I have the same problem. I feel like I
can't take in a deep breath and be
satisfied. I went to many doctors.
They said they can't find anything wrong
with me. One said my throat will spasm
and close, and that's why I feel short of
breath, but I don't feel that my airway is
blocked. I am in the same boat that you
are.
|
phil dennison
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 71 Location: illinois
Posted: 11-16-03 18:47pm
I've had asthma for 4 and 1 half years.I
take a inhaler every night and day it is
called advair
sooooo it does keep me from asthma attacks
but I can't play in any sport or take a
good deep breath so all I can recommened
is advair.
|
Richard Friedel
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Nov 2003 Posts: 15 Location: Starnberg, Germany
Taking a Deep Breath Posted: 11-20-03 15:54pm
The following trick may help. Insert a
finger into your mouth between your lips
so that in points into the mouth. Leave
a small gap between the finger and your
lips. Now inhale through the gap so your
cheeks are pulled in a bit. This should
give your diaphragm a kick and get it
going to get a deep inhale. Hope this
helps, richard friedel
|
Forum Girl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 207 Location: Orlando, Florida
Posted: 11-20-03 18:06pm
Thanks..I'll give it a try next time
|
becky1954
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Nov 2003 Posts: 6 Location: Elgin,Texas
Posted: 11-30-03 09:22am
I went to the doctor 3 wks ago for a sinus
infection and bronchitis. About a week
ago I really got to where I had trouble
breathing. Everytime I do something I
breath real hard. It can be making up the
bed, taking a shower, I don't care what.
He diagnosed it this time as reactive
airway disease. I have never had any
asthma problems. I was tested last year
for asthma and did not have it. Now he
wants me to go to a cardiologist tomorrow
to make sure its not my heart. My ekg
shows borderline myocardial ischemia. I
know its not my heart but I don't know
what it is. He gave me 6 days of
prednisone and while it has helped the
coughing some I still get out of breath.
Ideas anyone?
Be kind to yourself
becky
|
Forum Girl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 207 Location: Orlando, Florida
Posted: 12-01-03 19:19pm
I'm betting it is probably just the
reactive airway disease. Normally I
don't really notice a problem with it but
anytime I get a respiratory cold, the rad
kicks in and it takes me twice as long to
get over it. I think the rad just
prolongs whatever the problem is (ie,
bronchitis) and it just takes longer for
you to get over it. I had bronchitis
last thanksgiving and it was well into
january before I finally got it all out of
my system.
|
becky1954
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Nov 2003 Posts: 6 Location: Elgin,Texas
Posted: 12-01-03 19:45pm
Thanks for the reply. I am back from
cardiologist. He doesn't think it's my
heart either but he is having me come back
for a echo thursday morning. He says he
has known patients being short of breath
after bronchitis for 2 months. He also
had them run a lot of blood tests. My reg
doc is just real cautious. I knew it
wasn't my heart cause I still felt like I
was running a low grade fever on the way
over there today. I've never had rad
before and its not fun.
|
maxum
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 10 Location: Panania NSW Australia
Taking a Deep Breath Posted: 12-02-03 18:49pm
Years ago I took singing lessons
and was taught to breathe using my
diaphram. This means when you breathe you
extend your tummy and don't push out your
chest. I had to actually practise this by
watching my tummy stick out when I
breathed in or put my hand on my tummy and
feel it stick out.
Another thing you can do is what I often
do now is take a deep breath and hold it
as long as you can. This seems give you
time to get more oxygen.
Hope this helps.
maxum
|
Richard Friedel
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Nov 2003 Posts: 15 Location: Starnberg, Germany
he first gets the patient to relax and
stop breathing "with the brakes on", i.E.
With the chest and bronchi tensed, by
biofeedback (as one possibility, instead
of by asthma drugs).
Then comes the tummy pushing and pulling
in like you say.
However Dr. Peper then focusses on
getting the patient to distinguish this
pulling and pushing on the one hand and
from real breathing on the other. One
can in fact move one's tummy in and out
without breathing at all. Dr. Peper
uses a spirometer (f. I. Voldyne) so
that it is possible to know when there is
an abundant air flow into the "belly"
(that is what it feels like, see left
hand figure in
http://www.Lrz-muenchen.De/~s3e0101/webs
erver/webdata/bradley.Tif borrowed
from a book).
