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thomas_100
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 Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject: Breathing problem |
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Hi all,
I'm a healthy guy. I'm 28 now. I've never suffered with any serious health problem. But from last couple of months I'm feeling breathing problem after 5-6 minutes walk. No, that does not exist for long time. I start feeling better immediately after sometimes. But it seems to be very difficult for me to walk for long time. Is it a symptom of Asthma? Is my problem related with respiratory system? I don't smoke. I used to do free hand exercises. But now I don't manage time for it from my busy work schedule. Please suggest me what to do. Tell me something that can help me to solve the problem without giving any side effects.
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Dr_Brody_DC
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Joined: 07 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:58 am Post subject: Re: Breathing problem |
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| thomas_100 wrote: | Hi all,
I'm a healthy guy. I'm 28 now. I've never suffered with any serious health problem. But from last couple of months I'm feeling breathing problem after 5-6 minutes walk. No, that does not exist for long time. I start feeling better immediately after sometimes. But it seems to be very difficult for me to walk for long time. Is it a symptom of Asthma? Is my problem related with respiratory system? I don't smoke. I used to do free hand exercises. But now I don't manage time for it from my busy work schedule. Please suggest me what to do. Tell me something that can help me to solve the problem without giving any side effects.
Thanks in advance. |
Dear Thomas,
If your activity level has decreased significantly over the last year, or if you have gained weight, you may simply be out of shape. Assuming no other symptoms, I'd keep a log for a month of exactly how far and fast you walk before getting short of breath, and how many minutes it takes for you to recover. See if increasing your activity level improves these statistics. If after keeping track you see that it is not a matter of fitness, get a check-up, including a chest x-ray, blood pressure measurement and blood tests (CBC, lipid profile for starters.) Shortness of breath is not automatically a lung problem (it doesn't sound like asthma from your description); more often it is of cardiovascular origin. Your solution may be a more generalized lifestyle change rather than a specific product, but that will depend on the results of your (or your doctor's) testing. |
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CandaceKay
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| I am a 25 year old female, and in the past 4 days I have been having a lot of trouble taking a deep breath. It literally feels as if there is someone sitting on my chest. The only other health issue I have is that I most likely have endometriosis, but I don't think that is the cause. I am 5'5", and weigh 140lbs so this isn't a weight problem. I exercise regularly, so I have no idea what the problem could be. It is starting to be very painful, and I think it's staring to make me pull some muscles. Please give me any insight possible. |
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Dr_Brody_DC
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| CandaceKay wrote: | | I am a 25 year old female, and in the past 4 days I have been having a lot of trouble taking a deep breath. It literally feels as if there is someone sitting on my chest. The only other health issue I have is that I most likely have endometriosis, but I don't think that is the cause. I am 5'5", and weigh 140lbs so this isn't a weight problem. I exercise regularly, so I have no idea what the problem could be. It is starting to be very painful, and I think it's staring to make me pull some muscles. Please give me any insight possible. |
Dear CK:
First of all, can a change of body position or pressing on the painful area change the quality or intensity of the pain? Unrelenting pressure on the chest suggests heart attack, but your age and the fact that it continues for days makes that unlikely. Another emergency that can produce symptoms for days is a blood clot in the lung. Please have these ruled out ASAP!
If you are running a fever (even a low grade one), pneumonia/pneumonitis should be ruled out -- usually done by a combination of listening to your lungs, +/- a chest x-ray.
Is it hard to breathe due to pain or because you simply don't feel you're getting enough air? Inflammation of the ends of the ribs where they join the sternum (breast bone) could be an issue (vitamin D deficiency, acute onset arthritis, costochondritis after a bad cold, etc.); the latter makes me suspect asthma or COPD (smoker or occupational hazard perhaps?) Is there any possibility that you have any type of anemia?
I suspect that by the time you read this reply, you've already taken some action and perhaps gotten a diagnosis. If all these possibilities have been checked and are coming up negative, there is another, more mechanical possibility: you may have misaligned a rib head and/or thoracic vertebra in your spine. This is not usually picked up by a medical doctor, as their main concern is the more serious conditions described above. Chiropractors are in the business of detecting and treating these more subtle (but often symptomatically dramatic) conditions; this may be the appropriate treatment venue for you as well.
If you are still in doubt as to what's going on and have more information to provide (test results, etc.), I'd be happy to sort through it with you. |
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leuv21
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I am actually suffering form asthma and i was concerned by this post because, there is a fcat that i am sufferring from a need of air while i run for 3 mins and sometimes in the morning, i feel like reaching for air with much pain.
It a fact that the smoke of cigarettes can be very damaging to ones' health?? |
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Dr_Brody_DC
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| leuv21 wrote: | I am actually suffering form asthma and i was concerned by this post because, there is a fcat that i am sufferring from a need of air while i run for 3 mins and sometimes in the morning, i feel like reaching for air with much pain.
It a fact that the smoke of cigarettes can be very damaging to ones' health?? |
Dear Leuv21,
Smoking is bad for everyone, but if you have asthma as well, it's like trying to put out a fire with gasoline! Some forms of asthma are exercise-induced, but unless you have been formally diagnosed (i.e., you didn't just decide on your own that what you have is asthma), don't assume it's asthma. Depending on your smoking history, you may be suffering from COPD/emphysema instead of, or in addition to asthma. Even if you were to tell me you feel great, I'd still say quit smoking. QUIT SMOKING!! |
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chenayay
Joined: 01 Oct 2007
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Location: AZ
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| CandaceKay wrote: | | I am a 25 year old female, and in the past 4 days I have been having a lot of trouble taking a deep breath. It literally feels as if there is someone sitting on my chest. The only other health issue I have is that I most likely have endometriosis, but I don't think that is the cause. I am 5'5", and weigh 140lbs so this isn't a weight problem. I exercise regularly, so I have no idea what the problem could be. It is starting to be very painful, and I think it's staring to make me pull some muscles. Please give me any insight possible. |
I am having basically the same problem. I am a 20 year old female, 5'7", 135 pounds. I have had this whole "feels like someone is sitting on my chest" thing for quite some time. I finally asked my mom about it and she suggested I use my inhaler, because i used to have asthma when i played soccer as a young child. That worked great. Yesterday, I had the same thing but the inhaler wouldn't work. My chest got really tight and I couldn't swallow a whole lot. Weird thing is, my throat wasn't inflamed or painful at all. I got really shaky and felt like the only thing that would help was to throw up. But i couldn't do that once i got to the toilet. I tried sleeping it off and that helped the shakiness a little but not completely. I'm so confused. Anyone else get shaky too? |
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joseph131
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I guess if your activity level has decreased significantly over the last year and you are trying to have some workout and your breathing is hard. you might have some problem with your weight or it might be your stamina got weaken. you should do the workout little by little.
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