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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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@bbspore12

Hi everyone. I've felt a sense of relief that there are people out there who are experiencing the same breathing issues as me and is receiving no answers! My doctor took a bunch of blood tests and determined that I had walking pneumonia. I have felt no improvement in my breathing since taking the antibiotics. I'm getting so frustrated.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Jun 6, 2020

@bbspore12- Good morning and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. We are not medical professionals but patients helping others who have been through similar things. A lot of people think that pneumonia should be cleared up with antibiotics. Sometimes more medicine is needed or a different medicine is needed. And sometimes symptoms linger because of the damage the strain of bacteria or virus causes. I can take a long time to heal. A few years ago I was hospitalized for pneumonia and it took months after that for me to feel human again. How long has it been since you stopped your last medicine for pneumonia?

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