Asthma or unfitness ?????

I am 17 y.o + have never had any breathing problems before, but I've recently started to try and get fit and when I am running it feels like I have a massive weight pressing down on my chest, but no wheezyness. And for about 1hr after I have a irritating cough. Is this just me being not that fit or something I should get checked out???

Reply 1

Anonymous #1

OP

*cries*
no-one knows or cares

Reply 2

cookiecrumble

LOL I care... but only because the same thing happens to me :frown:

It's annoying because I enjoy sports but can't keep up I hope someone does know the answer to this :smile:

After exercise do you also breathe really loudly and deeply too? and does your throat go really really dry and sore?

Cos thats what happens to me!

Reply 3

crosseyed_cat

if you are just out of breath, you end up panting and taking deeper breaths than normal, and more of them. If you have asthma your throat tightens up and its difficult to force the air through or to take deep breaths at all. you usually wheeze, but its not always audible. Most people don't realise that it is completely different needing to breathe more vs. not being able to breathe lol...
it doesn't sound like either of you have asthma, but if you're worried go to a doctor who will be able to test it in a few minutes :smile:

Reply 4

naelse

15

not sure about this but this is what i was told by my P.E teacher at school:

there is an amount of mucus in your lungs that usually just sits there. when you start a new exercise, particularly outdoor running or something similar, you breathe deeper and faster and your lungs have to get used to it, which can be uncomfortable at first. The cough is the mucus being disturbed.

Reply 5

Ryan

10

Asthma is when the pipe to your lungs gets thinner, making breathing hard..

Reply 6

crosseyed_cat

Ryan

Asthma is when the pipe to your lungs gets thinner, making breathing hard..

ye thats what i was getting at :p:

maybe its just me but i think people with an asthma attack can't really cough that much because they can't take deep breaths

Reply 7

hugatree

11

Anonymous

when I am running it feels like I have a massive weight pressing down on my chest, but no wheezyness. And for about 1hr after I have a irritating cough.

I'm just not fit. :p:

Never do any sports, so when I do, that happens.

It's not asthma.

Reply 8

podder

1

probably just your fitness levels. when i was getting myself fit for army, if i really pushed myself then it would happen to me. and when i did the timed run, i thought that id damaged myself as i had the chest feeling and cough afterwards but the instructor just said it was because i had worked hard. if your concerend though why not pop down to your doctors and get it checked out? if not just keep on running and your fitness will increase

Reply 9

Anonymous #2

podder

probably just your fitness levels. when i was getting myself fit for army, if i really pushed myself then it would happen to me. and when i did the timed run, i thought that id damaged myself as i had the chest feeling and cough afterwards but the instructor just said it was because i had worked hard. if your concerend though why not pop down to your doctors and get it checked out? if not just keep on running and your fitness will increase

If you are also coughing it could be Ashma. I have recently been diagnosed with it. At first it started off at nights when I got too hot, i started to wake up with allot of coughing (phlemy) and wheezyness.

When you cough is it phlemy?
How long into whatever you are doing does it take for you to start coughing?
How often does it happen? (only in sports?)

Reply 10

hugatree

11

naelse

there is an amount of mucus in your lungs that usually just sits there. when you start a new exercise, particularly outdoor running or something similar, you breathe deeper and faster and your lungs have to get used to it, which can be uncomfortable at first. The cough is the mucus being disturbed.

Makes sense naelse. The same feeling occurs after you eat ice cream. :smile:

Like you need to cough and feel the pressure. The cold you breathe in would have the same affect on the mucus in your lungs then.

Reply 11

dooby

1

yeah, i have asthma, and it seriously annoys me cos it really restricts my exercise ability! It doesn't sound like this is asthma, esp. the coughing. As far as I know, asthma is like an allergic reaction to certain allergens, which causes inflammation of your windpipe which effectively 'narrows' the passageway for air to flow through, therefore making it harder to breathe.
It's also a pain in the ass!!!

Reply 12

bluedreamer

1

urrr I’m pretty certain if you had asthma, you’d know it :p:

talk to your doctor though. Do your lungs feel sore, almost raw afterwards? Do you need to stop what you’re doing, and are unable to continue?

Reply 13

tritogeneia1

1

Does it hurt to breathe when this happens? That's what I find and I have exervise-induced asthma, though I'm also not that fit so it could be that too.
You do cough with asthma, btw, but it tends to be at night. I don't know if you'd get it in that situation. Sorry, I'm not being that helpful, I only have sporadic asthma so have mostly forgotten what it feels like...except when I have attacks in the middle of tutorials for no reason (maybe my brain is unfit? :wink:

)

Reply 14

Anonymous #1

OP

yer it does hurt when i've been for a run and breathe or sometimes if I have a cold and go for a cycle ride for example then my chest is in agony. I hope and think its just unfitness, as at least then i have the power to do something about it.

Reply 15

stainedglass

1

I have asthma and I tend to find my throat getting all dry along with the wheezing if I do any exercise (which isn't often) If you feel your chest getting tight it could be asthma. You should probably go for a check-up.

Reply 16

Mush

17

Yep, you probably just don't have a very good lung capacity/CRE. But the more you train the more air your lung can handle in one breath, and the more efficient your body comes at distributing the oxygen from the air around your body. It could be asthma and your best bet is to get checked out at the doctors. If not then just keep training and training and if you don't see improvement after a few months THEN go see a doctor.

Reply 17

IBSweeper

1

Im gonna say its very unlikely to be asthma. I train 6/7 times a week for at least 1 hour at a time, and will still have a burning chest during a race, it's just what happens when you push yourself to your limits.

Reply 18

Monkey_Maiden

11

Sounds like you've just overworked yourself and your lungs. I have mild asthma and it's not like that really. I don't cough, just weeze really which is a pain.
See a doctor though maybe

Reply 19

SaccerZD

2

i'm very fit, and yet when it has been either dry or cold when i've been running i've had an irritating cough for a few hours afterwards.

Asthma or unfitness ?????

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