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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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@merpreb

@ginak- Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect and the lung health group. Yes, it has a name and is the nemesis of a lot of people. I don't think that pulmonologists realized that through all of the other lung diseases that plain ole' SOB could be a problem and that there was a need to deal with even if no known cause was found. It's so difficult for some people to get a diagnosis because a lot of it is subjective with asking patients for their histories but not having the tools, a machine, or some other thing to find the cause. Some doctors don't deal with it well because it is so difficult to diagnose as an illness by itself.

Here is a history questionnare that has been given out to patients:
https://www.oxfordmedicaleducation.com/history/shortness-of-breath/
I am assuming that you have a pulmonologist. Have you addressed this with her?

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@merpreb Hi Merry, Thanks for the welcome. I’ve actually been a member of Mayo a while now. On the MAC/Bronchiectasis thread. I guess this was a new thread I started seeing. Yes, I do have a pulmonologist and have been going since 2016. I guess the “yawning” comment caught my attention. Years ago I used to say I could never do yoga because when someone tells me slowly to “breathe in, breathe out” all of a sudden I couldn’t breathe! LOL Anyway, thanks again for the welcome.
GinaK