Sleep Disorders :: Wheezing And Difficult Breath And Short Breath
Nov 21, 2015
Few day ago till now I feel very tired and difficult breathing. I feel short breath and chest congestion. I also feel numbness all over my body and dizzy. I also feel very dry mouth and dry throat. I cannot sleep every night for full night. I had lung x-Ray last months but result was fine. I had severe stress due to some mental health last month but now I feel relieve but I don't know why I had all symptoms I mentioned above.
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I am debating if I should go to the Emergency Room, as it's a Sunday. My story - 26 year old male, healthy. Since age 10, I have had an intermittent feeling of my breath being stuck in my upper abdomen (solar plexus area) and a little in my chest but not much. Sometimes when going for a deep breath, I feel pain in the chest, but very rare. It almost feels like there is a wall in between my stomach and my lungs that prevents air coming out. I know it's weird because you breath out of your lungs not your stomach. The only way it comes out is when I finally catch my breath, which means I need to wait for it to be able to escape and then I finally get the deep breath I need. Also yawning often allows the breath to occur. When this is happening, I can still breath but it's like only 10% of my lungs fill up with air, like someone is standing on the other 90% of my lungs, preventing them from filling up.
My BASELINE/ usual status is having the breath being stuck symptom maybe 10 times a day, usually while eating. This has become normal for me and I don't even think about it until people who I am eating with say, "what is wrong with you?"
When it is GOOD, it happens even less, maybe once a day and I will barely realize it happened.
When it is BAD, it happens often, maybe 20 times an hour.
The last week it has been EXTREME to the point where I will be struggling for a full breath once a minute. It is so bad that I have been feeling light headed (main reason for the alarm here). I have class on weekends and I was walking to the train for class, and my body was telling me to stay home (i am the type of person who doesn't make a big deal out of anything and never skips stuff).
Background- I sleep very well, usually 7-8 hours a night, am very healthy, 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, run 6 miles 3 times a week (it happens the same when I run but it doesn't prevent me from running), played sports my whole life, doctors always tell me my blood work and everything is off the charts good. The reasons I just listed, combined with my Mom (nurse) always telling me I am fine have made me stop seeking cures for this. I had every test under the sun done when I was 15 (EKG, Barium Swallow, Blood work, etc) and everything came back clear. I have a concave chest (my chest caves in) and the doctor told me that my chest bone is interfering with my breathing (eyes rolling). But now that I am feeling light headed, I think it's time to go to the emergency room. I am going to go to a heart center in my town (Brooklyn, NY). Also, I LOVE doing research about stuff and have been reading about this a lot and tons of people have similar symptoms which has comforted me. But now it's time for me to get tested again I think. Maybe this just talked me into going to the ER.
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I am a 24 year guy who have been facing the problem of breathing at night.
i get this problem specially at nights.
sometimes i wake up at middle of night and start facing this problem until i get out off bed at the morning. I am suffering a lot my days are gone unproductive due to this problem as i become completely sleepy at the day time.
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i smoke too much these days, i tried to leave but that's too not very easy. i felt some pain in my chest and sometimes find difficult to breath.....can you please answer my question
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I'm a 19 yr old female. So after some google searches i finally found out what I have, LPR. I was a tightlacer, i used to eat a lot of black pepper on food everyday, and drink yerba mate with lemon juice everyday, and lots of fruits, as most fruits are acidic it has certainly helped with the development of my LPR. I thought i just had allergies issues due to excess mucous, cough, sinus pressure and feeling weak. And a strange burning throat while or after eating with difficult swallowing, that time id get short of breath sometimes but it wasn't common at all, and heartburn i think i had about 5 or 6 episodes in months/years , not a complain at all, is very rare. While i didn't know what i had and kept tightening my conical corset, eating right before going to sleep with the corset on, always laying after eating because i was feeling unwell, then i developed harsher symptoms: more constant sinus pressures, throat pain, lump feeling while trying to swallow, shortness of breath, dizziness, phlegmy throat, non productive cough, one congested nostril, etc. i searched about it and found out about LPR, did all the diet changes needed, no more caffeine from yerba mate, no more peppers/chili/cinnamon/dairy/artificial sweetener full of acid preservatives, no more eating close to bedtime, no more most fruits only banana and persimmon which i don't know its ph but i don't want to stop it because it sweetens my acai bowl with frozen banana and frozen acai blocks. I've been to a ENT here but they don't even know much about LPR in the US, let alone in Brazil. She prescribed me 40 mg prilosec 30 min before breakfast everyday . I started it on April 1st and i know it will take months to see a improvement. And i really don't like taking meds, one side effect of this PPI is a fat liver and i've been eating clean 4 years straight, i never drank, never smoke, dont eat added sugars, wheat, vegetable oil, processed foods, i only eat home cooked whole meals i really don't want to rely on this PPI for a long time, i want the surgery which she told me never would prescribe me it... Ive had some improvements since diet changes, my sore throat is gone, burning throat not as common as it was before, post nasal drip gone too just not phlegmy throat , voice loss was gone, lump feeling in throat was gone too. But i still have bad symptoms that are making my life miserable, my shortness of breath now is more constant and happens several times everyday, its worse when i stand up and i get a bit dizzy too and my vision darkens too for few seconds, i always have this mucous in my throat, throat burning while eating, its hard to swallow, not that i feel the lump i just feel my throat is tighter now, and sinus pressure. I could really live with those throat symptoms, but this shortness of breath is driving me crazy and making me miserable, its horrible, i know its due to LPR and maybe a hernia i dont know, but as i used a conical corset for 2 years very constantly and very tight on my rib area i think it maybe must have done something to my lower lungs, besides making my diaphragm breathing difficult and squeezing my stomach. I have difficult breathing IN , no wheezing sounds at all.
