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Common cold and asthma

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how does the common cold affect your asthma? just a general question :)

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common cold exacerbates my asthma (makes it worse) find it more difficult to breath and usually have coughing fits..which really arent very pleasant lolol..would think that most asthmatics would find their asthma would get worse if they caught the cold

yeh, ive noticed that my chest stays quite tight *and very achy* even after taking my inhaler, and i feel like its harder to catch my breath

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