Asthma Symptoms Checker

Recognize Asthma

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Typical of asthma include coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath and seizures with acute shortness of breath, often accompanied by anxiety and fear. The shortness of breath is the worst affected. You have the feeling of suffocating.

Most people with asthma suffer from chronic cough (often in conjunction with shortness of breath), which occurs mainly in the early morning hours.

Frequent sleep disruption leading to daytime fatigue, reduced performance and poor concentration. Persistent cough is often the first symptom, which makes itself apparent asthma. The suspicion of asthma often arises already from the case history.

Usually performs the doctor allergy tests. For the diagnosis of asthma, lung function test (spirometry) is an important study because it sheds light on a possible narrowing of the airways.

An important measure is the peak flow. It indicates the speed at which the air is blown out of the lungs. Asthma peak flow value is reduced due to the narrowing of the airways. The peak flow measurement indicates if all the "green zone" is, or whether the asthma worse.