Fairly new to asthma - Asthma Message Board

latinachic84 · 01-13-2008, 08:18 PM

I'm fairly new to asthma....i'm 23 and diagnosed about 6 months ago. I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. However lately I cough all the time. Most of it occurs at night or when the weather changes like when its about to storm. Its like one min I am fine and then it just hits me. My cough is usually dry, but sometimes productive. I sometimes cough so much to where I almost throw up. I also feel presure in my chest and after a while the back of my chest just aches. Could this be related to my asthma?

gcsjr · 01-14-2008, 05:10 AM

It could definitely be related to your asthma. Chronic cough is a very common symptom of asthma, and it's pretty common for asthma symptoms to increase at night.

You should see a pulmonologist to get tested (or re-tested) and have your medications adjusted to help address the coughing - typically that involves getting you on a longer-acting inhaler (Flovent, Advair, etc.) and maybe something like Singulair.

Good luck.

mestar · 02-09-2008, 09:19 PM

May be you need some medicine to control your asthma. May be you can ask your doctor about pulmicort turbuhaler - 200 mcg. It really effective to control your asthma.

bye..