According to Khanh Hoa General Hospital, many people often confuse these symptoms with normal coughing, so they are subjective and do not see a doctor early.
Meanwhile, this may be a sign of bronchial asthma - a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that can cause dangerous acute episodes of shortness of breath if not properly controlled.
Common signs include persistent cough at night or early morning, wheezing when the weather changes, chest tightness, shortness of breath when climbing stairs, shortness of breath after exercise or when exposed to dust and strange odors.
In some cases, sprays must be used many times, but symptoms still recur.
According to doctors' recommendations, when exposed to irritants such as cigarette smoke, dust, pollen, fur, cold weather, viral infections or stress, the patient's airways may constrict, edema, and increase phlegm secretion.
Patients will experience symptoms such as cough, wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and even acute asthma attacks.
The hospital said that bronchial asthma can be treated and controlled if detected early, treated correctly and monitored periodically. Patients can still study, work, exercise and live almost normally.
However, there are still many people who are subjective, such as only using medicine when they have difficulty breathing, buying seizure sprays themselves, or arbitrarily stopping medication when symptoms subside.
This can cause the disease to silently progress more severely, increasing the risk of acute asthma attacks, hospitalization and seriously affecting health.
Khanh Hoa General Hospital recommends that people should proactively check their respiratory health if they have recurrent symptoms such as night cough, wheezing, difficulty breathing when exerting themselves, chest tightness or have a history of allergies, allergic rhinitis, eczema or family history of asthma.
Currently, the Hen - COPD Clinic of the hospital receives examination, consultation and screening for asthma, COPD; assesses the level of disease control; long-term treatment monitoring; instructions on how to use inhaling medicine correctly and counseling on recognizing dangerous signs to prevent acute asthma attacks.
