Symptoms include coughing up sputum, wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest pain. Symptoms include episodes of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. Asthma is characterized by recurrent episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. Coughing, chest pain, wheezing, and fever sometimes result from severe infection. Symptoms may include shortness of breath, cough, wheezing, and chest tightness. Symptoms include a dry cough, shortness of breath, wheezing and feeling tired. Obliterative bronchiolitis results in worsening shortness of breath, wheezing, and a dry cough. In asthma, the respiratory system is persistently inflamed, causing wheezing and/or shortness of breath. The classic symptoms are shortness of breath, wheezing, and chest tightness. Symptoms may include fever, cough, runny nose, wheezing, and breathing problems. Rattling noise or wheezing with breathing. More worrisome signs include&colon; shortness of breath, hoarseness, and stridor or wheezing. The illness may also have shortness of breath or wheezing. This may result in shortness of breath, wheezing, or an increased risk of lung infections. Shortness of breath and wheezing are present in many cases.