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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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Hi @tamaracaitlin welcome to the thread. When I posted the original post two years ago, I never thought it would get so much response from people with similar issues! But here we are, pages and pages later full of posts of people seeking relief. That's interesting about the air bubbles in the chest cavity. I wonder how it would gotten there- I guess I didn't know there wasn't supposed to be air there. But when I was at your point with my air hunger problem, I was also seeking doctors and specialists just to rule things out. I would keep getting various tests to rule out as much as you can. But now I am managing it on my own. The Buteyko breathing method I mentioned in the original post is what is helping me to manage the issue along with mild to moderate exercise, as much as my breathing will allow. I hope yours goes away entirely, but there are many things to try to at least manage it to where it's not so bothersome all the time.
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@gabrielm- Air or gas gets trapped when you drink certain drinks, chew gum, or just swallow air. Do you remember as a young lad swallowing air with your buddies to see who could burp the loudest? Yes, I have a son! I'm so glad that he is way beyond the stage, lol.
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@gabrielm yes I'll definitely be looking into the buteyko method.
Air , from what I've learned, can get trapped in your chest cavity, it can cause pneumothorax (or collapsed lung) , spontaneous pneumothorax can be caused by a blister or a "bleb" (yes that's the Actual medical term! Lol ) bursting on your lung, and the air, instead of being pushed one way, it goes another way and can cause sob or can cause your lung to collapse. So originally this is what my doctor thought it was. But I think that's becoming less obvious since I still have sob and it doesn't seem to be getting better. (I guess these things tend to resolve themselves within 6 weeks.) Maybe it was a coincidence that they found the air trapped in my chest cavity and it has nothing to do with my sudden sob, or maybe it does! Who knows. Certainly not my doctor lol.
I feel like I'm learning more reading through everyone personals experiences on this thread than my doctor ever told me.
Happy to be here!