My daughter had her 4th or 5th remicade infusion last Friday. Each time she has developed episodes of shortness of breath, lightheadedness and feeling faint about 5 days after the treatment. The bouts come and go for 2 or 3 weeks. They are severe enough that she becomes afraid to go to sleep because she startles awake feeling as though she has stopped breathing. Needless to say, this is ruining her freshman year of college. (She is in bed early for a college kid, 10 or 11 p.m., and exhausted most of the time.)
Is this shortness of breath/lightheadedness a side effect of the Remicade? If so, what do we do?