Yokatrio
01-08-22, 00:29
I've been dealing with Gerd for a few years now but it has worsened over the past couple years and I am getting shortness of breath / (dyspnea) everyday and more significantly at night causing me to wake up and need my rescue inhaler. The shortness of breath lying down prompted me to see a heart doctor for an echo which turned out normal. I also saw a pulmonologist who could not confirm asthma but we are currently treating my symptoms with asthma medication. My pft was normal/ echo was normal/ chest x ray normal but I'm still worried.. I do have a confirmed diagnosis of gerd from a barium swallow.
Does anyone have any advice to help treat/prevent shortness of breath? Do you deal with this symptom as well? What has worked for you?
I can't shake the fear that this could be something like Pulmonary Fibrosis. It's a relatively rare disease 13-20/100,000 but I've been so worried it could be this despite the low probability. I'm also 30 years old so not really in the average demographic for pf. How do you deal with catastrophizing? I know some of my shortness of breath is due to anxiety but definitely not all of it.
Does anyone have any advice to help treat/prevent shortness of breath? Do you deal with this symptom as well? What has worked for you?
I can't shake the fear that this could be something like Pulmonary Fibrosis. It's a relatively rare disease 13-20/100,000 but I've been so worried it could be this despite the low probability. I'm also 30 years old so not really in the average demographic for pf. How do you deal with catastrophizing? I know some of my shortness of breath is due to anxiety but definitely not all of it.