Symptoms of Exercise-Induced Asthma

Symptoms of EIA include wheezing, tightness or pain in the chest, coughing, and sometimes prolonged shortness of breath.
People with EIA will often start having symptoms 5 to 10 minutes after they begin working out. Symptoms usually peak 5 to 10 minutes after the person stops exercising then go away within an hour. Some people with EIA also have symptoms for hours after they exercise. Sometimes symptoms appear only after the person has stopped exercising. Really cold weather can make EIA worse.
Some people with EIA think that their problem is that they are out of shape. But there's an easy way to tell the difference. If someone is simply winded from being out of shape, he or she will soon start breathing normally again after finishing exercising. But for someone with EIA, it may take up to an hour for the person to recover and breathe normally again..