Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
Yeah, I'm about the same. Do you use a neti pot? That's my savior. Your asthma must be pretty bad if you wheeze on a flight of stairs. Good on you for getting it fixed!
The nose (I've recently learned) has these things called turbinates. Turbinates swell when they encounter asthma, allergens or chronic sinus infections, etc. and eventually just stay large which makes asthma, allergies and sinus infections worse ... it's a self perpetuating thing. I've not only got quite a deviation (more than the second photo, and with a bone spur) but my turbinates are permanently large now. So when there is any attempt at breathing in rapidly, there's all kinds of noise. Part of the wheezing I hear is likely air trying to force it's way in between bone and turbinates ... which sets off sinus drainage ... and it's just messy.
