Thread: Asthma ?

First of all . I am sorry if I spelled that wrong.

I am wondering if I could have asthma , however , most of what I read on it was unspecific , I suppose that is because everyone is able to have a different kind of trigger. Still I dont know.

My issue is that when I am tickled or laugh for any length of time , I lose the ability to breath , and cough a lot. Deep coughs that I can feel in my chest and make it hurt some. Its a lot worse if I am lying down so that i have to sit up or stand up . And still I cant catch my breath or stop coughing for several minutes. On some occasions I have also started hyperventilating .I generally do not end up wheezing .And I have done this for as long as I can remember . Generally its only laughing that sets this off. I can exercise for as long as I want. I attended band camp for several years and had no problems. Its not allergies , as I have no known food/medicine allergies and this happens no matter the season , so it cant be seasonal allergies. Which is why I wasnt that worried , but now I have had a couple of instances where I can be just walking down the hall and find that the air doesnt seem to have enough oxygen in it . I just cant manage to take in enough to really breath. But I dont start coughing like I do after I have been laughing.

I am planning on making a doctors appointment for next week. But I am curious if it is possibly asthma , and if anyone else knew if laughing was a trigger... I really dont know much about the subject , other than what I could find online. And I dont always put much stock in sites that can be easily edited by any user , so I figured I might as well ask on here . So if anyone could please tell me a little more about this and if it sounds like asthma , I would really appreciate it.