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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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Hey I can definitely relate let me tell you about my life.this yawning thing started when I was 13 it’s something I’d experience maybe 3 times a year but usually when I’m around dust but I never paid attention to it. I moved from the Caribbean to the United state i been in the startes for 5 years years I’m 21 now in July 2019 that’s when my life changed. I moved into this apartment since the first time I walked I told my mom I couldn’t breathe well and I started yawning constantly after three days it went away. A year later the yawning came back except this time food was triggering it and I noticed it would happen more with certain food and I thought about allergies went to the doctor it turned out I was allergic to everything so many environmental and food allergies. I tried going on a diet but I started getting worse I was yawning every time I step In the house 30 min after eating and when I wake up nonstop it’s like my lungs is crying for air. I got a check Up I did all the scans you can think of aLl came back normal. I ended up moving to Florida because the pollen in Georgia was making it worse I cut all the foods that triggered my yawning which are, wheat, rice, spices, food in container, juice, fruits, except mango, there's only three foods I can eat only I live in a house where the air conditioner is always on 70 if it's not yawning is triggered also sinus pressure by doing that the yawning stopped completely But my life is miserable right now because I got diagnosed with hypothyroidism, I'm becoming more sensitive to things I keep getting these weird sensations on my body and only thing I'm doing right now is allergy shots to see if that helps with those allergy but it's so unfortunate I have to go through this because I lost 35 pounds I'm 113 now. My worse allergy reaction was with peppermint my whole body started to burn and itch but on the inside I had this increased thirst and dry month which I'm still suffering from my advice is to start your allergy shot as soon as possible.
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@yaramarthe- It sounds as if you are having a miserable time. I would be too with the symptoms that you have. I imagine that you have had a slew of tests and scans and blood work. Have they shown anything other than allergies and Hypertyroidism? That's a lot of weight to lose. Is there another doctor other than your allergist looking after you?
I'm unfamiliar with Hyperthyroidism but Connect has a discussion going on in the Diabetes/Endocrine system that I hope you will check out.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hyperthyroidism-4/?pg=1#comment-452461
Did you ever get your peppermint allergy reaction to stop burning and itching?