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I'm going to an LLMD appointment on Wednesday and know that "air hunger" is on his patient history checklist. I've seen the phrase mentioned by a number of folks here but don't really know what it means. Thanks for your help.
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David95928
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In my case it was a sensation of not being able to fully catch my breath. Yet my oxygen saturation was 99%.
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That was the case for me too, only now my oxygen saturation level is anywhere from 96-99%, and sometimes drops to like 94%. No idea why. I think thyroid was suggested as a possible culprit.
But, yes, air hunger is feeling like you are not able to catch your breath or get enough air.
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It feels like I'm 'starving' for oxygen ergo air 'hunger'. No matter how deeply I breath, I can't get enough oxygen. I feel like I'm suffocating. It comes and goes. Sometimes lasts for hours or days at a time. Terry
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Hold your breath for awhile. Notice the "need to get air" sensation that develops? With air hunger, you get that sensation even though you are breathing as much as you want.
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Thanks for all of the replies. I don't think what I have is air hunger then. I'm not starving for air. It is more like sometimes I can't take a deep enough breath so I end up trying 3 or 4 breaths as deep as I can manage until I feel like I've breathed enough. I'm a singer and have also noticed lately that I can't sing long phrases without breathing. I used to be able to do much better than I can now.
I don't even know if I have Lyme, I'm just considering a random array of symptoms that, taken separately, aren't anything to be concerned about. But since I live in an endemic area and have for my whole 35 years I have to wonder if Lyme and/or co-infections might explain a lot of things. Thanks again.
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That's what I thought...just could no longer sing the same. Then slowly not being able to get a full breath from time to time. Now not able to do 50% of what I could before breath wise and I can never get a full satisfying breath.
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