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Question by Mark Morrison: I’ve got shortness of breath about 3 weeks after lung infection?
About a month ago I felt my neck clogging up and had shortness of breath. I went to the doctor and she said my tonsils were swollen and that she noticed some sort of white thing on the tonsil. She listened to my lungs and then prescribed me anti inflammation medicine. A week later she prescribed me clarithromycin. After being done with the antibiotics I still had these “bouts” of shortness of breath.

They would start as a feeling of clogging in my nose and neck and then proceed to wheezing and SOB. I went to the doctor again and she took samples of my neck which came back normal for haemolitic streptococcus group C. My doc said this type of streptococcus is mild and giving the antibiotics took care of most of it there’s no need to pursue more treatment. I came back again with the same shortness of breath problem and she took me to a Ear nose and throat specialist. She said she didn’t notice anything unusual.

The SOB thing had calmed down and for almost a full week I had no attacks at all. Then suddenly it started again and the ear nose and throat specialist, after looking at an ex ray of my face, diagnosed me with maxillary sinusitis and prescribed antibiotics again.

The SoB is still there and I’m scarred. Any ideas on what might be causing this? Could it take this long to recover from that lung infection?

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we may have something similar, been on antibiotics now since 9/28, for bronchitis, sinusitis, got the shortness of breath right after being on the antibiotics for 3 days, was wondering if there was something regarding the antibiotic that is causing the shortness of breath, perhaps an unlisted chemical in the coating of the meds. Doc said no. Put me on prednisone which seemed to open up the breathing passages in my lungs, now weaning me off of the prednisone. Also started taking Mucinex DM again, the regular one only 2 times a day.

very scary not being able to get in that breath, have you been diagnosed with chronic bronchitis, asthma? These are classified now in the COPD department, Congestive Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, which is what I have.

Ask one of your doctors to schedule you for a Pulmonary Function test to find out if you are breathing at your full capacity, think that is where I would start if I were you.

Also, to try to help your breathing, try inhaling (just smelling it) Vicks Vaporub, don’t get it in your nose tho, just sniff it into each nostril several times a day and see if that helps you, it seems to help me. Good luck, hope there is nothing bad wrong with you and this illness clears up for you real soon.

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