Often Not Awareed, These Are The Early Symptoms Of Asthma That Must Be Watched Out For

Illustration of shortness of breath as a symptom of asthma (Pexels)

JAKARTA - Asma is a disease that occurs when the respiratory tract is inflamed, so it swells and produces a lot of mucus. Conditions will cause narrowing of the respiratory tract, which causes early symptoms of asthma.

Symptoms of early asthma are often not realized by the sufferer. In fact, late-aware asthma can cause sufferers to find it increasingly difficult to breathe, lack of incidence, to respiratory failure.

Therefore, it is very important to know the initial symptoms of asthma so that they get the right treatment quickly. These are some of the early symptoms of asthma that generally appear, which should be watched out for.

1. Cough

Quoted from WebMD, on Friday, July 11, 2025, coughing can be an early symptom of asthma. Cough is a respiratory tract response to remove foreign objects, and can also be a sign of inflammation in the respiratory tract.

The type of cough that is usually the initial symptom of asthma is dry cough. If it occurs at night, the cough will make it difficult for sufferers to sleep well and will feel tired or sleepy in the morning and during the day.

2. Mengi

The narrowing of the respiratory tract will also cause disturbances in the airflow from and to the lungs. This will trigger the early symptoms of further asthma, namely adding.

Mengingi resymptoma yang terdengar seperti suara berperti siulan, yang muncul ketika sembilan. Jika sudah muncul mengi, penderita biasanya akan mulai sulit mengenah sehingga harus segera diwujud dan ditangani oleh dokter.

3. Shortness of breath

Shortness of breath is also an early symptom of asthma. Shortness of breath due to asthma is also accompanied by chest pain.

The occurrence of shortness of breath is still related to narrowing the air tract which makes it difficult for the air to enter the lungs. When there is a lack of oxygen, the body will try to get more air, which makes the sufferer have to breathe faster and lead to shortness of breath.

However, it should be noted that the various symptoms above can also be caused by other medical conditions. Therefore, there are several other things that must be considered as an early sign of asthma, including the following.

- Symptoms above often appear and disappear on the same day.- It gets worse in the morning or at night.- Its appearance is triggered by several conditions, such as exercise and exposure to cold air.