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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?
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This is interesting. I do feel like there is definitely something physiological with my throat. I think then i start to have a psychological response to it and the whole thing is just like a giant negative feedback loop. It is very difficult to tell if anxiety is causing the issue, or the issue is there and it causes more anxiety.
I also thought it might be allergy related, as I said I got tested for food allergies, at one point I had started eating a lot more nuts and thought that might be it. I cannot remember if they tested for gluten. Do you know how long it took your symptoms to go away when you removed the gluten? I could give that a try.
I also live in an extremely high allergy area in the Ohio River valley. When my symptoms are bad it feels like i have a deep congestion in my throat or kind of like you said a swelling in my esophagus, almost down to where my throat meets my chest.
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I dont remember exactly. It still comes back sometimes. At that time my diet was horrible, I ate a lot of gluten and dairy.
After I stopped and started doing breating excercises alongside running and waking up early, it resolved quickly.
Yours do sound like it could be esophagus related. Try to check esophagitis symptoms. If you have trouble swallowing, it could be eosinophilic esophagitis. Thats an allergic reaction that causes swelling of the esophagus. Try google that and see if the symptoms match yours.
For me also coffee and dark chocolate are huge triggers. It takes like 2 pieces of dark chocolate and the symptoms come back.
So if you are sure it has nothing to do with your lungs, its probably esophagus. Or could be anxiety, but I dont really believe in that. Really think about your diet. These things arent direct feedback, you could eat something and have a reaction like 20 hours later. BTW nuts could also be a trigger, Im allergic to them as well.
Go see GI doctor and ask for upper endoscopy, they will see if your esophagus is inflamed.
Also, try water fasting for a few days. I was water fasting for 96 hours and thats when I experienced what it means to breathe easily for the first time in 10 years. If you can breathe better on fasting, I would bet its esophagus related.