Never had this before ... a slight feeling of breathlessness and having to breathe in deeper than usual. And a distinct wheeze when breathing out hard (but not in) ... sometimes with a kind of "hoop" sound, but I'm pretty sure I haven't got whooping cough :-) This was all during a gentle 9-mile plod this morning, which I finished otherwise feeling fine.
Noticed it also on Friday, during some half-mile reps at speed, especially towards the end when I was running out of puff.
No bugs or colds lately. Never been asthmatic. Don't smoke (but did for 25 years).
Any ideas?
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Air has been very cold lately... could have triggered this...
Might even be a chest infection... took your temperature lately?
I have noticed clearing my throat more than normal when running of late, but not been hacking up lumps or anything.
welcome to the club, Mutts.
(I'm wearing you emblazoned across my chesticles today, by the way)
Do I need to do anything about this if it is asthma?
Mind you I have had bronchitis recently and antibiotics (mid Feb) so that might have done some damage -the cough I had then seemed to come from my feet.
I ignored my asthma for 18 months... had a very bad attack in USA on a run nearly died.
In my younger days I'd had some really tough medicals that neverpicked this problem up.
Doc gave me a low dose steriod inhaler, take one puff a day... never have any problems completely free of wheezing... have another inhaler to take if I ever get another attack... never have.
Go see the doc given your history of smoking you need to check its nothing more sinister ;-)
Cheers to all for your advice.
I also have a once a day inhaler like Corinthian which seams to work to an extent but not always. However i am not overly bothered to fill myself upwith steriods just to get a PB.
Having said that i do now alway put Asthmatic on the back of my race number incase i really do have a problem one day.
Thanks to all for the advice.
I've had exercise-induced asthma for 28 years. The good news is it can be sucessfully managed and shouldn't impair performance too much.
My advice would be to get the inhaler and have it on stand by. A bad attack can cause broncial spasm and place an unnecessary strain on your heart.
A 200mg hit of Salbutamol BP with give realif within seconds. Without this intervention, the situation can lead to a medical emergency.
Better safe than sorry as they say.
SJ
P.S. A certain Ms Paula Radcliffe is a fellow sufferer so take heart!
This freaks me out like you wouldn't beleive. It's almost like there's this cut off point for my breath that leaves me gasping.
Any ideas?
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