Shortness of Breath - Lyme or Asthma?

I saw my PCP today because of my shortness of breath. She didn't say anything about the sauna and she knows nothing about herxes, so that part was useless.

She did say my lungs were clear, but said she thinks I may have Asthma. I described my shortness of breath to her as a feeling of not being able to catch my breath or get enough air. I don't really feel it in my chest, I feel it in the back of my throat, and even my nose sometimes.

It is so frustrating not knowing if what I have is Lyme, Babesia/Bartonella?, or something else.

Does anyone else feel like this?

Hi Max.  Shortness of breath is one of the hallmark symptoms of Babesiosis.  What other symptoms do you have? 

Are you currently being treated?

Ticker,

I have breathing problems as well as joint/muscle pain, migraine headaches, difficult swallowing sometimes. I am self treating with Cat's Claw right now while I wait to find a dr. I'm looking to see dr. R in Manhattan since I am close to the city.


Robin,

Thanks for your email Maybe we have the same problem. I use my sauna at my gym every day and my wife said maybe it's that but I haven't been there since the can't catch my breath feeling started. I haven't seen a pulmenologist yet. When do you see yours?

For me I think air hunger was caused by surges in blood pressure, 2 blood pressure meds and I am feeling pretty good

For me treating my High Blood Pressure worked, I used to get palpatations and pressure would go very high and swing for a few hours, it was very scary, I think the air hunger symtom you are having is very scarry, I found it was releived when I lied down

My lung worms were found by live blood microscopy (I'm in the UK).