Leelee
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I wonder too. It's a good a question and I look forward to reading the responses.
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sixgoofykids
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For me, air hunger would come whether I was just sitting/lying down, or walking. I feel like I cannot get a full breath of air.
I believe shortness of breath to be after exertion, like running.
That's how I think of the difference.
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losferwrds
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Well if I exert myself I get short of breath and it goes away with a few minutes rest.
Air Hunger for me is more psychological, its a feeling like I conciousily need to breath and way overly aware of it, and no matter what I do , I just can't seem to get a good breath, its sorta like the automatic breathing mechanism turns off and I go into manual mode it generally runs hand in hand with anxiety for me and either benzos or booze relieve it for me
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Geneal
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Geeze. I guess you could say I get both (or not).
Air hunger is that feeling that I cannot get a deep breath.
No matter how I try I just feel like a fish pulled out of the water.
Though when exercising or lifting or doing other things
Like talking on the phone and walking fast,
It makes my air hunger at times worse.
So.....I've learned to concentrate on either relaxing my diaphragm
Or tighten my stomach muscles. Sometimes one works, sometimes the other.
Good news (I think) is that this is finally getting better.
I can get a deep, satisfying breath while walking fast
Or while sitting now almost all the time.
It used to be that I couldn't unless I was laying flat in bed.
My fingernail beds stay pink, the inside of my lip stays red,
So I know I am oxygenating. I've seen people who
Are gasping for air whose fingernail beds are turning blue.
I think of that as shortness of breath.
Just my very humble opinion of course.
Hugs,
Geneal
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MariaA
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I have a suggestion for you guys:
could you all try using a cold pack on your head next time you have air hunger and report back on whether this did anything? I was just reading a study that talked about yawning being an effort to cool the brain. In the study they used cold packs and induced yawning among study participants somehow, and the ones with the cold packs yawned less. I was wondering if air hunger would respond to this. Since babesia can cause air hunger and babesia seems to cause fevers (not in me, though I still have air hunger) it seemed like a possible explanation for why we have air hunger.
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