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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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Hi @aircasar, I'm glad you found this forum! When you were checked after your fainting spell, did they do any exams that included bloodwork, heart rate, oxygen levels, etc? Did they rule out acute heat exhaustion, and are you aware of any condition you might have that could cause fainting?

I think there is a lot of connection between the gut and overall health. I'm always learning about that, but working on the gut health I think will help a lot of things, maybe even breathing issues.

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After fainting I saw a heart specialist and they put something on my chest to record heart beat for 2 weeks. I forgot what it’s called. EKG was normal. I used to have a heart murmur but that also appears to be gone. I’m only 140 pounds 5’11 so pretty skinny. While it was hot out the day I fainted, I could tell right away I was getting dizzy because when I chased the ball, my heart rate increased and my breathing became heavier. I felt I wasn’t getting enough oxygen. I have a monitor to check blood oxygen and it typically is at 99 but drops to 94-95 a lot when I felt I was struggling. Not a massive drop but might be something. The drs best guess was I had a lot of gas build up and it could be causing the feeling of not getting a good breath. It’s worse when sitting by far. Especially with seat belt. I’m able to manage things better and am hoping maybe they are right but I just have a hard time believing it’s that simple.
I initially believed I had a heart attack because I was very stressed for months leading up to the symptoms becoming very bad. I knew I wasn’t handling stress well. The drs just ordered for more
Blood work. I just gave blood 4 months ago and was told nothing looked out abnormal. I will go in and do that next week. Thanks for your response