Lungs On Fire And Gasping For Air Posted: 11-04-05 10:54am
My husband has had esphogus surgery for
hiatal hernia 3 different times. His
last surgery was 4 yrs ago. In the past
4 mths he has been awakened by shortness
of breath. Litterly can't breath.
Last night he woke up feeling like his
chest was burning a little. He got up
and started walking around and it got
worse and then he started gasping for air.
This was a 10 min process for him to
finally get his air back. These
episodes are getting worse were he feels
like he is going to pass out. I am at
a loss on what is happened and why. I
do not know if these episodes are related
to the hiatal hernia or if it is something
else. Is there anyone out there that
has had something like this happen to them
or a family member? Does anyone know
what is going on in a situation like this
or what it is? I told him he has to see
a doctor. He finally did make an appt,
but can't get in immediately. I am very
concerned and would like to hear from
someone that can enlighten me on this
situation. Thank you very much for
reading this and l hope to hear from
someone
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mggking
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 1 Location: castro valley
Possible Solution Posted: 11-27-05 01:03am
Hello, I am very sorry to hear about your
husband's health condition. Recently, I
have come to learn about the long term
effects of surgery and scar tissue. It
actually blocks the meridians and blocks
the electrical flow to different organs
dependending where incisions were made.
This can only be diagnosed by certain
types of equipment. This is a medical
discovery by two german brothers in 1910.
But is widely ignored by many western
medical doctors of today. Small procaine
injections into the scar tissue will
eventually help reinstate electrical flow
to normal levels. If you would like
additional information feel free to call
michael at 1-510-538-8910. This method
has helped me tremendously after years of
seeking solutions to my illness.
Call anytime,
michael
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Amber28
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 75 Location: Australia
Posted: 02-11-06 03:53am
If another episode happens again like the
one you described previously call an
ambulance. The airway is the most
important aspect of life including
breathing and circulation. Without air
--there is no oxygen, no breathing , no
circulation.
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Gina-MI
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chest on fire Posted: 08-23-08 12:40pm
Sounds like a major 'gerd attack' - I used
to get them all the time - where i'd wake
up choking and coughing, and my lungs
would feel as if they were dipped in
napalm.
If it IS GERD, he'll have to get treated
for it before it causes trouble with his
lungs (like pulmonary fibrosis, etc.).
Also...he might have sleep apnea - has he
ever been tested for it? That's where you
wake up multiple times during the night
(usually unaware) and stop breathing for
periods of time. A sleep study can
determine this, and there is treatment. I
have it, and use BiPAP. There's a chance
that between my smoking (I quit in 2003),
GERD, sleep apnea, radiation to my right
chest for breast cancer in 2001, and
unknown causes (autoimmune is speculated),
I have Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
(IPF)...it was diagnosed as COPD in 2005,
but it might have masqueraded as COPD. My
latest PFT's showed a major drop from last
year to this year (from 77% function to
34% function) and those with COPD usually
don't lose that much that quickly; and a
major shift to restrictive disease rather
than obstructive. An HRCT and
echocardiogram were done last week.
Hopefully, the HRCT will be enough to
diagnose it without having to do a lung
biopsy. - but it looks like IPF. CT's of
abdomen incidentally show scarring at the
base of the lungs, and fibrosis is
scarring.