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For almost a year now, I've been on and off smoking. It started with social smoking, and some months I wouldn't even touch the stuff, then in the past two weeks I've suddenly found myself on about 7+ cigarettes a day. I've suffered from asthma since I was 15, and when I started smoking it bizarrely disappeared. I had no symptoms of it whatsoever, not even the most strenuous 5 mile run with have me wheezing. But this past week I've found myself insanely short of breath and wheezing at night and in the morning. I feel like a complete idiot, surely this is because I've been smoking so much more. I've stopped now (second day in, I know that means nothing so early though), but could this be a result of smoking? Should I make an appointment with my doctor? Will my asthma go down again?
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For a couple of years now I've been having weird behaviour, episodes, happening with my heart. I've had a heart murmur since I was a teenager, caused by hyperthyroidism that went undiagnosed for too long, so heart issues for me aren't new, but this is different. They seem to happen primarily at night, I wake up feeling short of breath, my heart feels like it's vibrating more than beating, my chest and limbs ache, especially my arms, but it's not a stabbing pain, just feels like really tense muscles. It leaves me feeling the next day like I have a cat sitting on my chest and very tired, and often within a couple of days I notice splinter haemorrhages on my nails, up to 6. I've had numerous tests, ecgs, an echo, week long ecg, stress test, thyroid test, iron test, MRI. Nothing has come back conclusive, I've been told it's just a heart murmur, that it's probably just anxiety (then why is it hitting me when I'm sleeping? and since when does stress cause splinter haemorrhages?), that splinter haemorrhages are nothing are not proof of anything. A bit of background, I'm almost 40, it's been happening for 2 years, 6 months after I got a copper coil, 3.5 years after I gave birth, I've had hypothyroidism for 5 years, but had hyperthyroidism up to 3 years before that, I have a strong family history of heart disease on father's side, (but I don't have the high blood pressure they did, I do have high cholesterol though, but not severely) and low iron on my mother's (I've been taking supplements since a test many years ago found me low on this). This seems to happen when I have my period, but not with every period, and does pass, but eating a poor diet and little exercise also seem to effect it. Anyone have any ideas? Mine have been: low iron, thyroid storms, Prinzmetals angina, cholesterol floating around my body, a blood clot condition causing small clots to float around my blood periodically affecting my heart, lupus, or, my body reacting badly to the copper coil
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History. About 3 months ago I started coughing really bad. Mostly getting out in the cold and talking or laughing triggered it. After 2 visits to the doctor, was told I had adult onset asthma. Went on albuterol inhaler. Within a few days, was coughing green (sorry to be gross, but you get the picture now!) and was very congested. Went back. Now I had asthma, ear infections, sinus infections, bronchitis. Antibiotic, decongestant and antihistamine were prescribed. Next the breathing symptoms got much worse. Short of breath a lot. Went back. Now I received a nebulizer, a new antibiotic and steroid for the severe asthma. Breathing got worse. Now chest x-rays and new antibiotic and new steroid.
Fast forward 3 months. Coughing is better. I'm not on an medications now. But I have this very sharp pain in the left side of my chest, just beneath the breast. While it doesn't hurt to breath, it is VERY painful to cough and sneeze. Turning a certain way or lifting something feels deadly. Also, I cannot lie down flat. Somehow lying down makes this pain so much worse.
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For as long as I can remember I have suffered with fart/baby nappy breath especially after eating chocolate and ice-cream, but worst of all even after brushing teeth and drinking water etc. I'm lactose intolerant, but never really had stomach pains unless I drink milk or eat ice-cream. Also my saliva stinks and I have a whitish tongue.
