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Hi all, I have been suffering of shortness of breath, chest popping and tightness and coughing for the past 4 years. They are also causing me to have anxiety and panic attacks I am constant short of breath.. when i work out it worsens and i start coughing. I cough alot like i have a bad, bad cold. Also chest starts hurting for coughing and feels 'sore' or rigid. I went to doc, because my chest also tightness up, the muscles, and hurts around stomach area..

1 week in hospital for RSV, then 3 ER visits for labored breathing, then 1 week in hospital with Pneumonia. It's been a month since the Pneumonia and I've been consistent with the Pulmicort (2 x's a day) & Xopenex (3x's a day) and he seems to be 100%. Drs have labeled him as someone with RAD- Reactive Airway Disease, meaning that a simple cold can turn into something worse for him, like Pneumonia. My question is, how long do I continue doing the treatments if he is now okt?

i get short of breath at times have no coughing or whezzing went to er once in may dr said i had seasonal allergys and seasonal asthma my dr sent me to a ent he did a laryngoscope said everything looked good gave me a saline sulution to wash my sinues out and a nasal spray to use since then the choking i had is better a inhaler helps my shortness of breath could this be allergys or asthma i worry about copd.

His RR has been alot better with only a few episodes of fast breathing since treatment begun. I am concerned with the high dose of steroids and there affect on his growth. Have you ever seen a case were a child has had fast breathing with nothing else and they grew out of it? We are currently ruling out any forms of CHILD. They found one irregular ABCA3 mutation on one allele so he is scheduled for a repeat CT scan on the 11th.

I have Emphysemia & take med neb treatments of xoponex & ventolin @ least every 4 hours. I stay on the med neb machine doing my breathing for 1 to 2 hours even though the med in gone long before that time. I also am on 02 continously. Is this good for me to make the breathing exercise last that long or could it be bad for me??

however, about 3 days ago I started feeling short of breath, with some accompanying wheezing. I started taking a Xopenex MDI for wheezing, PRN. Unfortunately, the shortness of breath has worsened and the wheezing has disappeared. I upped my dose of Advair to 500/50 (from 250/50) and have been taking Pulmacort breathing treatments at home BID. I haven't needed to take the MDI very often.

As a child she had been told she was asthmatic however we discovered that she had a deviated septum (this was surgically corrected 2 years ago) and removed Cytomel from her treatment plan which -helped the breathing issues considerably. Now the complication when she takes the asthma medicine she swims AWFUL even though she says her chest isn't so tight. It seems the asthma medicine is working against her. Could her Hashimo's disease be the real source of her breathing issues?

I've been held for hours and many treatments at Kaiser and at ERs. I don't remember how many treatments I had at Kaiser - that was my first emergency - but I remember one ER trip I had 5 treatments of prednisone by nebulizer and they wanted to do another one, but I said no because I was shaking so hard I thought I was going to vomit. I remember Kaiser game me an EPI pen to carry around, but I never used it. I was kind of scared of using it.

Yoga and other meditation methods often use techniques to enhance breathing. Exhaling deeply forces us to breath deeper thus increasing oxygen uptake in our bodies. A technique called pursed-lip breathing can help improve lung function before starting activities. It only takes about 10 minutes. First, inhale through the nose, moving the abdominal muscles outward so that the diaphragm lowers and the lungs fill with air.

After nebulizing each dose I was asked to clear the sputum from my lungs. Now I feel great. I have never breathed as deeply or as well as I have this afternoon and tonight. I'm almost sad to go to sleep because I know when I wake up I will not feel this good. I have never in my life felt this good. It not only helped my breathing but it seems to have decreased my nasal allergy issues. What I'm wondering is if hypertonic saline has ever been used in conjunction with regular asthma treatment.

I dont cough anything up and I dont weeze or cough. My pulmanologist said that no breathing treatments would help me since my lungs are very clear. She went ahead and let me try one in her office to see if it helped at all. I stayed on it for about 15 minutes, and no improvement... least for me. I also get occasional acid reflux... I wonder if I should look into this acidosis thing.. and wonder if it is related. I had my gallbladder removed about 3 years ago..

I am now 18, and my asthma has grown worse. Up until a few years ago, a Xopenex inhaler or nebulizer treatment would help me if I was having an attack, but now it only seems to make it worse. I have cough-variant asthma, and my cough is extremely loud and obnoxious, and will sometimes cause me chest pain. It's virtually ever-present at this point. I've noticed recently that if it's chilly out, I physically cannot take in enough air and it feels similar to hyperventilating.

