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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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@gabrielm

Hi @debkl . I think these may have been brought up in the discussion by others at some point. I know there are a lot of comments here but I have also looked into the possibility of vagus nerve injury and possibly a weak diaphragm

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lms4ever | @lms4ever | Oct 27, 2021

Hi Gabe: I have had breathing problems for about 2 years. 2 bouts of pneumonia. They discovered 6 months ago that the right side of my diaphragm was paralyzed! It is in an upward position and never decends when I inhaled so my lung can fully inflate. I took a bad fall a couple years ago and struck the edge of my right rib area. Was black an blue for a while. They don't know if my
phrenic nerve was destroyed or if it even has any function at all right now. They said it was too difficult to test and would be very painful for a nerve conduction test. I am 73 years old . According to my Dr.s, there is not much they can do except PT which I start next week. I feel like they have just given up. I am miserable with this. I also have degenerative disc disease. I don't know what to do anymore.

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