These are silent symptoms of asthma. The two most common silent symptoms are due to airway inflammation: shortness of breath and chest tightness. Muscles around the airways in your lungs become ...

Doctors do not use chest X-rays to diagnose asthma. However, you may require a chest X-ray if you’re in the hospital or emergency department because of a severe asthma attack. It can help ...

This is not true. In severe cases of asthma, the airways can become so narrow that wheezing is not audible, resulting in a silent chest. Conversely, in mild cases, wheezing may not be severe or ...