so confuse

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i started  having  a resperetory problem since a year ago ,my breathing is verry bad , i have seen a doctor a lot but no results , the inhiler dont help at all,  thats why i got fired from my job  i cant not work since i can not breath.im having a whising mucus and tie chust , i can not walk or talk , or do exersices. i feel dsapointed my life is gone.

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    Can you provide more information about your breathing? Can you get a lot of air into your lungs, or is it difficult to get a lot of air?

    I had acid reflux and was bleeding in my lower throught (esophogus) and did not know it. My body could not generate red blood cells as fast as they were bleeding out. Red blood cells carry oxygen to the rest of the body. I was very out of breath after going up two stories of steps. My doctor noticed the low red blood cell count, sent me to a gastroentrologist who put a scope down my throught and found the problem. He put me on meds for the acid reflux, and the problem went away. Then 5 years later I had the same problem, out of breath very easily, thought it was the same problem, but the acid reflux was under control. It turned out that either the acid reflux meds or the cholesteral meds limited my stomach's ability to pull vitamen B12 from food, and I had the vitamen defficiency which prevented oxygen from sticking to the red blood cells. Now I take 1000 mg of B12 daily and am able to breath ok

    The first question is can you get air easily into your lungs? I could get air in easily, but my body could not get it from my lungs into my blood stream.

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    THANKS FOR UR REPONSE

    actually i can t get a lot of air into my lungs, is so difficult ,thats what make me tired and week all the time., i had acid  reflux but without bleeding last year ,but i dont think is the reason.my problem is the short breath and the titenes of my lungs.

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    Try consulting some other doctor maybe that could help you in some way or ask for a heavier dose if needed.
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    You need to see a lung specialist, and have a pulmonary function test performed. The pulmonary function test lets you know the air capacity of your lungs. It lets you know if you have some type of obstruction interferring with the amount of air going into your lungs (ig. COPD=chronic obstruction pulmonary disease). The doctor may also have you take a cat scan. You could be coming down with a respiratory illness along with your present respiratory proble, another reason to see your doctor so they can prescribe you some medications if so. 

    Also, your life is not gone, unless you let it go. You can do exercises, such as, stand and sit, about twenty per day, and then also do, walk in one place for at least three to four minutes per day. This will start picking you up, giving you strength, little by little, as you repeatedly do them every day.  

    Please don't feel dissapointed, because you don't want this thing to control you, when you should be controlling it...live each day, one day at a time! 

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