I'm now in my 40's and finally plucked up courage to go to my GP.
I had an h-pylori breath test in July this year and surprise, surprise was positive. I had metronidazole, Amoxycillin and omeprazole for 1 week. At the time my saliva stopped stinking and I thought I was getting better breath. However a few weeks on and my mouth tasted horrible again and I could smell my own fart/garbage stench when talking to people.
I asked my doctor to retest for h pylori, but he said I need to wait a year, even though the test kit says you can repeat a month after taking antibiotics. How else can I tell if the treatment worked, and then tell if it is the culprit of my bb?
I know this is nothing to do with my mouth care as I have an immaculate regime and people often say how white my teeth are. Unfortunately people also keep brushing their noses when I'm talking and I get the odd "have you farted?" comment.
I am married with kids and it never bothers me when I'm at home, but I know the problem exists and am desperate to solve or at least reduce the problem.
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Went to ER last night because of shortness of breath that started the day before, with neck and back pain. I could/can seem to breath normally but then I feel like I need a deep breath and I can only get what feels like 60%-70% of a breath. Every 2 minutes or so I can get a "full" breath. EKG, blood test, X-ray, d dimer all came back normal last night and I was discharged. Nebulizer treatment had no affect. Vitals were okay over 4 hours with the exception of my oximeter level dropping below 90 a few times (as low as 86). It recovered within 30 seconds each time.
I am 28/male and have a history of mild asthma, non-smoker. I also have 2 herniated discs (l4/l5 & l5/s1, and l3/l4 bulging, with chronic back spasms). Albuterol inhaler, allergy medication shows no improvement.
I have purchased a pulse oximeter and tonight my oximeter level (not pulse) has fallen below 90 (4 times), but each time recovering to 92+ withing 30 seconds.
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This adventure started about 9 months ago. Instead of my normal routine of get up, eat, hygiene, off to work (I was a remodeling contractor), I started falling back to sleep after breakfast. I must pretext this by saying that I take 40 mg of Adderall in the am and the afternoon. First it was 1/2 hour and eventually 3 hours. Then it was an afternoon nap also, Then an evening nap. This was not every day but most days. About eight or so weeks ago, I developed a blood clot behind my left knee and several in my lungs (as a result of being on my knees for long periods of time installing floor trim we figure). After I got out of the hospital, I started a slow but sure incline in my energy level. Then on October 23 (my 40th birthday) I got short of breath, disoriented, incapable of making clear decisions. eventually I called 911 and when the EMTs got here I had a blood O2 level of 89%. They took me to the ER in a bus and I have never been the same since. I have experienced no increase in my energy level, I have a sore throat most of the time, flu like symptoms, muscle weakness, Most days my mind is still strong but not all, I am functioning at about 25% of what I used to be capable of, I have problems pulling the proper word out of my brain (sometimes 8 or more times per day), I feel run down especially the day after I over do it, at least 4 people have recently tried to talk to me about conversations that I have no memory of, my allergies are not only out of control they are the opposite of what I usually experience (instead of a dry nose I now have a constantly runny nose and I sneeze 50 times per day. I did test positive for Epstein-Barr exposure at some point in my life. I have 6 of the eight symptoms for diagnosis and like 25 of the 35 or so that people with CFS report. We have not yet ruled out MS, Lupus, and all of the kinds of cancer that are required for a CFS diagnosis, but I am almost positive it is CFS. Thoughts?
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I am a 55 year old woman who was healthy as a horse until earlier this year when I had to have my gallbladder removed. I have never had asthma, allergies, breathing issues or heart issues. Two and a half weeks after surgery I woke up one morning feeling I wasn't getting 100% oxygen into my lungs. I had an anxiety attack the next afternoon as a result (never ever had an anxiety attack in my life before) and ended up at ER. Tests performed including cat scan and nothing was found. Have seen a pulmonologist - have gone through the breathing tests when sitting as well as on the treadmill at various speeds - all is normal. Arterial blood work - normal, echocardiogram - normal, no holes in heart, no clogged arteries. When I lie down at night I still have a bit of shortness of breath but at same time the breathing is more relaxed and I can sleep. As soon as I get up in the morning again, the shortness of breath picks up again. The breathing level remains consistent, does not get worse on exertion. For a period of time I was getting the tightness in the rib area at times but that hasn't occurred in 5 days now. I found it odd that when I saw the specialist a couple of weeks ago he asked me if I had any idea as to what I thought was going on. Later he told me I didn't give him much to go on (because of my test results). I am going back to his office next week for follow up. I think he wants to explore the possibility of asthma to rule that out but I get the impression he doesn't feel I have asthma. It's a mystery. Has anyone had this issue and it then got resolved?
