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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

Lung Health | Last Active: Oct 23 10:20am | Replies (3405)

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Sure. Pulmo put me on Symbicort (2 puffs, twice daily), and Singulair (one pill before bed). Additionally, I’ve been doing my own deep breathing exercises with a 40lb. resistance band ... plus lots of stretching ... these have helped me greatly. And I’ve been riding my bike and getting much general exercise. As the moderator also mentioned, I’m not ruling out having had a bad run with Covid back in Nov/Dec that has resulted in some slow-to-heal lung damage. I was miserable back then; SOB, soaking night sweats, the coughing, debilitating fatigue, horrible tinnitus ... I could barely do anything! Every day though, things seemingly and slowly get better. I’d say I’m 85-90% back to being myself, save for this lingering vicious phlegm issue. I’m a fit, healthy 56 y/o male who has never experienced anything like this before.

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Also - we did a strong course of prednisone with a long taper to reduce any inflammation (this helped a lot) and then a course of doxycycline to address any lingering infection.

Yea I am sorry to hear your story, but at least it looks like things are getting better, which is great news. Do you mind sharing more about the breathing exercises with the resistance band?
What is interesting about my case is that I mostly have my symptoms in the late afternoon/in the evening especially when I rest. I typically have no or less severe symptoms when I am physically active e.g. hiking, snowboarding, and walking.
Thank you