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Shortness of breath: occasional 'bad' days?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Nov 17 2:23pm | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Welcome @pinoaktree, Thanks for sharing your experience. It's great to hear that you have found some relief using acupuncture. Sadly there are a lot of different alternative treatments not covered by Medicare. I haven't experienced the shortness of breath myself but have hypertension and high blood pressure along with my neuropathy and have found breathing exercises help me relax better, especially breathing in through the nose and slowly exhaling through the mouth.
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy has a lot of good information on their Living Well with PN page - https://www.foundationforpn.org/living-well/. Do you have any other treatments or therapy that has helped you?
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Hello,
I need to double underscore what you say, John (@johnbishop): " … and have found breathing exercises help me relax better, especially breathing in through the nose and slowly exhaling through the mouth." That's my experience, too: when I feel myself getting super-wheezy, all I need to do is remind myself to breathe "properly," as I have been taught, with deliberation: in through the nose, out through the mouth. In less than a minute, my breathing will relax and I'll feel all-around much, much better.
Ray (@ray666)