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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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Good morning, Merry! I have been to a pulmonogist back in January and had a pulmonary function test was done which came back that my lungs were functioning normally and was told it was anxiety for the second time. I guess the next doctor I see if Zoloft doesn't work will be a GI since I did notice some relief when taking OTC antacid medicine.

The usual part of my cold is my co-worker went overseas for a wedding back in late November 2019 and came back and got everyone that was around him sick including me. My first doctor's visit was after experiencing pains in my chest pains along with major congestion and a cough. After a few tests and listening to my chest for any irregular sounds, he determined it just was a cold and said ibuprofen and flonase should help and sent me on my way. A few days's later and I was not improving and started feeling an intense burning feeling in my chest along with the irresistable yawning and the need to take a deep satisfying breath, I went back and requested an x-ray. The xray came back that I had some sort of pnemonuia and I was prescribed 1000mg of amoxacillin for a two week duration (til the end of december). This was before covid19 was really a thing in the United States but my mind has thought of that possibiliy before, even if it was I doubt antibody tests would show up since it's been so long.

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I don't know if Mayo Connect has a group for people suffering long-term effects from COVID-19, but I would really recommend you find some to see if others have your symptoms and zero in on this possibility. There must be specialist by now who are treating people with long term effects from COVID-19, many treatment options they are using that a mainstream doctor might not know about, and a whole host of journal articles you could check. I hope you will keep looking and figure this out! Good luck. Nancy