Can You Get Asthma as an Adult? (Adult Onset Asthma)?
I was diagnosed with asthma in my 30's, and I thought, "Well, that explains a few things...." My young son was hospitalized with "breathing problems" - and THEN he was diagnosed with asthma. I had suspected my son had asthma after reading an article in a parenting magazine, but the pediatrician said my son did not have asthma, it was "just a virus". It was not. It was asthma. When I was learning about asthma after my son's diagnosis, I thought that the signs and symptoms of asthma sounded very familiar. In fact, I had them my whole life, but thought it was normal! Hint: it's not. Common asthma symptoms are: chest tightness shortness of breath coughing difficulty breathing wheezing** **It's important to know that there are people with asthma who do NOT wheeze (like me). I have cough variant asthma , and don't wheeze. I have to mention that to the doctor at Urgent Care when I'm sick. Don't listen for wheezing, because y...