Tracheitis and asthma are actually not the same condition; however, both diseases affect the trachea and bronchioles. The symptoms of the two diseases have both similarities and differences. Patients with tracheitis primarily exhibit symptoms like coughing, phlegm, and fever, whereas asthma patients are mainly characterized by coughing, phlegm, wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, etc., and generally do not have attacks. The causes of these diseases are also different; tracheitis is mostly caused by infections, while asthma is mostly related to genetics and exposure to external allergens. Therefore, these are two distinct diseases with some different symptoms.