As an almost logical step it seems
possible to stimulate the diaphragm not by
using a spirometer but with a length of
exercise band (latex band) drawn tight as
a sash around the waist. It also seems
possible to distinguish mere belly pushing
and pulling from actual breathing with the
feeling that air is fact being breathed in
and out. If a practice is made of this a
doc. Should be consulted.
The secret seems to get vigorous diaphragm
action established and deactivate the
chest. The bronchi are then widened and
kept out of harm's way.
Very significantly, Dr. Peper does show
that diaphragmatic breathing will turn off
wheeze. This is done to gain
confidence.
All in all his fist study on http://www.I-breathe
.Com/thb12/incentiv.Htm seems to be a
much more sensible and humane account of
asthma than the standard accounts we read
implying that there is no escaping use of
asthma drugs. He shows that breathing
patterns tend to be contagious and to
catch on. This may explain some "miracle
cures". Regards and a prosperous new
year to all, richard friedel
|
maxum
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Posts: 10 Location: Panania NSW Australia
Re:reply to Maxum Posted: 01-02-04 09:20am
thanks for all that
useful information richard. The link at
'http://www.I-breathe.Com/thb12/incentiv.H
tm' was very educational but the other
links didn't work on my computer.
There you go floridagirl
seasons greetings to all.
Maxum
|
Richard Friedel
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Nov 2003 Posts: 15 Location: Starnberg, Germany
Taking a Deep Breath Posted: 01-03-04 10:49am
Hi maxum,
yes, the upshot of good diaphragmatic
breathing seems that to be that if you are
feeling short of breath you can breath as
hard as you like without provoking an
attack. Regards, richard friedel.
|
smortgagepro
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Nov 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Florida
Deep Breath Posted: 11-25-04 09:00am
I have had this problem on and off for
years. I will go for hours and sometimes
all day without being able to take that
deep rolling breath that feels so
wonderful. I will end the day extremely
tired and with a headache. It is
exhausting and frustrating. It will
happen for 3-4 days straight sometimes and
others only last a few hours. I am also
convinced it is stress related. Although
I do not consciously feel stressed, I have
every reason to be with my job and
children and responsibilities and am
probalby subconsiously stressed. What do
you think?
|
Forum Girl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 207 Location: Orlando, Florida
Posted: 11-29-04 17:39pm
I'm not sure if its stress related but
i've wondered that myself. I noticed
sometimes when it happens its when i'm on
my way home from work so stress seems like
a possible answer. It was interesting to
hear you say that it sometimes just lasts
hours and then sometimes it last days.
That exactly what happens with me too.
|
BeckLyn
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 476
Posted: 12-02-04 21:37pm
Anxiety attacks make it hard to breathe.
You may want to get on that forum and talk
to some people. They may be able to help
you better as well.
|
Super_K
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 42
Posted: 01-13-05 20:30pm
Im 13 and last year at one of my
cheerleading practices I couldnt take a
deep breath I felt sort of like you did,
and I started to shake a lot and
uncontolobly like I was really cold but I
wasnt. An ambulance came and took me to
the e.R and the put me in one of those
oxygen masks because my blood oxygen count
was only at 79 instead of 100. I went to
a few doctors and got an ultra sound of my
heart they all were like we dont know what
it could be and the last doctor just
decided he would call it an anxiety attck
wich I dont think it was. No matter what
I say the doctors wont check me for asthma
and its happend a couple more times at
cheerleading. Any ideas? :?:
|
erica56
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 1
Posted: 04-20-05 13:07pm
I have the same problem with not being
able to take a deep breath. It's not
that I can't inflate my lungs - it's that
at the end of the breath, I don't feel my
throat expand properly like it does at the
end of a good full yawn. When this
happens, I try to make myself yawn but I
just can't get that full expansion. I
too have been unsuccessful in getting a
diagnosis from doctors. I was tested for
asthma but don't have it. I will have
this sensation for hours at a time and
it's been going on for years. I'm 27
y.O.
|
cica
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 6 Location: UK
Posted: 04-21-05 17:23pm
May be you should try saltpipe. It is
not only for asthma. It is for cleaning
up your lung and prevent you from
pollution. Taking breath difficulty is
caused by pollution nowadays and in
europe, they used to go to salt cave for
the treatment of breathing difficulty.