I also have GERD- even after prednisone when I exhale I have wheezing thanks very much

Additionally, up until med September I was running 12-18 miles a week. I got Bronchitis and had to take a break. Got a few short runs in and had breathing problems. Mid October I was diagnosed with Asthma (suddenly), now I'm taking Advir too. I am suddenly having reflux and esophageal issues too with dysphagia and pain. Now taking Dexilant 60mg too. Could all this be related to the thyroid medicine? Since it all came on about the same time or just coincidence.

I am very glad to hear that you are breathing better with that more agressive allergy treatment. I have found that I get used to the affects of the albuterol when I am using it more frequently. I don't experience the shaky hands quite as much. You may experience that as well if you give it a few tries. If you can purchase Xopenex brand (levabuterol) that does not cause as much shakiness or heart palpitations if you got those as well.

i take xopenex, atrovent, pulmacort, neb treatments, singular, 40 mg prednisone, bumex, aldactone, and i take diamox. and i still cant breath. wouldn;t you think that the surgery with a possible good outcome outweighs the suffering i am going through right now. if i am wrong please explain how. thank you for your time struggling to breath.

hey am new to this asthma thing and be freaking out over it they told me i had it in oct well today it got where i could not breath so i gave in to the xopenex inhaler two puffs i feel better but still got a wheez is this normal will it get better as i take the inhaler more. or do i need more treatment. i have pac and was so scaed of the inhaler but when cant breath you take it . i can take a deep breath now but still hear it.

had a pulminology function test which was low, the test improved after Ash received a breathing treatment.....his lungs were not functioning as well as the doctor had wanted so she changed his meds to symbicort twice daily and xopenex as needed. She also wants him to use a sinus rinse 2-3 times a day.

having a severe asthma attack at 1 this morning very bad had to go to hospital by ambulance they were very nice they gave me oxygen plus neb treatment but most of all gave me hi flo oxygen to help me breathe I know it is the weather humid.

Two days after he finished Omnicef he develops a mild fever, so he was put on Septra for 10 days, and continuing his breathing treatment with Xopenex once a day. The fever succeed but no the cough. The doctors kept saying his lungs sound clear... We went to a Allergy & Asthma specialist, my son allergy test was positive for Johnson grass, Mold and Cat dander (we don't have pets), and the doctor suggested us that my son maybe never had pneumonia that what he had was an asthma attack.

I took him to the ER and they said that it was Croup. They gave him a steriod shot and a breathing treatment. I am planning on going back to the pulmonogist to update him on whats going on. I am really worried about the winter coming because that seems to be when he is the sickest. Any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Please help!!

Is there any difference at all between xopenex and albuterol for breathing treatments? I need some information about them , to know why one works differently than the other.

what other inahlers can i use? or the breathing treatments? at the hospital, they give me xopenex, which works ok, not really good for me. the last time i went to the hospital, the therapist gave me atrovent and xopenex, with 4 doses in one. i told them it was making me too jittery, way more than normal and nobody listened. instead of getting better, it was staying the same and making me feel out of control. how can i get my doctor to prescribe me a pulse ox for at home?

Ashtyn started wheezing and coughing really hoarse. He sounded like a barking seal when he would cough. They did a breathing treatment while we waited for the RSV test to come back. (he is getting the RSV vaccine) After the test came back negative we had to do another breathing treatment. They finally sent us home with a nebulizer and I have to give him a breathing treatment every 4 hours until we can get into the ped on monday!!! If its not one thing its another with this kid!!!!

The test itself is a blood test that your doctor can order for you. I don't have emphysema, but do understand how it feels to have shortness of breath, coughing etc. What are your symptoms at this time? I am sure that they are what made you go see a doctor in the first place right? With the right treatment, the symptoms can be controlled...I have asthma, bronchiectasis (due to atypical CF) and am on meds to help with the wheezing and to decrease infections.

His cry is hurt/pained or terrified. Wondering if the onset of having medicated breathing treatments (xopenex and budesonide) 1 in am and 1 in pm could have anything to do with this?

In the states we have several versions of albuterol - Proair, Proventil, Ventolin, Maxair (technically pributerol) and a purified version Xopenex (technically levalbuterol). All of them Xopenex is the only one that does not go by albuterol. No generics because of the cfc ban. We do have generic albuterol neb solution. The Xopenex doesn't cause the shakiness that the other versions do and can be more effective. I wonder if that is what part of my problem has been? hmmmmm...

used to be on just XOPENEX we were using it as a rescuer almost daily breathing treatment at home, now were on flow vent has mild steroid, as preventative so we dont end up with these emergency situations. he is doing much better.

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