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Exercise Induced Asthma
December 9, 2008 Asthma can start at any time for any person and for many people exercise can trigger
asthma related symptoms.
Dr. Gaston Turnier is an allergist and immunologist. He says, “It’s common you see
that with a lot of athletes more and more they complain that they have difficulty
breathing when they exercise.” Up to 13% of people who are not diagnosed with asthma
can experience symptoms of the condition within five to 20 minutes after they begin
to exercise.
“You see it really when you have people that are running a lot and fast like in
soccer or in football or in basketball,” says Dr. Turnier. Many patients with exercise
induced asthma have airways that are overly sensitive to sudden changes in temperature.
The sensitivity can be heightened when breathing through the mouth. “Most of the
people when they are running they tend to breathe through their mouth and what happens
is you have the dry air coming into the lungs directly not being moisturized by
the nasal passage and they tend to react to that,” he says.
Many patients find using an inhaler about 20 minutes before exercise will alleviate
asthma symptoms. Speak with your physician about what asthma treatment is best for
you. Another way to help prevent exercise induced asthma is by doing extensive warm
up and breathing exercises before you start to work-out. |
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