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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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Hi @drtankova, have you gotten blood work done, or a sleep study? Those might reveal something underlying. The urge to yawn even though your O2 is normal could mean there is a false sense of air hunger that your body is inducing, hence the involuntary inhales. That happens to me as well sometimes, especially as I'm waking up in the morning; my body will inhale involuntarily, and so I do breathing exercises and breath holds to compensate.
Was there anything in particular that you remember 4 months that could have contributed to the feeling starting for you?
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Hello, thank you very much for the comment. Sorry if I'm not very clear, but that's because I'm Bulgarian and my English is poor. My blood tests are normal. Years ago, my husband said that I had moments of apnea durung sleep. Now he hasn't heard. It all started after a very mild covid 4 months ago. It seems to me that they are contractions (tics) of the diaphragm, sometimes stronger and make me inhale sharply. My speech stops for a second. It's very unpleasant. I try to convince myself that everything is ok
I would be grateful to you for any suggestions and sharing of such complaints.