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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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@gabrielm -thanks for your feedback. Do you feel that there is ever any chest tightness when you have episodes? Were you able to exercise through it? If anything, exercise makes mine better. I'm not sure if that is a good sign or not.

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Gabe, Volunteer Mentor | @gabrielm | May 28, 2019

I haven't really felt chest tightness lately. I did feel the tightness back in 2013 when the SOB returned. But I haven't had that in a while. Previously, I was able to exercise just fine and not experience SOB. I would say when you exercise you are building up a lot of CO2 which is a good thing. I wouldn't go too crazy with the exercise. I would also try just breathing through your nose when you exercise and even when breathing normally throughout the day, to slowly build up CO2, which aids in getting more O2 (look up the Bohr effect).
And like @tonyagregg suggested, try resisting the urge to take a deep breath as much as possible. That's what made my SOB go away completely back in 2012.

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