KNOW YOUR ASTHMA SYMPTOMS

• "I cough a lot while I exercise or even when I rest after exercising." 
• "I have shortness of breath." 
• "I make a wheezing sound when I breathe." 
• "I feel a tightness in my chest."

Do you feel this way sometimes? Any one of these symptoms may mean that you have asthma. You can have one or more of these symptoms or even different ones. Symptoms are clues that let you know that you are having an asthma attack.

FIND OUT WHAT STARTS YOUR ASTHMA SYMPTOMS

Often symptoms get started or "triggered" by something that bothers your lungs. These things are called asthma triggers.

There are many kinds of triggers. They can range from viruses (such as colds) to allergies, to gases and particles in the air.

Given this range, you may find it hard to figure out what starts your asthma attacks.