Identify And Overcome Exercise Induced Asthma

Exercise induced asthma is the common cause of asthma attack.

In exercise induced asthma, some types of exercises are worse than others.

If you are doing different types of exercises that use the same amount of oxygen, some exercises will cause more chest tightness or wheeziness than others.

If you prefer running outside, then it is usually worse than swimming. Swimming is the best exercise for exercise induced asthma patients because it usually causes very less amount of chest tightness.

The asthma will be worse if the air you breathe during exercise is cold and dry. The asthma will be less bad if the air is warm and moist. This is the reason why swimming causes less asthma than running outdoors.

Some people may get worsening of asthma symptoms from chlorine fumes from swimming baths. People who are allergic to chlorine fumes suffer worse asthma symptoms than running.

How much time you are exercising is important as it takes about six minutes of exercising to trigger exercise induced asthma and less than this time may not be enough to trigger asthma.

After few hours of exercise induced asthma, if you repeat the same amount of exercise, it will no longer produce the same amount of asthma symptoms or it may not even produce asthma symptoms at all.

Some people may be able to prevent exercise induced asthma with warm up exercises or by continuous exercise which does not bring severe attack. If you have asthma, you can select sports and exercises which consist of short burst of activity with periods of rest in between.

Asthma exercise:

• Do not prefer long distance running as it strongly triggers asthma because it is undertaken outside in cold air without short breaks.
• Swimming is an excellent asthma exercise for asthma sufferers as the warm air in the swimming pool is less likely to trigger asthma. Swimming in cold water or chlorinated pools may trigger asthma.
• You can practice yoga which is an asthma exercise and yoga is a good type of exercise for people as it relieves the body, reduces stress and helps in breathing.
• Sports such as hockey or football are less likely to cause asthma symptoms as they are played with short breaks in between.
• Gradual athletic training can make less prone to exercise induced asthma.

You have to take the treatment with medicines to control exercise induced asthma. If you control asthma, you are less troubled with exercise induced asthma.

Athletes such as runners may suffer from exercise induced asthma. If you are an athlete, it is better to seek specialist advice to solve your problem. Athletes are trained in a professional way and to the levels of fitness, so it is necessary to take the best advice to control the disease.

Steps to reduce exercise induced asthma:

• Warm up exercises before and after the exercise schedule.
• Stay fit and follow good aerobic fitness because staying fit with aerobics reduces exercise induced asthma.
• Avoid cold air and cover your nose and mouth with scarf in cold weather