| Exercise Induced Asthma, also known as EIA, | | | | lot of adults. |
| develops when a person's airways become | | | | Treatment for exercise induced asthma includes both |
| constricted during or after exercising. Some common | | | | prevention and medication. The first thing you should |
| symptoms of this problem include wheezing, | | | | do is adjust your exercise routines to help to |
| coughing, shortness of breath and a tight chest. The | | | | accommodate the condition. This may include cutting |
| symptoms are really no different than for any other | | | | back on certain types of exercise, changing the |
| type of asthma, but in the case of EIA they can | | | | location of where you exercise and reducing the |
| occur in people who don't suffer from asthma under | | | | intensity of your exercise. |
| normal circumstances. | | | | Many people find that a combination of prevention |
| The trigger for these cases is the exercise itself, and | | | | and medication is the best way to deal with EIA. |
| in most cases reducing or eliminating the physical | | | | Your doctor or allergist will be able to help you |
| exertion also reduces or eliminates the symptoms of | | | | determine the best treatment plan for your particular |
| asthma. However, avoiding exercise is not always the | | | | situation. They will be able to perform a thorough |
| healthiest option so a happy medium should be found. | | | | diagnosis to help figure out how to attack the |
| Treatment for exercise induced asthma is different | | | | problem most effectively. |
| than that for chronic asthma, so it is critical that it be | | | | Identifying exercise induced asthma is particularly |
| identified correctly. Your doctor will be able to run | | | | important during childhood. If it isn't identified, it can |
| tests such as baseline pulmonary function or peak | | | | lead to other problems, such as peer pressure and |
| flow testing to help determine the type. | | | | low self-esteem, since the child may not want to |
| EIA can affect people at any age, during childhood as | | | | take part in certain activities that lead to an asthma |
| well as adulthood. Because children are often quite | | | | attack. |
| active, they can be affected more severely than a | | | | |