|
ptuttle
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 4
Breathing Issues Posted: 06-24-05 15:15pm
Hey erica, I have the same problem and
have had it going on 2 years now. I was
tested for asthma, which came back
negative, they gave me the inhaler
anyways, but it doesn't help. They gave
me prevacid for gerd, which was great for
the hearburn, but didn't touch this. They
had me do a nuclear stress test, which
came back normal. They checked my blood
for abnormal thickness and for
polycythemia vera (sp?) which came back
negative. One thing i've noticed with my
problems is my position when sleeping, if
I lay on my back or left side, they seem
to kick in with a vengance, if I lay on my
right side, I can at least fall asleep. I
read on another forum dealing with this,
that one guy tried this stuff called
bronkaid, which seemed to help him. I've
yet to find it in a store where I live
though, so I may just order it online
(which I just did with the salt inhaler)
i'll let you know how it turns out. This
has to be the most frustrating illness
i've ever had, due to the uncomfort,
inconvenience and the inability of
physicians to help. I'm pretty sure it's
not life threateningor anything, but man
is it a pain. Have you noticed any
increase in the amount of mucus in your
lungs since it started? I seem to have an
increase. My problems actually started
with a strange cough I got when I went to
hawaii for my honeymoon, if I sat there
with my mouth open it sounded like pop
rocks. I was treated with antibiotics,
and it went away. About a week later is
when this all started. I thought about
asking the doc for something that is
supposed to break up congestion in the
lungs, ill probably do that next visit.
What are the specifics on when your
problems started, anything strange happen
at that time? Sorry if these are personal
questions, I just want to get to the
bottom of this and be done with it.
|
tillman1
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 1
Breathe Deep Posted: 07-17-05 08:34am
I cough alot and when I try to breathe
deep I really cough. It feels like I
tremble in my chest or lungs, or spasms.
Do you know anything about this and they
say asthma?
|
Tinsy_pixie
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 1
Same Problem Posted: 07-27-05 08:04am
erica56
wrote:
i have the same problem with
not being able to take a deep breath.
It's not that I can't inflate my lungs -
it's that at the end of the breath, I
don't feel my throat expand properly like
it does at the end of a good full yawn.
When this happens, I try to make myself
yawn but I just can't get that full
expansion. I too have been unsuccessful
in getting a diagnosis from doctors. I
was tested for asthma but don't have it.
I will have this sensation for hours at a
time and it's been going on for years.
I'm 27 y.O.
gosh, I have exactly the same problem. It
only started today when I was at school
and I just couldn't take breaths. At
first I thought I ate too much or my skirt
was too tight. But it got worse later at
night. Whenever I try and take a deep
breath, it just stops at the top of my
lungs and no matter how hard I try, I
can't take the breath. If I really push
it, my head would feel like it's going to
burst. I can't even yawn cos my chest
just goes so tight. I don't know what's
wrong with me, my parents think it's my
asthma and tells me to take my inhaler
(which I have already, for 4 puffs), it's
not helping at all and I know this is
different to asthma. I can feel it deep
in my chest and at the top of my lungs. I
want to go to the doctor but don't know
how to tell them exactly. This feeling
makes me feel like i'm going to die, it's
so scary.
The site is not a replacement for professional medical opinion, examination, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your medical doctor or other qualified health professional before starting any new treatment or making any changes to existing treatment. Do not delay seeking or disregard medical advice based on information written by any author on this site. No health questions and information on eHealth Forum is regulated or evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and therefore the information should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease without the supervision of a medical doctor. Posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author, and not the administrators, moderators, or editorial staff and hence eHealth Forum and its principals will accept no liabilities or responsibilities for the statements made.
Schizophreniahealth
This page was last updated on June 11, 2008
sooooo it does keep me from asthma attacks
but I can't play in any sport or take a
good deep breath so all I can recommened
is advair.
and was taught to breathe using my
diaphram. This means when you breathe you
extend your tummy and don't push out your
chest. I had to actually practise this by
watching my tummy stick out when I
breathed in or put my hand on my tummy and
feel it stick out.
