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Posted 2/3/2013 1:41 AM (GMT 0)
Hi,

So I'm still trying to figure out some of my symptoms that I can't pinpoint.

1-petechia rash
2- feels like someone is slightly squeezing my throat and have the urge to cough, sometimes cough but not often, not even every day - is this babs or bart? I wouldn't call it air hunger necessarily, I don't feel deprived of air like a panic attack or anything
3- waking up in the middle of the night suddenly awake (can't remember my pulse rate or if I cough here or what I'll have to take better notice.
Posted 2/3/2013 10:49 AM (GMT 0)
I have all of these as well. Ref 2. This was one of my first symptoms, it feels like someone is squeezing my throat but also a post nasal drip like feeling. I distinguish this from air hunger which I also suffer from and which feels like an inability to fill your lungs with air or get sufficient air - it feels like I'm short of breath all the time and saps my energy and motivation. This is a big problem for me and I hate it!

I have also been treated extensively for Bart - over 6 months of upto 1500mg of rifampin a day plus clarithromycin and it hasn't touched this symptom set, rather they have gotten worse. So it's my guess that its either Babs or protomyxzoa!

Hth, Hugh
Posted 2/3/2013 1:41 PM (GMT 0)
For me the air hunger felt like I couldn't quite get "enough" air into my lungs. I related the tight throat with my thyroid issues at the time (we were still trying to regulate the dose).
Posted 2/4/2013 1:36 AM (GMT 0)
I have had a symptom of feeling like breathing takes effort, like something heavy is pushing on my chest, and I can't get enough breath.

I've also had pnuemonia twice this year, so this might complicate things, but I had this symptom come out of nowhere during a herx after starting babesia treatment.
Posted 2/4/2013 3:37 AM (GMT 0)
Ditto traveler on air hunger. I actually don't know what specifically caused it, but have not had it in many years.

Suddenly waking up at night can be an adrenal issue. My sleep improved drastically when I got the right bio-identical hormones. Had saliva testing done for adrenals that shows the cortisol throughout the day. You can get home test kits to do this, but need a doc knowledgable about bio-identical hormones to read it and prescribe the right kind of cortisol.
Posted 2/5/2013 5:41 AM (GMT 0)
Opugirl: I also thought of something for waking up suddenly...this used to happen to me until I got a dental device to keep my jaw from dropping at night.

Are you lying on your back when it happens? If so, it could be sleep apnea..the jaw falls down and the tongue closes the throat and you jolt awake because of air passage blockage.

There are devices you can try online to correct it. None worked for me. I got my dentist to adjust a retainer I wear at night for oxygen flow so that my jaw does not drop. Now I do not wake up in the morning when lying on my back!

Keep us posted!
good luck!!!!
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