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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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Hi @gabrielm! Thanks for getting back to me. I was told by the doctors to use breathing techniques such as breathing with your “stomach” like the singers. You basically have to inhale and expand your stomach by counting till 4 and exhale through your mouth by counting till 6. This is actually the right way for people to breathe, not with the chest. Also, i was told to do meditation to relax the upper muscles in order to calm the breathing. If i do intense cardio exercises when i am able, i have managed to track my heart rate which can go up between 150-190. It is good to test your heart from time to time. However, i am thinking of making an appointment for MRI and maybe also visit gastroenterologist just to exclude any issues perhaps related to parasites. I would like to check also if maybe something is not right with the diaphragm. I wanted to ask you if you have your issue when you are sleeping? Also, did they tell you any specific diagnosis? Did they call your breathing issue dyspnea? The only thing in my blood test results that i have is a slight increase of my white blood cells( the norm is about 5% and mine are 6%). Did they also run some blood tests on you? Greetings from Austria
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@kjuryit, I had to reduce my cardio exercise and focus on lifting weights. This has actually helped my breathing. I control my breathing while exercising and don’t overdo it. Same thing with running; I go for light runs every so often and but I don’t push myself and I think this also helps my breathing. I once over did it with running and made the dyspnea worse. I agree with you that we’re really supposed to breathe with our our bellies and not the chest. I’ve had to learn how to do that.
I’ve gotten blood tests over the year which are mostly normal and nothing that doctors could correlate to breathing problems.
When it first started, I didn’t have any issues sleeping. I didn’t notice the issue when sleeping but now these days my sleep can be interrupted by my breathing if I’m particularly stuffy, which is something I also deal with. If my sinuses are somewhat clear, I am able to sleep better.
How about you? Does it affect your sleep?