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TIL that asthma is the most common chronic illness among Olympians. (allergyasthmanetwork.org)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This is a common problem I've seen with people who have asthma, in that they believe that asthma is a one-size-fits-all deal with no variance. There are many different types of asthma. Just because you have exercise induced asthma does not mean everyone does.

Source: I have asthma and throughout my childhood/teenage years was very active and competitive (I was also a swimmer and took my fair share of 1st places).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I’ll second this, other I never took 1st place. I was a box to box midfielder