About 3 weeks ago after my swim meet, I got home and thought I was having a heart attack. My chest was tight and I couldn't breathe. It finally stopped but I was sore the next day. Then the next time I swam it happened again, only not as severly this time.
So I did a little research and I think it might be exercise induced asthma. I bought an over counter inhailer (sp) and it seems to be helping. The only thing is that I never had problems with asthma as a kid or anytime, this is entirely new.
Has anybody else had problems with this? I'm gonna go the doc when I get back from school, but does anyone have ways to deal with it?
Thanks!!!
Been there too. More so this year than in the past, but then this year I am pushing myself alot harder than in the past. I find a few things trigger it for me, hot, humid, heavy chlorine smell in the air. These conditions I tend to hold back alittle.
I also use an inhaler occasionally and probably need to use it more often than I do but I have never been big on taking drugs of any kind only supplements. If it happens at practice I will take a hit off the inhaler or use the air mask in the life guard station, which really helps especially since the air quality in our building is bad especially now that it is hot.
For me if I push to long and hard and start having issues breathing, if I don't back off I can cause my heart to race or have the tight chest. It actually happened at the end of the 1650 last year at Nationals but I felt the symtoms and backed off for a 50 making sure to get enough air and was then able to finish in a decent time. My splits really show it on the second to last 50.
Good luck with your asthma. Live to race another day.
Been there too. More so this year than in the past, but then this year I am pushing myself alot harder than in the past. I find a few things trigger it for me, hot, humid, heavy chlorine smell in the air. These conditions I tend to hold back alittle.
I also use an inhaler occasionally and probably need to use it more often than I do but I have never been big on taking drugs of any kind only supplements. If it happens at practice I will take a hit off the inhaler or use the air mask in the life guard station, which really helps especially since the air quality in our building is bad especially now that it is hot.
For me if I push to long and hard and start having issues breathing, if I don't back off I can cause my heart to race or have the tight chest. It actually happened at the end of the 1650 last year at Nationals but I felt the symtoms and backed off for a 50 making sure to get enough air and was then able to finish in a decent time. My splits really show it on the second to last 50.
Good luck with your asthma. Live to race another day.
