asthma it can be treated and I will be taking my son to his pediatrician for a checkup soon. Do you or your children have athletic asthma? Do you have any advice you’d like to share? It’s amazing how comforting it can be just knowing others have gone through the same things.
Anyways
Fri, Aug 28, 2009
Allergy Symptoms