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How Can Pneumonia And Shortness Of Breath Be Treated?

I have just finished treatment for mycoplasma pneumonia, I still have alot of shortness of air with any exertion. Iwas diagnosed with myco-plasma a month ago and have taken Levaquin and then Bactrim. A ct of the chest today showed possible atlectasis area or area of pneumonia. My diaphragm appeared to be frozen what can cause this and what is the treatmen
Fri, 1 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

I had gone through your complaint about difficulty you are facing with shortness of breath. Many factors may cause shortness of breath in the middle age. Make sure that whether you are free from few risk factors that lead to Diabetes and Hypertension and even check about Blood sugar level in family members. There may be few other reasons like Anemia which may make u feel lightheaded after moderate physical activity. There may be other reasons for shortness of breath like Asthma, Congestive heart problems, Hormonal changes, Thyroid related problems etc. Try to follow these remedies for relief during stress periods :

●     Relax your neck and shoulder muscles
●     Lie down, keeping your hand on abdomen
●     Slowly breath in through your nose, keeping your mouth closed.
●     Breath out slowly and gently.
●     Repeat these pattern for every 10 minutes.
●     Take plenty of fluids orally.
●     Take break from your sedentary work at least at every 2 hrs for 5 minute stretch. First better to go for all relevant investigations regarding,

1. Fasting blood sugar and Post-prandial blood sugar levels.
2. Chest X-ray.
3. ECG.
4. Complete blood picture.
5. Thyroid function tests.

As this is a health issue disturbing your physical activity , you should worry and make sure that your investigations procedure should be done as early as possible and get health check up done.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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How Can Pneumonia And Shortness Of Breath Be Treated?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. I had gone through your complaint about difficulty you are facing with shortness of breath. Many factors may cause shortness of breath in the middle age. Make sure that whether you are free from few risk factors that lead to Diabetes and Hypertension and even check about Blood sugar level in family members. There may be few other reasons like Anemia which may make u feel lightheaded after moderate physical activity. There may be other reasons for shortness of breath like Asthma, Congestive heart problems, Hormonal changes, Thyroid related problems etc. Try to follow these remedies for relief during stress periods : ●     Relax your neck and shoulder muscles ●     Lie down, keeping your hand on abdomen ●     Slowly breath in through your nose, keeping your mouth closed. ●     Breath out slowly and gently. ●     Repeat these pattern for every 10 minutes. ●     Take plenty of fluids orally. ●     Take break from your sedentary work at least at every 2 hrs for 5 minute stretch. First better to go for all relevant investigations regarding, 1. Fasting blood sugar and Post-prandial blood sugar levels. 2. Chest X-ray. 3. ECG. 4. Complete blood picture. 5. Thyroid function tests. As this is a health issue disturbing your physical activity , you should worry and make sure that your investigations procedure should be done as early as possible and get health check up done. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.