[Norcent]

How can you tell if you have asthma?

Can you get rid of asthma?

[Dr.Gootch]

I dont know how u can tell but, i know u cant get rid of it.

[mole1135]

go to the doctors. he'll have you blow into something then he'll have you run allitle then blow into it again

[thebleakness]

There are special breathing tests you have to take to determine whether you have asthma. I had to take all of them :mad:

ATM is not possible to get rid of it but in some cases it starts to receded with medication like Singular. Ive been taking Singluar for about 3 years and ive forgotten to take it for the last 2 weeks or so. I havent had the asthma attacks i would get before i was on meds.

Its sucks to have, makes playing sports for me a bear but you get used to it after a while, more or less.

[mole1135]

yay i had it till i was about 16. then i never needed my inhaler or medicine any more

[Nitestick]

How can you tell if you have asthma?

Can you get rid of asthma?

well going to the doctors is a good way to find out.

technically i don't think you can get rid of asthma but it is easily treatable and controllable and it can kind of dissappear. i have asthma and haven't had a *major* asthma attack in about 10 years. does make sports kind of hard though :/ especially running in an event longer than say 200m. i collapsed at the end of my school's cross country at least i came 3rd

[john3]

the best athelete in my, like ENTIRE school, high school, is asthmatic. weird how that works, haha.

[Trifid]

He cheats. I have asthma (:eek: ) and the inhaler I have, after 30 mins or so, I have alot of energy and can run faster for longer.

I find that asthma is very stress related now, or if I laugh too much (Top Gear) but I am out growing it I feel.

[thebleakness]

Originally posted by john3
the best athelete in my, like ENTIRE school, high school, is asthmatic. weird how that works, haha.

There are different causes of asthma, his might not be physical induced asthma. I get asthma attacks when i excerise. I dont have to run 1 mile before i start gasping, all i have to do is ride the bike half way around the block before i can hardly breathe. Mostley the reason i dont excercise at all....

After i use my inhaler, i get a nice rush of energy (its a form of speed, i know people who abuse it ). But i dont want to become dependant upon it so i try not to use it very often.

[Mr 1337]

I had asthma when i was 2, had one major attack and didnt have one for another 15 years. I had one big one after walking home from my gfs house in march. Was fine all the way until i walked into my house then collapsed and had an attack. Never between in those years or after have i ever had a problem. Wierd i know. Ive never used an inhaler either or meds.