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The frequency and degree of asthma symptoms
The frequency and degree of symptoms vary widely among asthmatics. Some patients occasionally a moderate and brief crisis and have no obvious symptoms in the meantime. Others were almost always a slight cough and wheezing, with severe exacerbation of symptoms after exposure to known allergens, viral infections, exercise, or nonspecific irritants.
The asthma attack often begins acutely with paroxysms of wheezing, coughing hard and dry, and shortness of breath, or more gradually with symptoms of respiratory distress is slow. The patient experiences shortness of breath with rapid breathing, coughing, chest tightness, wheezing audibly. The crisis may fade rapidly or persist for several hours or days. Sputum expectorated mucus is viscous end crises. Read the rest of this entry »