12 MUST-Asked Questions During Diagnosis Of Asthma

Before being completely certain that you have asthma, there is the need for diagnosis of asthma by your doctor.

If you think you have asthma, visit your doctor to do a thorough check on you.

Some doctors will ask you the following questions in the course of the diagnosis of asthma:

- Do you experience very serious tightening of your chest and inward pulling of your ribs when you breathe?

- Do your nostrils flare when you breathe?

- Do you occasionally find it difficult to breathe and then find yourself gasping for breath?

- Do you experience wheezing and coughing, mostly at nights?

- Do your fingers or lips turn blue when these symptoms occur?

- Most especially… do you find it critically difficult when breathing, or even when talking and walking?

If your answers to the above are YES, your doctor might follow them up with the following questions:

- When do these normally happen, at nights, in the mornings or in the afternoons?

- What is your working condition like?

- Are you exposed to dangerous chemicals, irritants, or pollutants in your place of work?

- Do these happen when exercising?

- Do these happen at certain times of the year like winter or summer?

These and similar questions are to help the doctor determine the type of asthma you have and the factors that trigger it.

Also, in his diagnosis of asthma he will give you the best treatments available to effectively treat and manage your asthmatic condition.