Perimenopause/Menopause and shortness of breath/chest tightness/ Belching
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Anyone have the symptoms of shortness of breath with chest tightness, (air hunger) with lots of belching after eating? If so please describe... And does it get better? Mine started like 3 weeks ago and it's awful feels like i can't get a deep enough breath.
I'm also experiencing food allergies/sensitivities also to soaps and flowers and different smells, all make me choke/ cough and feels like chest tightness. Never ever have I had asthma in my life but feels like it now! My anxiety/ panic attacks are bad, antibodies are high for rheumatoid arthritis, and hashimotos, just don't know how to deal with all these new symptoms that keep getting thrown at me other than to sit and cry, cry cry! Anyone else having similar issues??? Are these symptoms all consistent with the menopause change??
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moira93059 Gypsy014
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Hi Gypsy,
Yes, I can relate. Please look at the histamine connection, whether it's food intolerance or allergies.
If this is really the case there is a lot that we can do 😃
Take care xx
toria_07298 Gypsy014
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its histamine, are you in peri?
susan61119 Gypsy014
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This is totally me. Air hunger for the last couple of weeks. Burping after eating and drinking Sometimes feel like ive got heartburn, indigestion. Had iron checked for anaemia,all fine. Keep thinking about getting a chest x-ray but not really breathless, not wheezy or coughing and when I'm distracted,im fine.
Good to read about this issue with others,wish the drs were up on it too. Im def in perimenopause, got lots of other symptoms
hilary72843 susan61119
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i get these symptoms (among many others) and it is awful. My symptoms come in waves; I can feel fine for weeks and then they hit me like a truck.
This site is a life saver as I felt so alone. at least there is comfort in knowing we are not alone.
Kirsty30911 Gypsy014
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Thank you for sharing. I'm reading the replies in this thread and seeing myself in them. I thought I was going mad and my hypochondria was in overdrive. I'm almost 42 and at the minute experiencing palpitations, heaviness in the chest, , changes in hair texture (not growing on the head but flourishing elsewhere!), shortness of breath and mood swings daily. It sounds like this is how it will be for the long haul, so it's great to have a forum for chat and support.
candice49502 Kirsty30911
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my palpitations are dreadful too anxiety comes out of nowhere x
ShoSho46 Kirsty30911
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i know its been awhile since this thread was active but i am wondering if you are still dealing with the breathlessness? i have really been struggling with it for some time now.
Quinta Gypsy014
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I'm went to the er yesterday with the same problems. Doing everyday things and getting winded. I had a CT scan done, checked my lungs, heart everything was good. Can't see my primary care physician until next month. I can't believe this has something to do with being premenopausal
toria_07298 Quinta
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it comes and goes, i had a scan and had a small nodule in lung had another scan 6 months later, it hasnt changed but keep thinking i have lung cancer, but i have days were i can breathe fine, the anxiety is awful isnt it x
hannah1226 Gypsy014
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I am suffering with these EXACT symptoms!!!! I am too embarrassed to tell you how many times I have been to the ER in the past 6 years with this.... seen every specialist and burst into tears when they say "every thing is normal,this could be hormonal" I am only 45 and my cycles just started skipping so I am sure I have another 5 or 6 years of this battle... wanna cry.. always think I am dying... ugggg
candice49502 Gypsy014
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Hi there i dint know how recent your post is but just wanted to say how much I resonate with your problem. I am at my wits end with belching and breathing problems. i also have added complication of narrowing in my windpipe so lots of operations for that but this started after so i never know what is causing what. the belching affects my breathing i have had lanzoprozole and omeprazole but dont work. currently seeing a nutritionist excluded dairy gluten and alot more besides this has solved bloating and worked on belching for a while but dreadful again now. convinced its peri symptom dreadful anxiety brainfog etc tried body identical hrt but progesterone made me feel dreadful i hope you manage to find something best wishes
toria_07298 candice49502
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have you tried antihistamines? x
candice49502 Gypsy014
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Hi there i dint know how recent your post is but just wanted to say how much I resonate with your problem. I am at my wits end with belching and breathing problems. i also have added complication of narrowing in my windpipe so lots of operations for that but this started after so i never know what is causing what. the belching affects my breathing i have had lanzoprozole and omeprazole but dont work. currently seeing a nutritionist excluded dairy gluten and alot more besides this has solved bloating and worked on belching for a while but dreadful again now. convinced its peri symptom dreadful anxiety brainfog etc tried body identical hrt but progesterone made me feel dreadful i hope you manage to find something best wishes
mel21492 candice49502
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Experiencing exactly the same with breathing/belching issues. I'm early fifties, and have had this for two and a half years now, no let up. Read many responses on here that people go through phases of this, or certain times of the month only, but I have these issues every single day! Trying to do the natural route. May I please ask, have your symptoms improved at all? I don't think I could cope with ten years of it! Thank you.
sasical72 mel21492
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I am by no means 100% but my symptoms do seem to be less severe, so yes, I would say I am improving. Hope you do soon too!