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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
Lung Health | Last Active: Oct 23 10:20am | Replies (3405)Comment receiving replies
Hi guys
I have been suffering from the same shortness of breath - feeling like I can’t get a full breath... almost like my throat isn’t wide enough. Seen GP a few time, had a chest X-ray and seen a cardiologist... I do suffer from anxiety. My best bet is that it is some form of dysfunctional breathing disorder as we have all had multiple tests with no specific diagnosis...
The below from a medial journal explains the problem - only treatment is trying to retrain how you breath as has been mentioned.
Sorry just realised I can’t post link because I am a new member but if you type “ Dysfunctional breathing: a review of the literature and proposal for classification” the article will come up
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- Dysfunctional breathing: a review of the literature and proposal for classification https://err.ersjournals.com/content/25/141/287
- When Breathing Goes Awry https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-breathing-goes-awry/
Have you had success with retraining your breathing?
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Hi @sueran1, thanks for the input. Did your exams discover any issues? I think there is an element of dysfunctional breathing for sure; like our breathing has been “off” for some reason. I think breathing exercises help to retrain the breath. But yeah, the tough question is what is causing the breathing to become off in the first place. How long have you been dealing with this?