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Difficulties Breathing

About 4 months ago I woke up with difficulty breathing.  Went to ugent care, lungs were clear, heart was fine other than Right bundle branch block (or something like that)  They sent me home after my blood tests came back fine.  I went to ER that weekened and they again scanned my lungs, ran a stress test, and took blood.  Everything came back fine.  Now, 4 months later, it has come back with mild bronchitis.  The bronchitis was at its peak a month ago and seemed to be gone until a few days ago I developed a little hoarseness and slight cough with occasianl chest wall pain.  I do have minor aches in my legs and left arm, but have a history of back problems.  I am a 32 year old male non-smoker but do occasionally smoke marijuana with the last time being the end of December (about 5 months ago).  I also discovered Stachybotrys (toxic mold) in the home and had it removed a couple of months ago.  My primary doctor thinks it was the mold and thinks everything is fine now.  I am hoping maybe anxiety?  He is on vacation now and won't be in for 2 weeks.  This is my reason for posting in this forum.  

Any help appreciated.




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251132 tn?1198078822
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If your chest X-ray is clear and the lung scan (probably done to identify blood clots to your lung) is negative, you may have asthma.  You also may be responding to something in your home.  It could be recurrent Stachybotrys, not yet visible.  Unless you experience a significant worsening of shortness of breath, you can probably await your doctor's return.
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Well couldn't take not being able to breathe and went back to urgent care.  Xray's came back fine so they decided to check for asthma again.  And thats what it is.  I thought it funny that the asthma test I took a month ago was negative, and this one was positive.  Well at least I have an answer.
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