Breathing difficulties

[Bobo08]

For a few weeks now, my wife is having breathing difficulties that are getting worse. Initially, they only occurred at night, about 3am. But now, they happen often in the day time as well. She describes them as a feeling of heaviness in the chest. I'm getting quite worried about it. So I'd like to ask if anyone has any experience or advice to offer.

Her diet is actually quite good. Although she hasn't accepted a low carb / high fat diet, she has eliminated all gluten, dairy, nuts, beans for more than a month now. Prior to that, she only had rice and beans occasionally.

At the moment, she's taking DMSO (1 tea spoon per day), Magnesium malate, fish oil, glucosamine (to help with her neck problem) daily.

What may be a contributing factor is that she used the FIR blanket a lot in the last few weeks, but didn't take any vitamin/mineral except magnesium because she had great difficulties taking supplements, especially multi-vitamins.

That's about all I can think of at the moment. I would appreciate any comment or advice for her.

 

[mcb]

I would suggest seeking immediate medical attention, and avoiding the FIR until you know what is causing it. Are there other symptoms, such as swelling and discoloration in her legs?

 

[aragorn]

Yes, skipping the FIR for q while sounds like a wise thing to do. Heavy duty usage of the FIR doesn't maybe suit everyone, at least if one isn't that used to it. I used to get dizzy and sleepy from using the FIR too much.

I have no expertise, but breathing difficulties and a feeling of heaviness in the chest area does sound like something you want check with a doctor. Keep us posted.

 

[Niall]

The first thing that comes to mind is reducing her daily dose of DMSO to one teaspoon in a glass of distilled water per week, based on Psyche's recommendations here:

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/228453-DMSO-The-Real-Miracle-Solution

The usual oral dose of DMSO is one teaspoon per day of DMSO 70% (Morton, 1993). But since it can trigger detoxification reactions and DMSO's total excretion from the body can take several days, it is best to do it only once a week. Start with half a teaspoon of DMSO 50% and increase to a teaspoon of DMSO 70% only if any possible detoxification reaction is well tolerated.

 

[Mrs.Tigersoap]

I would suggest seeking immediate medical attention

That's probably the safest thing to do indeed.

For a few weeks now, my wife is having breathing difficulties that are getting worse. Initially, they only occurred at night, about 3am

FWIW, the Lung meridian begins its cycle of work at 3 am. So any problem in that area would either manifest or get worse around that time(and for about two hours, after which the Large Intestine takes over).

To ease her pain a bit, what does everyone think of applying comfrey balm on the chest? Last time I did this, it did wonders and it stopped my heavy asthma attack almost immediately. But of course, everyone is different.

Let us know how the situation evolves, Bobo08.

 

[anart]

The first thing that comes to mind is reducing her daily dose of DMSO to one teaspoon in a glass of distilled water per week, based on Psyche's recommendations here:

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/228453-DMSO-The-Real-Miracle-Solution

The usual oral dose of DMSO is one teaspoon per day of DMSO 70% (Morton, 1993). But since it can trigger detoxification reactions and DMSO's total excretion from the body can take several days, it is best to do it only once a week. Start with half a teaspoon of DMSO 50% and increase to a teaspoon of DMSO 70% only if any possible detoxification reaction is well tolerated.

This jumped out to me as well - that is a LOT of DMSO to take!

 

[Chu]

I agree she might need to have some tests done to be on the safe side.

Is she doing EE by any chance?

And is she having any emotional problems that you can tell, maybe, and which could be associated with the problem?

I hope she recovers soon!

 

[LQB]

At the moment, she's taking DMSO (1 tea spoon per day), Magnesium malate, fish oil, glucosamine (to help with her neck problem) daily.

Might add a good dose of Vit C throughout the day (possibly with Lysine/Proline added). But I agree with others - a visit to the doc for some tests is in order.

