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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
Lung Health | Last Active: May 27 5:58pm | Replies (3353)Comment receiving replies
@ssgaurav2000 hello and sorry to hear about your issues...I am late coming into this, but a couple of things that you mention prompt me to agree that you should se a gastroenterologist. One symptom...that of regurgitated food along with the belching might suggest a hiatal hernia. I have one, complicated by Barrett’s esophaguse. I had similar symptoms as those you describe, and ultimately an endoscopy found the problem. Very dangerous to ignore...so get to a gastroenterologist ASAP would be my suggestion. If not managed Barrettes can develop into esophageal cancer!
Again, only a gastroenterologist can determine if this is the problem.
I also would not be so quick to conclude the belching, etc. is not lung related. Non small cell lung cancer for example is very difficult to diagnose, simply because it can be a lepidic adnecar and often won’t light up on the scans!
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@burrkay- Good morning. I have NSCLC and it actually isn't very difficult to diagnose. 84% of all lung cancers are NSCLC. CT scans and xrays and biopsies can quickly confirm the type of cancer. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5059295/
I understand that your wife has lung cancer and that you are her caretaker. She's very lucky.
There has been a ton of new information regarding lung cancer, new treatments and diagnostic tool since my first cancer in 1997. I've had 4 lung cancers with 6 different nodules. My first one was a fast growing tumor and the rest have been very slow growing The name of my sub-type has had it's name changed 4 times since then.
How is your wife doing?
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Thanks , i will visit GI. Regarding heart and lung i have done numerous tests including xrays CT Echo ECG etc , I had this issue twice and both times i was able to resolve with strong will power and physical activity , I hope to continue that run this time as well . Have a good day !