Most assume that it always causes its victims to wheeze and gasp for air, but J. L. Huang points out that one can have asthma without such breathlessness.
一般人以為氣喘的症狀是氣蹙、喘鳴。黃璟隆指出，其實不一定要有喘鳴才是氣喘，很多氣喘病人表現出來的症狀是慢性咳嗽。