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fredag 1 januari 2010

Misleading Signs And Symptoms Of Asthma

By Johnson Star

Ever felt out of breath during exercise: the type where you feel that your chest is being squeezed and it seems that you can't get enough air in? Or coughing which gets worse during nighttime perhaps? How about feeling restless during sleep, which is mostly characterized by pauses or shallow breathing? Before you grab the nearest cough, sleeping, or anti stress medication to you, think twice, as it may make your condition worse.

If you're wondering what other similar condition, search the web about asthma symptoms and you will surely be able to find a lot of similarities with what you might be feeling to the symptoms that asthma can present itself in. The symptoms that asthma can show are very misleading and sometimes very common that most people tend to ignore these them until such time that the condition has gone worse and the attacks are already full blown making diagnosis and treatment a little bit later than it's supposed to be.

Early detection and medical intervention therefore is very important in order to prevent irreparable damage and avoid the possible dangers that it can bring. Here are some of the most misleading asthma signs and symptoms:

Sleep apnea: Sleep apnea is a chronic condition characterized by pauses or shallow breathing during sleep. The pauses can last anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes depending on the severity, robbing you of a good night sleep. Sleep apnea is never related to insomnia no matter how you look at it.

Coughing: No big deal right? Same with coughing that worsens at night or coughing that gets worse during cold days; asthma symptoms can be this simple. Since coughing can be related to so many other illnesses that people or sometimes even doctors miss. If you start to experience dry unproductive cough that just comes and goes without warning it would be wise to have it checked before self medicating.

Fatigue: Feeling tired is normal; after a hard days work or after a strenuous activity that is. Feeling fatigued all throughout without having to do any strenuous or undergo stressful activities and even with sufficient rest is not normal. If you start experiencing chronic fatigue for no particular reason at all then it would be in your best interests to get expert opinion as soon as possible as it might be something else.

Asthma is a very unpredictable, dangerous and difficult condition to have, but the chances of improvement and long term relief are greatly increased when there is early diagnosis and treatment. Before you start ignoring what you feel, pay a little bit more attention as you might be missing something.

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