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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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I’m sorry you’re experiencing this. I am too. It is very frustrating and can affect my quality of life on some days. It is frustrating that there isn’t anything physically abnormal to be found, and we’re told it’s acid reflux of some sort, or psychosomatic, but we just know that’s not the case.
Have you seen anything about the vagus nerve being involved? Something I need to research.
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Hi @tiff2908, I'm managing it much better these days, experiencing more normal days than not. I did at one point research the vagus nerve and considered some sort of damage to it a potential cause. There were vagus nerve exercises that I did for a little while some years ago but wasn't able to tell if it did anything. I attribute my improvement to breathing and physical exercises and maintaining as good of health as I can.
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Have you had an X-Ray of your spine? I had a herniated disc and when a spacer was put in at C 5/6 two years ago , I was able to breath normally again. For 9 1/2 h years I was SOB upon minimal exertion; tested for everything and told it was nothing. I couldn’t do two steps or walk very fast or I was panting. Rolling over in bed pulling covers up had me panting. I also had/ have this problem mentioned here, and it got a little worse after the surgery but better then. Now it seems to happen depending on position. Something for everyone to think about. I’m not sure I want to explore having another surgery, so I haven’t looked into it.