Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB)

I have exercise induced asthma, which I think is what you’re talking about. Using an inhaler is the way to go. When you had to use one when you were a kid, you were probably sick with something like bronchitis…I have to use my inhaler when I get that, too.

Talk to your doctor and try walking the 2 miles not jogging them. I can’t do any type of exercise in cold weather, I’ll start to wheeze in just a couple of minutes.

You should definitely see a doctor. A full blown asthma attack can kill you. I am not saying that as a diagnosis or that I have any real clue what is going on, because I don’t, but I definitely think if it is new and involves breathing you should take precautions now.

By the way, this is not a lecture or preaching, just information. Tobacco paralyzes the cilia in your lungs, small hair like thingies in your lungs that move the crap up and out of them. The paralysis lasts about 8 hours after a smoke. So, as long as you are smoking about every 8 hours you are not clearing much of the tar you have already deposited in your lungs. Smoking less is good, because you are not adding as much of the bad stuff as say if you smoked a pack a day, and not taking in those chemicals and stimulants into such large quantities daily, but your lungs are still full of bad stuff. If you want to heal your lungs, you need to stop smoking, let the crappy coughing happen that happens when you withdraw, which is your lungs clearing, to really start healing from smoking for years. This is part of the reasons many smokers cough in the mourning, they have not had their morning cilia paralyzing smoke.