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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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Welcome @tonyagregg. I'm also including @gabrielm in this post. I'm glad that you have spoken up. It's always disconcerting when something suddenly changes in our body, especially breathing! What kind of a doctor did you go to? It sounds like the doctor tested for the usual causes of shortness of breath. Did they also do any blood work? If you are planning to live with this than you at least should know what is causing it and how to manage it. I know that there are things in life that can't be explained, but a lot can. And there are a lot of things that you weren't tested for. If need be please make an appointment with a good Pulmonologist. They are the specialists.
Mayo has a great explanation of the usual explanations:https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/shortness-of-breath/basics/causes/sym-20050890
I have exercise induced asthma. No tests shows that I have asthma.or Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/exercise-induced-asthma/symptoms-causes/syc-20372300
I wish you the best in trying to find the cause. Please let me know if you do!
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I have the same SOB as it is being called here. Mine started some time between braking my sternum and healing my thyroid cancer. O2 is normal, heart is normal, bloodwork is normal. The main symptom I have besides the SOB is excessive gas. Burping all the time. Once the gas pressure goes down I can take a deep breath. But that too is not always the cause. Slowing my breathing and holding it also helps, but that feeling of needing a deep breath comes back within minutes. Thatk you for all the information.
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Hi, I’m 16 yrs old and have been experiencing shortness of breath that comes and goes suddenly. I have GERD, asthma, acid reflux, and allergies. I feel like some of it is in my head and me being paranoid makes it worse Bc I’ve noticed when I’m not thinking about it as much it seems to be better. Sometimes I experience dizziness but I think that’s just from maybe being worried. I’ve been taking omeprazole for about two weeks now but im still experiencing the sob, and I haven’t ever mentioned it to my doctor, but from reading all of this is doesn’t sound like it would do much good.