Hi, Im a 26 year old asthmatic and for the past 3 weeks have been having a lot of asthma problems, have seen GP for this and had inhalers changed to higher dose- I do think i have a chest infection coming on but GP and out of hours doctor dismissed this as they said my chest sounded clear last week. I still think i have infection coming as i know the signs and get at least 2 a year but anyway.... Last night I was running about playing a game and i suddenly got exruiciating pain in my chest and found it really hard to get a breath, I took my inhalers but i had to keep taking them over and over for nearly an hour before I started to breathe easily again- the chest pain subsided as well, i thought it was a stitch but later on i got jaw pain and crushing pain in my right shoulder with pins and needles down my right arm, i also felt very sick and anxious and felt very faint-this feeling lasted for about an hour intensly then eased off to a more background annoyance, if that makes any sense? I also felt like I couldnt fill my lungs fully, as if they had clamps at the bottom or something. I was out with friends at the time and didnt want to ruin the evening so just kept going outside to get air. The thing is, that was now 25 hours ago and I still have the shortness of breath which comes and goes, its like i spend 10 mins trying to get a deep breath, get one, then start all over again - I still have pain in my chest and a (mild)crushing pain in forearm but its not horrific its just there - I have pins and needles but they are in my other arm now! I dont know if that means anything anything anyway because I take medicine that causes pins and needles, just normally I get them an hour after taking the medicine only. Does this sound serious or could it just be my chest infection starting, I dont know if i am just being a hyperchondriac because none of these symptoms are so severe that they aer actually stopping me doing anything! The biggest problem is the shortness of breath and i get that when i get chest infectiosn anyway- teh only thing its stopping me doing is holding lengthy conversations!
Does anyone have any advice to put my mind at rest or ideas on what this could be?