Walking up the stairs shortness of breath may be physiological reasons, asthma or chronic heart failure and other reasons, need to clarify the cause of the disease after symptomatic treatment. 1. Physiological reasons: young people usually lack of exercise, obesity and other physiological reasons often lead to walking upstairs shortness of breath. This group of people in the upstairs or fast walking, due to increased oxygen demand will lead to asthma. For those who do not have organic disease, usually need to increase physical activity, weight control. 2. Asthma: Asthma can occur at any age. Most of the patients in the exercise after the start of 6 ~ 10 minutes, or 2 ~ 10 minutes after the cessation of exercise symptoms of chest tightness, shortness of breath, dyspnea, wheezing. These patients need to consult a doctor in time and use such as salbutamol aerosol, terbutaline aerosol, etc. as prescribed by the doctor. 3. Chronic heart failure: Most patients with chronic heart failure will experience symptoms such as dyspnea and generalized fatigue due to decreased exercise tolerance, and these symptoms mainly appear after rest or exercise. It is necessary to consult a doctor in time, and follow the doctor’s instructions to use Betalock, Metoprolol and other drugs. It is recommended that people who experience shortness of breath when walking up stairs should seek prompt medical attention to determine whether the symptoms of shortness of breath when walking up stairs are caused by organic diseases. For patients with organic diseases, it is recommended to actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, so as to avoid delaying the condition.