Originally Posted by lungdoc
Exercise induced asthma is more common is childhood/adolescence but can present at older ages.
If you don't have asthma, you don't have exercise induced asthma. A positive test doesn't prove asthma, a negative test excludes it. Easier than an exercise challenge, though sometimes those are also done. If you're well insured you can even talk yourself into a free V02 Max cardiopulmonary test
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Thanks for clearing that up. It appears that many believe that exercise induce Asthma is somehow an independent affliction from Asthma.
I once got a cheap version of that V02 Max cardiopulmonary test . It was during my first interview with a new GP/family doctor about 35 years ago. After he read from my record about the asthma, he lit a match and asked me to blow it out without pursing my lips. I couldn't do it. He said "you have Asthma all right, a normal person can do that easily". That was the first time I realized that I was handicapped somewhat when I was not having an attack.
Al