HI I am chad mercure and i having problem with my lung for a few year get short of breath really easy and think i have asthma. I get cold that not go away some of my teacher thought it was whooping cough. The symtoms of short of breath coughing every morning and tire and short of breath when doing exersices and sleeping or relaxing. I also get heart burn and somtime i cannopt speak or complete a sentence. I get this strange feeling inn my chest like there a build up of presseure in my chest and tingly feeling all over and barly can grip things. but this happens about once a month. I get gagging feeling in the morning and get the feeling of being hot like a hot flash. What can it be my doct dose not know what it is and i need help. With my sleeping when i get up i get migraines headache and stiff ness. I get alot of migranes pounding headache and they almost feel like cluster headaches. I did a test online, it shows i might have Unbalanced Dysfunctional Breathing thanks you chad mercure

1. swmrguy Says:
   April 13th, 2011 at 2:41 pm

   stop smoking, lose weight, excercise and stop being so paranoid and u’ll be fine.

2. urloveurloved Says:
   April 13th, 2011 at 4:10 pm

   Hi Chad. Sorry you’re not feeling well. I’ve never heard of UDB. Nowdays, Docs give new names to old problems. They do this is part for $.It’s a marketing gimick. There just used to be “heartburn” now there’s 5 different catagories. Know what I mean? What has changed in the last few years for you? Asthma (in eastern tradition) is related to our emotional being. Do you have certain thoughts when you have these attacks? Could you be allergic to something new in your abode? We tend to quit exercise when it’s uncomforable but don’t let that stop you. You can improve the condition of your lungs through exercise. It’ll take time and you must go slow but in time, your lungs will be in better shape. Try sleeping with your upperhalf propped up. Not just on pillows though, that’ll give you an even stiffer neck. There are pillow wedges you can buy or you can even use . . .I don’t know . .bricks of books . .put something under your mattress so you sleep at an angle. You might be allergic to something in the house; mold, pet dander, dust, plants . .etc. Also, might you eat too quickly? Strange question – yes but that could cause the heartburn and some breathing difficulties. You could get a small air purifier, leaving it on in the day, turning it off at night. The hot flashes are symptoms of being out of breath. Take a yoga class. It will help with your breathing. Or read up on breathing exercises. Best of luck, Chad. I hope I helped. Hope everything works out for you.

3. Doc Armalite Says:
   April 13th, 2011 at 4:22 pm

   You sound like the primary diagnosis is an Anxiety Disorder, with episodes of Hyperventilation. The episodes you are having once a month, where you feel pressure building up in your chest, and tingly feelings all over, and have difficulty grasping things——this is classical Hyperventilation attack. When you hyperventilate, you blow off too much carbon dioxide out of your blood. The carbon dioxide is an acid in your blood, so when you lower it’s level, your blood becomes alkalotic (pH greater than the normal 7.40). This causes the ionized calcium in your blood to lower, causing a temporary low blood calcium or hypocalcemia. So then you experience hypocalcemic tetany, which is a spasm of your muscles and a sensation of tingling. The alkalosis also causes constriction of the arteries feeding your brain, which causes dizziness. The treatment is to make you breath in and out of a paper bag held over your mouth and nose. This causes you to rebreath your own exhaled carbon dioxide and elevates the carbon dioxide in your blood. A dose of a sedative such as valium or ativan can also help, as the primary cause is anxiety.

   The underlying Anxiety disorder is psychological. The psychiatrists have usually treated this with the benzodiazepines, such as the valium or ativan, etc. But this causes addiction and being on these drugs is like being an alcoholic. These drugs do cause cognitive impairment, similar to alcohol. Perhaps they have had some luck treating it with the newer antidepressants. Each case is different. I’m sure that various alternative treatments might have efficacy in some people. This is not regarded as a serious or psychotic mental disorder, but rather as a neurotic mental disorder, one with which you suffer, but remain mostly functional. This could be related to recreational drugs you are taking. You didn’t say if you were. If you are smoking marijuana, you need to quit, for sure. This could aggravate this greatly. Also, if you are drinking alcohol heavily, these symptoms can occur from periodic alcohol withdrawal; if so, you should quit. It could be a side effect of some medication you are taking. And of course, anything affecting you psychologically, socially, or spiritually; could have a bearing on this—-such as your family, friends, classmates, coworkers, bosses, etc.

4. lee1946 Says:
   April 13th, 2011 at 5:08 pm

   From what little I know about UDB, it is an unbalanced type of breathing that is stressful to the person with the problem. If indeed UDB is your problem, it may mean working with a specialist doing breathing exercises to teach you or reteach you normal breathin patterns. Also, emotional and physical stress are triggers of UDB disorder and it could be you need counseling and calming measures in your life. Stress & anxiety can lead to this disorder and can magnify this disorder. I cannot say you have UDB disorder, but you definately sound as though you are under a great deal of emotional stress that could be causing your physical distress. Get some professional help, even if it might include some medications and counseling for the time being.