can air hunger be caused by bartonella? best treatment for relieving symptoms?

the past couple days i've been experiencing terrible shortness of breath to the point where i feel like taking large breaths hurts and causes me to dry cough- im assuming this to be air hunger? i notice it constantly, more so when i am laying down, occasionally i sit up quickly to gasp for air. well i called my LLMD today (ive been off anitibiotics bc of allergic reactions) and she says air hunger is caused by the bart..... but for some reason I feel like everywhere i read says babesia? do both cause it? i haven't had any night sweats typical of babesia.
my questions are, i have an inhaler- is this good to use for the air hunger? and how do you deal with the chest discomfort, pain and stress of constantly gasping for air? what can we do to make it go away or lessen? is this air hunger typically just an uncomfortable annoyance and scare, or does it get to the point for people that they actually can't breath and could die from it? id really appreciate any advice from those of you who experience this! thanks guys!!!

Chlamydia pneumoniae, commonly community aquired by those with suppressed immune systems can also cause this kind of feeling. I have it and Bartonella, but feel it is at the root of these symptoms. I often feel short of breathe, like I cannot fill my lungs with air and have lost my ability to yawn! Bizarre. Whilst I am hoing that getting over immune suppression and Bb will get me over Cpn I may need to treat it directly. Unfortunately its another of those awkward multi stage infections which requires long term combination therapy...... grrrreeeat!

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I had these same issues last October ( before being diaganosed with Lyme) and felt like I couldnt get any air into my lungs and was like feverish but my temp was very low .. I ended up in the ER one night and they did X-Rays and said I had pneumonia and gave me Z-pack .. low and behold the next day after taking 500mg of Zithro I felt amazingly better only to end the Zpack and got worse again with the breathing .... So then another doctor told me 2 weeks after they told me I had pneumonia that the Radiologist said I did not have pneumonia .. So I dealt with not being able to breathe until I finally got into the LLMD in Feb of this year and he started treating me for Lyme and did alot of blood tests and 1 of them came back positive for previous C. Pneumonia .... I found this Interresting .. Anyways, after I began treatment from the LLMD which started out as Zithro 250 mg x 2 a day and Bactrium 250 x2 a day I began to be able to breathe alot better and could at least climb a flight of stairs without almost passing out due to shortness of breath... I am still not fully recovered from this "breathing" issue but slowly am getting better ... This is awful for anyone to have to go threw ..

For me I didnt go about my day when it was really bad .. It was all I could do to walk around in my house just to the bathroom and such .. I stayed in the house and didnt do anything ... It wasnt until the LLMD started treating me and about 2 weeks after I started treatment I began to breathe better and now I am much better but not by all means cured and still have breathing issues but I can almost function normally .. I just cant go out and run or anything like that but I can walk and climb stairs alot better ....... The ND I see has me taking Respiratonic and Lung Tonic 1 pill 3x a day both by Herbs etc and I get them online because they are cheaper.... I felt improvement from the 500mg I took all at once back in October .. I did have chest pain when I would try to take a real deep breath.... It is very scarry let me tell you which Im sure you know ...