Difficult time breathing and bloating

[esco85]

I am a 41 year old male. I have had allergy induced asthma for 13 years and in 2004 i had surgery for a hiatal hernia.  I have recently been having a hard time breathing and being bloated.  I am sure both symptoms are connected with the asthma and hiatal hernia.  
The breathing difficulties only occur when I am running.  I can not seem to inhale it is all exhaling.  I take my asthma medicine everyday and before I run.  I will stop running and walk until I can finally take a deep breath.  I moved a year ago where the altitude is 4200...would that be the cause and if so what can I do to minimize or eliminate the problem.  
The being bloated is like someone has hooked me up to an air pump.  This can happen even without eating.  I can go to sleep bloated and wake up bloated.  The bloating causes discomfort and the need to buy bigger clothes.  
If I could get suggestions or recommendations I would really appreciate it.

[National Jewish]

The bloating is not from your asthma or an allergic condition and should be addressed by a gastroenterologist (GI specialist).  The exercise induced asthma, if this is the cause of the difficulty with breathing during exercise, is usually easily controlled with proper medication.  The issue is to see someone who can document that this is indeed the cause.  That, too, can be determined fairly easily.  The altitude should not be much of a problem after a year.  Usually this occurs in the first weeks.  I would see the pulmonologist to evaluate your breathing difficulty, as well as the GI specialist.