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Symptoms
People with asthma have symptoms when their airways are narrowed, swollen, or filled with mucus. Common symptoms include the following:
- Coughing, especially at night
- Wheezing
- Shortness of breath
- Chest tightness, pain, or pressure
Symptoms vary from person to person and from episode to episode. You may not have all of these symptoms, or you may have different symptoms at different times. A symptom may be mild during one attack and severe during another. Some people have extended symptom-free periods, interrupted by periodic asthma episodes, while others have some symptoms every day. Some people experience symptoms during exercise only or just when they are exposed to allergens or viral respiratory-tract infections.
It is important to recognize and treat even mild asthma symptoms so as to control the condition and prevent severe episodes.
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