Asthma and exercise

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I was diagnosed with Asthma a couple of years ago. I was really bad off and i was out of breath so bad I coulnt exercise without collapasing. I was givine syrabacort to take morning and night 2 puRAB each. Since then i have been pretty good. i was feeling horrible for several months lately and had super chest heaviness, tightness and really hard to breath, with exhaustion. at first I thought it was my thyroid because i also have hypothyroidism and it seems to correlate when my tsh goes up but this time it did not. I would exercise and then the next day the breathing troubles and exhaustion would set in. I am assuming it has to do with Asthma since my TSH is now on the normal side. The more days I exercise the worse I get. does this sound like asthma. These spells last from a week to a few months of this at a time. I recently went on vacation and my breathing issue and everything went away but at the same time I was away from all the stress at work to, but I did not exercise while I was on vacation. So i started exercising on Thursday. So far so good but today i noticed slight breathing thing but it didnt last long. this is so weird. i had a ekg and a sonogram on my heart 2 years ago and everything was normal.
 
Most asthmatics need to premedicate before any cardio activity. Has anyone ever told you that? If not, you need to talk with your pulmonologist to work out a regimen for you. I do 2 puRAB of albuterol, 60 seconRAB apart, 15 minutes before jogging and it does fine for me.
 
thank you. No my doctor has not told me this at all. I will talk to him about it.
He does my peak flow and spirometer every 6 months and i have never had a problem even before the meRAB. so weird. the tests are always perfect even though i feel like crap.
 
Two things about "normal" peak flows:

1) If the readings are taken when you aren't feeling particularly badly, they will likely be close to normal.

2) If the readings are ONLY taken when you are feeling badly, you have no way of knowing what's normal for you, because there is some variation among individuals.

Basically, if your peak flows are in or near the normal range, your body should be getting enough air to stay alive, walk, talk, etc. However, if your lung capacity is significantly less than you are used to, you're going to feel lousy!
 
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