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Hi, I just wanted to throw in here that the tight chest and shortness of breath can be symptoms of asthma. I do not have asthma but had the same symptoms a couple months after starting treatment for MAC, with corresponding results on my pulmonary function testing. My docs think (ironically) it's an asthma- like response to the inhaled med. They started me on Albuterol (2 inhaler puffs) before my airway clearance (2x a day, with the inhaled med just once/day). It has stopped the tightness. I have improved mild shortness of breath.
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Mine isn't asthma. I have lived with that since I was 18 months old. When I take a breath, I reach a point where it just stops. It is almost like my lungs hit a wall and won't expand further. Asthma is in the bronchial tubes and affects breathing very differently. I can exhale fine, which is the main sign of my asthma. I also took my Ventolin inhaler in the hopes that it would help. No such luck most of the time. The only medication added that I could be getting a reaction from is the Breztri inhaler. I still had an infection when I started on it, so I have no way of knowing if it is helping or might be hindering my breathing. I will talk to my ID Doctor next week about it.