 

[Michal]

Overdose of FIR sauna maybe something related.
After I got my cocoon system from Get-Fitt I had used it every day. Well, not good!
I felt heavy in the chest, and felt that my heart pumps hard.
Couple of days after intensive sauna usage I was talking to Robin from GetFitt and she explained to me that my symptoms sound like die-off.
She had also explained that that's why they have established service for people after purchasing sauna's (good that I bought it :)).
Conclusion for me and others who are using FIR sauna:
YOU MAY OVERDOSE IT

Robin explained also that using sauna shall be step by step starting as suggested in their brochure from 37 deg C and taking small exposition in the beginning and also pause intervals like 2 days to check the reaction of Your organism. Then slowly increase one parameter at a time. I started with time. Each weak or so increase by 5 mins. Since than I have not had bad feelings again.

By the way I have not experienced other FIR sauna providers but that one was and is good for me. Shortly described it here:
http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=23924.0

Now I have similar but not that strong feeling like die-off which I link to process of using Candex. I am not sure about it but it is likely (I am using sauna now only once per weak just not to make it worse). Couple of days ago it started after I ate a lot of buckwheat groats with lard. After that I felt heavy and maybe that was too much carbs at one time.

 

[Bobo08]

Thank you everyone for your advice. Just an update, we visited an afterhour GP last night. Although the cause of the breathing difficulties is not determined yet, the GP gave her an asthma puffer to relieve the symptom. It did help. So at least she has something to use during the attacks. We will go back on Monday for a more thorough examination.

I would suggest seeking immediate medical attention, and avoiding the FIR until you know what is causing it. Are there other symptoms, such as swelling and discoloration in her legs?

She has no other symptom, except for some neck and joint pain, which she has been having for a very long time. She has also stopped using the FIR blanket.

The first thing that comes to mind is reducing her daily dose of DMSO to one teaspoon in a glass of distilled water per week, based on Psyche's recommendations here:

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/228453-DMSO-The-Real-Miracle-Solution

I'm aware of the recommendation. But the breathing difficulties started before the DMSO use. Actually, she started using DMSO because of the breathing difficulties as we thought it might be related to inflammation. But since it didn't seem to help, I will ask her to reduce the dosage.

Is she doing EE by any chance?

And is she having any emotional problems that you can tell, maybe, and which could be associated with the problem?

She is doing the pipe breathing only. It helps her feel better right after. However, it doesn't last for very long. Nevertheless, I will encourage her to continue doing it.

About emotional problems, indeed there are some. As I mentioned in this thread, her plan was to study to become a secondary teacher in Australia. However, after looking more into it, the English proficiency requirement for a teacher is very high, which is probably infeasible for her to attain. And due to our foreign status, her choice of other careers is quite limited. So that's something that's weighing on her mind at the moment. But I don't know if it is related to the breathing difficulties.

To ease her pain a bit, what does everyone think of applying comfrey balm on the chest? Last time I did this, it did wonders and it stopped my heavy asthma attack almost immediately. But of course, everyone is different.

Since the asthma puffer is the only thing that really helps so far, I would be interested in hearing more about your asthma situation. I will definitely be looking into the comfrey balm and other natural asthma medications.

Thanks again for everyone's comments and support. It means a lot for us.

 

[Mrs.Tigersoap]

Since the asthma puffer is the only thing that really helps so far, I would be interested in hearing more about your asthma situation. I will definitely be looking into the comfrey balm and other natural asthma medications.

My asthma is very stable. I only had two episodes in years (following the swine flu and more recently here: http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,22091.msg234782.html#msg234782). Before those, I had not had one in years. I stopped having episodes once I watched my dairy consumption. Some things do make me wheezy. Some perfumes, cigarette smoke, some plants and flowers, transfat. Nothing important, though.
During the last episode, I tried comfrey following this thread: http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,21597.msg234986.html#msg234986 and felt immediate relief without having to take my puff. This was very comforting to me as puffs are bronchodilators and help widen the airways and there is some concern that the lungs become less effective at doing so themselves after prolonged use.