hb1977

Hi

I used to be like this after swimming. Absolutely fine in the pool and swim 1-2 km. Get out and go in jacuzzi....massive asthma attack. Didn't seem to make any difference whether I'd had Salbutamol or not. Decided it was combination of change in temperature and chemicals in jacuzzi but never really got to the bottom of it!

Well done on the running though; fab achievement. Have you always been a runner? How did you get started?

curiouser in reply to hb1977

Thanks! I've always done a bit of running - mostly for fitness as I played football in my teens and 20s, but I got into running itself after my asthma became horrible a few years ago. I could only exercise inside and a treadmill seemed the sensible thing... then I really enjoyed it, and my asthma stabilised so I went outdoors and found that I love it and I'm not bad at it

Parkrun really helped to build my confidence, and now I do 10ks / half-marathons. I did a 7k night trail run in sleet last weekend - no asthma til the coffee shop afterwards

I think you're right about the temperature - see my reply below for my planned trial solution - hopefully it might work for you too.

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Emmaleigh

hi,

this is interesting i recently took part in a mini triathlon which involved running cycling and climbing nearly 700 steps i was able to do this fine however afterwards felt very tight even to the point having a drink hurt my inhaler did initially reduce this but as the evening went on my tightness and wheeze got worse i then used my nebuliser and was fine again

my asthma generally behave during exercise but i cough and wheeze after wonder why this happens.

luckylouise08

Could be exercise-induced asthma. I get the same issue of coughing post exercise. Just a thought

curiouser

I think luckylouise08 is right - it's exercise-induced asthma. I'd assumed the symptoms for that had to be *during* exercise but apparently (having gone and read up on it lots!) having them when you stop is also common.

It seems to be related to histamine release due to changes in temp / humidity - both of which I'm sensitive to.

I'm already on montelukast (which can help EIA) so I'm going to ask my GP if she will ask my respirologist if I can try an Intal inhaler before exercise. The other option would be to split my double montelukast dose from 2 at night to one every 12 hrs, as it will be wearing off by the time I run most days.

If they're in agreement, I'll do a month trial of Intal (only for exercise) and then a month trial of splitting my montelukast, and see which works better.

Thanks for the help - I'll let you know which one works out best!