Even standing on the balcony for only a few minutes caused some minor eye irritation and chest tightness.

It causes wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath and coughing.

Chronic coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and breathlessness often on exposure to the triggers listed below can all be symptoms of asthma.

You might just feel a bit iffy with some odd chest tightness for half an hour or so.

Symptoms include chest tightness, rapidly progressive dyspnea (shortness of breath), dry cough, use of accessory respiratory muscles, labored breathing, and extreme wheezing.