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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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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
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At least you can rule out heart issues, unless there's something there that a more in depth analysis would catch. But usually normal EKG and heart monitoring seems to indicate your heart functioning normally. You also seem to have normal blood O2. Mine is anywhere from 91-98 at any given time, but I don't notice any difference if it's on the lower side. But for you, as you said, it could be something. Have you been checked for asthma or sports-induced asthma? People who have sports induced asthma can experience shortness of breath, air hunger, or get extremely tired and exhausted after short sessions.
Have you explored trying to pinpoint the gas possibility? Like maybe with OTC gas medicines or change in diet? Gas build up can certainly interfere with breathing muscles especially if there's a lot of build up.