I won’t say too much because that’s for you to ask but I got diagnosed with asthma at the age of 15, when my family decided to finally take me to the doctor to ask her about.
Age 8 here. Wheezy high-five up top.
As I understand it, there’s usually various triggers. Cold-induced, exercise-induced and allergy-induced are all ones that I “enjoy” – what’s yours?
Did it “start” then or did you have the undiagnosed symtomps since childhood?
I had the undiagnosed symptoms since childhood, I believe, like the closed-up chest, but it got worse as a teen from what i remember.
i have no idea how asthma impacts someones daily life. what’s it like? what made you seek a diagnosis?
Well, one day, it was Freshman Gym class. We had to take a running test, and I noticeably started to feel like my lungs were on fire after the seventh lap or so. By the tenth lap, it felt like my chest was very tight, burning, and my head felt very light. I felt myself start to double over and my eyes nearly closed. I told my friend, and she said: “I have asthma. It sounds like you do, too.”
I told my Mom and Dad and they took me to a doctor for a possible diagnosis. The doctor gave me an inhaler and said I had asthma.
