What Exercises are Benefical for Asthmatics?
There are forms of exercising that are better for those who have
asthma.
Certain forms of exercise will cause more wheeziness or chest
tightness than others.
For example, running outdoors not as good as swimming.
Indeed swimming is one of the best forms of exercise for people
with asthma because the swimmer is surrounded by warm, moist
air.
On the other hand if the air you breathe during exercise is cold
and dry, then the asthma will be worse.
If it is warm and moist, as with swimming, then the asthma will
be not be as bad.
This tells us why swimming causes less asthma attacks than
running, or other forms of exercise.
However, asthma and associated allergies can be complex as some
asthmatics suffer worsening symptoms from the fumes (chlorine)
in swimming pools.
The amount of time you exercise important as it usually takes at
least six minutes of continuous exercise to trigger an
exercise-induced asthma attack, and exercising for less time
than this may not be enough to trigger an attack.
For a few hours after you have had the exercise-induced asthma,
repeating the same amount of exercise will no longer produce the
same amount of asthma symptoms, or may even produce no asthma
symptoms at all.
In this way some patients are able to avoid exercise-induced
asthma either exercising with short bursts.
Therefore asthmatics are particularly suited to sports and
exercise, which consist of short bursts of activity with periods
of rest in between.
While long-distance or cross-country running would be a bad
choice of sport because they are undertaken outside in cold air
without short breaks others are possible including...
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