ASD and Asthma?

General ASD/Septal Defects Discussion
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Was anyone diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma before you knew about your ASD? Or even had trouble breathing when you exercised? If so, what has been your experience after your closure?

I was told I had exercise induced asthma since I was about 13, but my surgeon thought it was a result of the ASD and expected me to have a serious change in my breathing.

I'm not seeing a ton of change now in my breathing when I exercise, which regardless of the asthma, I would expect to improve now that the ASD is closed.

I'm looking for anyone's experience or thoughts on this. Thanks!

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Yes, went through the same thing! Instead of explaining everything here, I blogged about it all on my 10 yr anniversary in Oct. You can read it here: http://ellejl18.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-story-10-years-since-open-heart.html.