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Can I know your smoking status?
It is not uncommon to have shortness of breath with hyper inflation of lungs in smokers.
What about your h pylori status?
Acid peptic disease, and associated abdominal blotting causes shortness of breath.
Panic attacks and functional problems also need to be excluded.
Kindly feel free to ask further questions. However I would like you to have a pulmonary function test and forward the same to me.
Regards
Dr. Jacob George P
MD IDCCM FCCP
Patient replied :
Yes i am smoker, i was smoking about 15 cigarete a day. Now i reduced to 3 cigarettes a day, after shortness of breath i stoped smoking for few days, but my shortness of breath remained the same.
I havent been retested for hplori, or have done any other test.
In the biggining of shortness of breath i went to the ER and there they done a bloot test, and my blood test came back normal
I dont think my shortness of breath is caused by panic attacks, because from the time i wake up untill i sleep i have shortness of breath, it never goes back to normal breathing.
Hello
,
Regards again.
The shortness of breath associated with smoking does not go away once smoking it's stopped. It will just be that it won't be aggravated anymore.. That it's called copd. However I expect the same only by about 45 years of age and not earlier. That may be why x rest showed hyperinflation.
I suggest to stop smoking, do a pulmonary function test and mild aerobic exercise according to your exercise capacity. Taking a pantoprazole and domperidone also might help you and you need not be taking h pylori treatment again.
The other causes of breathlessness are less likely according to your symptoms.
Feel free to discuss further,
Regards
Patient replied :
Hello,
Regards again.
The shortness of breath associated with smoking does not go away once smoking it's stopped. It will just be that it won't be aggravated anymore.. That it's called copd. However I expect the same only by about 45 years of age and not earlier. That may be why x rest showed hyperinflation.
I suggest to stop smoking, do a pulmonary function test and mild aerobic exercise according to your exercise capacity. Taking a pantoprazole and domperidone also might help you and you need not be taking h pylori treatment again.
The other causes of breathlessness are less likely according to your symptoms.
Feel free to discuss further,
Regards