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Is Tightness In Chest And Light-headedness Symptom Of Asthma?
I am 66 yrs old, female, have been fit all my life...exercise regularly, do yoga and walk a lot. In the last year I ve had 2 bouts of pneumonia, 2 bouts of bronchitis and 2 just bad colds. This is about 1-2 months since the last cold ended and I m finding weird things with my chest, a tightness and light-headed, not really dizziness after just climbing some stairs or doing something quickly . I can still do my. Treadmill and step workout. Am I maybe getting asthma? I have a bit of a cough and ventolin left over from the previous episodes does help.
Thu, 4 Sep 2014
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As per W.H.O, asthma is defined as "attacks all age groups but often starts in childhood. It is a disease characterized by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing, which vary in severity and frequency from person to person. In an individual, they may occur from hour to hour and day to day."
IN your case first thing that need to be checked is wheeze. It can be checked properly by a doctor through auscultating your chest. Apart from that as you are taking ventolin, it causes dilatation of your respiratory tract and hence relieves your symptoms.
I would recommend you to start:
`Tab Mytika (montelukast) 1 tab daily for one month. It will subside the allergic component and help in preventing the symptoms.
`Syp Hydralin DM (Diphenhydramine + Dextromethorphan) one table spoon three times a day for cough x 5 days
Apart from this, kindly visit a Pulmonologist in your area if :
> Condition starts to aggravate.
> Condition does not improve in 4-5 days
> Any unusual symptom appears.
Hope you get well soon.
Thank You
Thank You for contacting HCM.
As per W.H.O, asthma is defined as "attacks all age groups but often starts in childhood. It is a disease characterized by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing, which vary in severity and frequency from person to person. In an individual, they may occur from hour to hour and day to day."
IN your case first thing that need to be checked is wheeze. It can be checked properly by a doctor through auscultating your chest. Apart from that as you are taking ventolin, it causes dilatation of your respiratory tract and hence relieves your symptoms.
I would recommend you to start:
`Tab Mytika (montelukast) 1 tab daily for one month. It will subside the allergic component and help in preventing the symptoms.
`Syp Hydralin DM (Diphenhydramine + Dextromethorphan) one table spoon three times a day for cough x 5 days
Apart from this, kindly visit a Pulmonologist in your area if :
> Condition starts to aggravate.
> Condition does not improve in 4-5 days
> Any unusual symptom appears.
Hope you get well soon.
Thank You
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