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A member asked:

I want to believe that i am not asthmatic. i stay in midrand full-time and when visit back home in northwest orkney i suffer from tight chests why?

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Hard to say: Asthma is a condition with wide variation in symptoms/effect on individuals. It can be so mild you never have a true asthma attack but have a cough unresponsive to regular treatment. It can be so bad you are on constant meds & are still unstable. These variations can occur within the same family. Without a history, exam and maybe some tests it is hard to define what your issue can be.

Answered 9/19/2018

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