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Mysterious shortness of breath: What has helped you?

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@gabrielm

I've looked into this myself and find it interesting. I think it may be related to dyspnea in general or air hunger all of which are different terms for a similar thing. I think it does accurately describe what many are experiencing. The mental reassurance that I'm not in danger plus the breathing exercises, and a good diet and controlled exercise have helped me greatly over the years. I can tell you're very invested in finding correlations and information on a variety of causes and possibilities. It's certainly a journey of looking at various things, implementing some strategies, and tweaking along the way. Have you developed any strategies or solutions that have helped you along?

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dampiera | @dampiera | Jun 24, 2023

I haven’t. Not since my inhaler stopped working several years ago. It disappears for a few weeks to a couple of months, then returns for anywhere between a few hours and a week. I am going to see an ENT doctor to find out if there is any damage to my esophagus that would point to “silent reflux”. I’ve been taking Omeprazole but it isn’t helping really.

I’ve never spoken with anyone who has had similar symptoms and I’m so excited to have found even one person who can relate to it, let alone several!

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sofia80 | @sofia80 | Jun 25, 2023

Bro u literally have an hiatal hernia what's wrong with you...

what is happening is that the reflux and the air from the stomach is triggering a response in the vagus nerve, any condition that causes inflammation can trigger it

there is a neural connection between the esophagus and the brain in the esophagus is the vagus nerve this nerve if it becomes irritated or compressed it no longer sends the correct signals to the brain this is the cause of this "mysterious shortness of breath"
It's not even mysterious, don't you realize that you sigh all the time? part of this air accumulates in the stomach and the stomach full of air compresses the vagus nerve and collides with the diaphragm.

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