Wondering if anyone else experiences this with excercise?

[TheJovialCentaur]

Hello,

I'll try to keep it short. I've had moderate asthma since I was about 5, I take flutiform, montelukast and an antihistamine daily along with a steroid nasal spray. I've never been diagnosed with excercise induced asthma and never had problems with excercise but to be honest that's probably because I only ever did gentle excercise in the past.

However I have lost 9st 2lbs in the last two years and have began to excercise regards for the last six months about 4/5 times a week, swimming and weights. I still have a few stone to go tho.

I have recently had a chest infection and glandular fever which did knock me back abit and wasn't able to excercise for about a month. I have recently decided to start running along with my other excercise and have found that when I hit my peak heart rate and am doing intense excercise I get sharp stabbing pains in my chest and a wheeze I'm not sure if this is the asthma but after I've finished excercise and rest it goes away. It did happen whilst I was swimming quite intensely once (after a nightshift) and I have noticed that it only it happens if I do intense cardio after my night shift (more often than not I do my cardio after a ten hour night shift). Does this sound like excercise induced asthma? Anyone experience anything like this? (To be honest I have definitely missed my regular inhaler a few times recently too)

I don't think it's heart related as my BP is fine after loosing weight, and recently when I was ill with glandular fever I was hospitalised with a high pulse and dehydration and had two ECGs which were both normal, and was determined to just be down to dehydration and the nasty virus.

Obviously I will book in with the doctor but might be a long wait for a routine appointment.

Anyone have any advice?

Thanks in advance

[johnsmith]

When moving the chest muscles tighten in various ways to stabilise it. It could be the case that the chest muscles are over tightening resulting in side effects. I do not know who to suggest who can help you investigate this.

[TheJovialCentaur in reply to johnsmith]

Thank you. Yeah I'm not sure, it only happens when I'm really pushing myself intensely so not sure olif my body's just not used to excercise for at that level. Dlnot really sure of it's a case for the Dr or just see if it improves after my fitness levels improve

Thanks for the reply