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Replies to "Not seen a dr specifically for this. I seemed to get what appeared to be sinus..."
Sinus infections/inhalational allergies do have relationships with GERD so it's possible that there was a causal relationship there. You mention sleeping on your side and it's likely that you find it easier sleeping on your left side than your right. There are a ton of factors which doctors can't account for in testing. They can't check changes in pulmonary surfactant which might impact gas exchange in the lungs and they can't account for every factor which will affect the hemoglobin oxygen dissociation curve, reducing delivery of oxygen to tissues. Those are just two examples of the flaws in medical assurances that problems must relate to anxiety or other psychological issues. I have finally been able to prove to my brother, who had long believed the psychological opinions relating to my respiratory failure, that my condition was caused by liver failure nine years ago; he was the one person who witnessed my skin having turned orange because of my livers inability to eliminate bilirubin at the time.
Hi @debwks0504, Do you think the breathing issue is related to the sinus and asthma issues? I know asthma can cause various breathing sensations like suffocation, air hunger, obstructed air ways, etc. How long have you been dealing with the air hunger?