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Discomfort In Breathing, Rattling In Chest On Lying, Difficulty In Swallowing. No Relief With Inhaler. What Could Be The Cause?
I have this issue with breathing . It seems like my chest rattles when I am laying down, only at night/early morning. If the weather is muggy I can also feel it. My doctor has given me an inhaler , but it only seems to make it harder for me to breathe. I am also noticing it to be more difficult to swallow . What is going on?
Mon, 2 Jul 2012
first of all i want to know your age??? but u didnt mention it here
u have breathing problems at night or early morning
have u had any cough?????
have u had any wheezing????
if there is cough, breathing problem especially in the morning, chest tightness, awaking from sleep at night, wheezing episode then ur diagnosis will go towards ASTHMA, in that case u need to have a PFT with BRONCHODIALATOR REVERSIBILITY done...........if this test is also positive then it will make the diagnosis of asthma more likely...then u need to put on inhalers with formeterol and budesonide with rescue medicine as and when required
difficulty in swallowing along with heartburn is indicative of GERD which may be present with asthma..u should have a 15 days trial of pantoprazole 40 ...look for improvement
all ur symptoms may also be caused by heart disease...so do an ECG, STRESS TEST AND ECHO
i think if u follow all these and manage accordingly u ll get relief soon
thank u for sharing ur problem with us on HCM
u have breathing problems at night or early morning
have u had any cough?????
have u had any wheezing????
if there is cough, breathing problem especially in the morning, chest tightness, awaking from sleep at night, wheezing episode then ur diagnosis will go towards ASTHMA, in that case u need to have a PFT with BRONCHODIALATOR REVERSIBILITY done...........if this test is also positive then it will make the diagnosis of asthma more likely...then u need to put on inhalers with formeterol and budesonide with rescue medicine as and when required
difficulty in swallowing along with heartburn is indicative of GERD which may be present with asthma..u should have a 15 days trial of pantoprazole 40 ...look for improvement
all ur symptoms may also be caused by heart disease...so do an ECG, STRESS TEST AND ECHO
i think if u follow all these and manage accordingly u ll get relief soon
thank u for sharing ur problem with us on HCM
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