anxiety or asthma? - Asthma Message Board

disco_stu · 03-03-2007, 05:24 AM

hey im 17 m, ive had asthma for as long as i can remember. but recently things have changed. wen i run around and i can feel my chest tighten, i can just stop and try not to panic and things will go away. is that asthma? or is that anexiety. im not sure because it only happens when i become up set or angry. also, wen i have an attack, i tend to panic then things get worse. is that just the asthma attack becoming worse? or could that be anxiety aswell?

laughingman · 03-03-2007, 03:49 PM

Hard to know without probably tests. You should see either an allergy or asthma specialist and get a peak flow test. Basically it test your wind power of your lungs. They will repeat to test a few times to see if taxing your breathing has any change on how well you can breath. I would ask for something like a treadmill test or something that closely matches the exercise level that producing the tightness in your chance and be monitored the whole time. The extreme thing would be a CT of your lungs and breathing tubes to see if there isn't anything irregular going on. Of course if it's just nerves than I wouldn't worry about that last one.