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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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Hi gabrielm@gabrielm
I read the whole lines and I have two questions that may help you to ask your doctor. it may help but is not a prescription or you should do it. My two questions are: the first one is that in what position you getting your body into it so you have S.O.B. and the other one what daily activities you observed that could be a reason in leading you to this situation (SOB)? sometimes our way of life or positions affect us indirectly, and the anatomy of our bodies may result in complications which are different from person to person and we are not aware of it.Good luck and hope you getting well.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | May 5, 2019

@1000016352- What an excellent post and questions! I need to think about this too. Thank you

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Gabe, Volunteer Mentor | @gabrielm | May 6, 2019

Hi @1000016352, thanks for reaching out. There really is not position or certain thing that "triggers" the SOB. It's constant, all day every day. There are varying degrees; most of the time it is manageable and it doesn't bother me a lot. Then there are times it bothers me quite a bit. I notice that when my sinuses are particularly inflamed, the SOB is worse and bothersome. However, when there is no sinus inflammation or allergies, the SOB is still there. Exercise, particularly cardio or if I push a little too hard when weightlifting will make the SOB worse. I know when people with normal breathing exercise a lot, there is a feeling of not being able to catch the breath and they breathe harder to try to catch it, but with SOB, there is a distinct difference; it's not a 'can't catch your breath' feeling, it's that when the lungs fully expand to get a deep breath, the feeling of SOB doesn't go away. It's not satisfied by the deep breath. But anyway thanks for checking it. It hasn't been terrible for the past year or so. It is managed by my Buteyko breathing exercises and moderate daily exercise.

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