i'm having trouble breathing?

Question

i went to the hospital like 3 times for this and they took xray blood tests....everything but a catscan and i came back as "normal" i went to a doctor and he said it's probably bad allergies, but heres the thing.. i'm not sneezing. my problem is i feel like somethings pressing down on my chest and i can't get full breaths. it's worse late night early morning. other than this i also have phlegm in the throat, and slightly burning eyes, and a slight headache, but nasal spray for post nasal drip do NOTHING. allergy pills did NOTHING. the doctor told me i wasnt wheezing so it's probably not asthma, but i'm not sneezing and it only seems to half resemble asthma. it's driving me pretty nuts (although it's not stress i assure you) but it feels just like someones pressing down on my chest and my breathings limited. it's especially bad right now probably at 50% yet the hospital/doctors found nothing. any idea what it could be? i dusted my whole house and i haven't the slightest clue.

what i know
-ive had alot of dust in my house for a while but it's been throughly cleaned out.
-i went to the doctors 3 times for this, and i've taken every test except catscan and they found nothing wrong
-i've been to the doctors and they've found nothing
-the weather did change and get colder
-i dont get alot of exercise i'm a very indoorsy sort of person

Answer 1

hi there!i have very common symptoms of a desease no doctor is able do detect.what i know is that due to the pollution the whole athmosphere,the air we breathe,especially in big cities is with a completely different composition.chemicals of unknown kind interact with our systems and affect them in different ways.the first to meet those "invaders"are the organs of our breathing system-nose,throat,lungs.most of the people have problems with breathing,they cough often with no visible reasons,the breathing channels are stuck with gluelike secretion and so on.few experience and pain while breathing, as you.to help that you have tochange your breathing habits a bit.stress on always inhale through your nose (it is covered with filter-like tissue to prevent from "enemies").breathing exercises,such as yoga(there's a whole science dedicated to it)help a lot.try to sit and calm down for a while everyday and just focus on your breathing.clean your nostrils each morning as simply inhale some water hold it inside your nose for a while and then exhale only through the nose,pressing one of the nostrils with your finger.it might look funny,but it works.remembre that most of all breathing can be stimulated if you become a bit more aware of its very act.add drops of mint eucaliptus or rosemary in your bath,whenever possible.and take your time at least once an year to go to the seaside.inhale the iodine air there,esp.in the early morning hours.try an Xray of your lungs too.wish you lot of health!!

Answer 2

Although you've been to your personal physician three times, he is neither a pulmonologist nor an allergy control specialist. Either get a referral to one of the above or change doctors. The symptoms that your describing are indicative of asthma, COPD, and/or allergy response. I would strongly recommend that you get a PFT or pulmonary function test with a methacholine challenge. This is a test in which you perform various breathing maneuvers into a machine that in turn measures your actual lung capacity, how well they get air in and out, and how much oxygen diffuses across the lung/blood tissue connection to make sure that you actually getting enough oxygen into your body to sustain life. If that normal the methacholine is inhaled in increasing doses followed by more breathing maneuvers to measure how it effects you. The quicker it causes symptoms and the worse that they are, the more likely it it the you have asthma. But don't completely rule out allergies as over 20% of the population has extrinsic asthma. This means that the triggers are caused by environmental factors. The really good news is that asthma is one of the most treatable diseases that a person can have. If you have it and it as sensitive as it sounds you will need to get on a daily controller medication and take it religiously, even when you start to feel better. An additional medication, such as a rescue inhaler may also be of some benefit.

Answer 3

I know you have been to the doctor 3 times already but you cant go on like this. I changed doctors because of a similar prob only with me i as coughing all night long and knew something was wrong. I changed G.Ps and was treated for asthma straight away. I dont wheeze much but i cough. I am not saying i know what is wrong with you but i do think you need to keep pestering your own G.P or change. This problem will only get worse. Ring now and get an appointment so he ca see you when you are really bad. Good luck x

Answer 4

Taking the phlegm in the throat for a clue, I would recommend a cool mist humidifier, add 1 pint of hydrogen peroxide to a gallon of water in the humidifier, and run that in the bedroom while you sleep. Your body makes hydrogen peroxide to kill bugs, so you aren't adding something foreign. That will help disinfect your lungs from the outside in, while your body works from the inside out. When you breathe deeply is it painful? If it is, it could be pleurisy. (an inflammation of the Pleural sac which the lungs are in) Other things you can do include very hot baths.( for each degree of fever, the white blood cells work twice as efficiently)

Answer 5

One thing to try would be to change your laundry soap and dryer sheets if you use them. It sounds like you have this at night and your head is at the pillow all that time and your nose by the sheets. It is worth a try. Primatine tablets work well to clear the lungs too. Try a half at first. Just some suggestions. Good luck!

Answer 6

Ask your GP for a referal to a Pulmanologist

You "might" have COPD