Asthma Symptoms

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Symptoms of asthma may include:

• Chest tightness
• Coughing, especially at night or early morning
• Shortness of breath
• Wheezing, which is a whistling sound when you breathe out

Other conditions can cause these symptoms. But in asthma, the symptoms often follow a pattern:

• They come and go over time or within the same day.
• They start or get worse with viral infections, such as a cold.
• They are triggered by exercise, allergies, cold air, or breathing too fast from laughing or crying.
• They are worse at night or in the morning.