I have EIA (exercise induced asthma) I play tennis last night was our minor semi finals which we won, the problem I have is now when I play I take my ventolin before I warm up & play once I start having to run about 10-15min into the game last night I became short of breath had to stop & take my ventolin was hard to get my breath back but finally was able to keep playing I'm starting to become frustrated as I like playing competitive but am feeling let down now with my asthma.

I don't know what to do, as I want to keep playing especially as we are into the finals next week.

Today am feeling tired still little short of breath.
I'm seeing a fill in GP next tuesday as I'm having the flu injection I shall speak to him see what he says.

Any suggestions what I can do to help me get through playing tennis would be much appreciated.

Sharon

Hi Titchou,
I had 2 puffs of ventolin about 1/2 hr before I played that included warming up.
Then I had 1 puff when could not catch my breath waited 4 min then had another puff of ventolin. But now with the weather getting cooler come to think of it could be the cause of my asthma flaring too. It's just that I haven't had an attack for sometime & couldn't remember what it's like my PF's are normal even though today I'm still becoming short of breath.