Sorry about this, but this has to be questions of the year, if not the century...

[mike11111]

All I want to ask is - when you are unwell with asthma do you feel ill

[Lore]

I guess it depends on what triggers it.

I don't have any symptoms other than a tight chest and difficulty in breathing.
My little boy, however, always starts off with a bit of a cold/high temperature which triggers his asthma, he then ends up in hospital on a drip, needing oxygen and steroids. quite common really, but difficult to experience.

[Anngel123]

Mike...is your cat asthmatic? Wolf was asking this very same question...

[Lore]

Aah! and the penny has dropped now that I've scrolled down a little :p

[wolf63]

It is too late at night for me to answer your question properly mike.

Normally when Frankie is coughing he is otherwise very well and healthy - it is unusual for it to cause him to feel off colour. I was just looking for some friendly guidance.

:-)

[elgreco]

Try breathing in and out thro a straw for a day and you may get some idea how debilitating asthma is