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I am 43 for several days I have been having serious pain the right side of my chest when I breathe on a scale of 1 to 10 it is definitely a good 9....when I lay on my back there is a crackling sound and lots of pain when I breathe..if I laugh or hiccup awful...coughing is excruciating...and I been having migraines only on the opposite side of my head(left side) don't know if they are connected but I never get migraines I've had about four in last two weeks
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I recently just changed my thyroid medication, I have beensynthroid for since i was at age 5 when my body ravished my thyroid, I have been at 137 mg on synthroid, but still had a level of 7 on TSH, t3 and t4 were normal, but i harvest felt good on synthroyid very foggy minded. Doctor said i could go on nature, but i have taken it for two days and the first day I felt great. Quality of life becoming amazing in one day, but day 2 and woke up very tired and lerthagic and shortness of breath, is this normal for switching over to a new medication?
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When I lay down it feel like I'm outta breath. That's weird.
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I am a 59 years old lady that practice good oral hygiene. Recently, my kids told me my breath smells like faeces and my faeces smells exactly like my breath! To make matter worse I sometimes experience pains around the lower left side of my abdomen and this smell seems to increase whenever I experience this pain. I have never smoke and I have not drink anything alcoholic in the last 15 years. I'm still undergoing series of tests not they are yet to diagnose the cause of these symptoms. Please does anyone have a clue?
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i have been suffering from this mouth odour that smells like feces for the past 7 years. This happens once in awhile and all the hospitals have visited have not been able to address the cause of this problem. Once in awhile, a brownish thing comes out of my mouth and when i smell it, the odor its extremely bad just like pool. Have tried personally address the issue by using different mouthwash, maintain oral hygiene and buy different infection drugs but all failed. I will appreciate it if someone can show me the way out.
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i am 25 years old, i have been suffering from breathing difficulty or not able to take deep breath problem.. all day i feel like taking deep breath. but when i try for it.. am not able to take deep breath. during night time i sleep normal.
what could be the reason. anybody pls help.. my Xray CT scan all normal.
could this be psychological problem. doctors trying to say that also. if so. how to recover from this.. it feels like i don't have any life without solving this problem.
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I am a 29 yo female. I Am bIpolar and suffer with anxiety and panic attacks. I am currently taking lamictal 25mgs 3x daily. BUspar PRN.
I have had anxiety for a while now and suffered a severe anxiety attack a few years ago and have had similar attacks semi frequently. I am usually able to control them and calm myself to a degree but a week ago I started experiencing shortness of breath after a bike ride. I panicked and called the paramedics. My oxygen levels were normal. Heart rate and blood pressure all normal. Over the next two days I still had severe shortness of breath and on the fourth day I went to the hospital where they did an x Ray. Checked for blood clots and did some blood work.. all of which was normal. I do have a history of low thyroid levels and extremely low hormone levels. I have not had them 're checked in about two months. My doctor advised that he would like me to gain some weight before starting any hormone treatment.I have learned over the past few days how to control some of it through distraction and breathing through my nose instead of my mouth and it does help to a degree but I am as we speak experiencing breathing problems. I know this is all probably related to anxiety but how can I get over thinking about breathing..I am a single mother of two kids and I can't let this control me anymore.
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Every time I go above 400 mg a day my face gets puffy and I get some difficulty breathing. I am almost sure it is water retention. Anyone else have any experience with it? At 900mg my feet swell.
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I seem to have a problem with Bad Breath coming through my nose. I know I have had it for probably the last year, maybe more, maybe less, but have only just noticed that it was my breath recently. I always thought it was other things I was smelling. It's disgusting and embarrassing to think that I have to hold my breath sometimes so nobody can smell it. The best way to describe the smell is basically a Fart like smell coming from my nose. Others have noticed it, too, so I'm not delusional about it. I seem to breath through my nose from the back of my throat, not sure why. I am 23 years old. My teeth are in decent shape, no holes or cracks. I brush twice a day, floss my teeth really well, use mouthwash, drink water. I have flushed my sinuses and nasal passage properly with warm, salty water to clear any excess mucus. I have checked my tonsils and cleaned them by gargling warm, salty water. It will help for about a day, then the smell will eventually come back, unfortunately. Is there any reason for this? I don't think there are many ENT's around here as people might suggest for me to go and see. The only possibility I have left is going to see a Doctor and seeing if they will prescribe me some antibiotics, if that will help. Just thought I would get a few opinions first.
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