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Straining to complete yawn, yawning all day, feel i just need a deep breath.

Cloefish

I have had this problem for a long time, but in the last year it has gotten worse and I cant stand it. I regularly go through periods wh...

363 answers | 12 comments

Bright lemon yellow mucus

soccermomw3

I realize coughing up yellowish-green or green mucus is normal when you have bronchitis, but what about bright, lemon yellow colored mucu...

2 answers | 1 comment

Cough and Fever for 13 days Doctor cannot diagnose

rvaede

I visited a doctor and a pulmonologist sad I had clear chest xray no on seems to know what I have. I have a dry cough and fever 90 or so ...

1 answer

bad smell nose

puzzler902

I have had bad smell in my nose for several months now. One ENT doctor used Endoscope and diagnosed me as paroxysmal rhynitis and gave m...

2 answers

nose odor

tdoll

I had this bad smell coming from my nose for awhile This is controlling my life,. I can't do certain stuffs because I don'...

16 answers

Why do I involuntarily gasp for breath while awake?

OldSpottyChick2101

I'm a 59 year old woman who has started to randomly and for no apparent reason, gasp for breath. It comes out of nowhere and disappears a...

Does this X-ray look normal? Implants

Holzbolz1988

I have implants, I’m worried as X-ray looks strange. Is it leaking? Cancer? I don’t no I’m so scared

1 answer

Blowned up painful neck during trumpet playing.

MaroshCZ

Hello, It's quite a while since I am suffering from this condition. At first, I felt the pain of my uvula so I was to doctor and after en...

1 answer | 2 comments

Shortness of breath and lung nodules

pcaw13

I have had tightness in my chest combined with shortness of breath for over a week now. My history is 2 diagnosed cases of bacterial pnea...

9 answers | 1 comment

Extremely High Liters of Oxygen and Long Term Use

monarinaldi

My mother became sick in 2006. She was taking Humira, which lowered her immune system, and she developed double pneumonia. Ever since t...

1 answer | 2 comments

Constant phlegm in throat

shannonwooten

For about a year now, it feels like I have phlegm/mucus stuck in my throat and can't completely clear my throat. Also when I cough, its a...

85 answers | 39 comments

shortness of breath during menstrual cycle

katlc

what could cause shortness of breath during my menstrual cycle? this began when i was 11 years old and i've now been dealing with it for...

128 answers | 9 comments

Lesions from Histoplasmosis 40 years ago or Lung Cancer?

jeanette1952

I have a 62 year old male friend who had histoplasmosis 40 years ago. He almost died but finally recovered. Doctors told him that he woul...

2 answers

Is there a corn chip in my lungs?

dontwannadiern

i was eating corn chips while watching tv and i got distracted and aspirated a bit of it. i automatically coughed pretty hard for about ...

1 answer

Coughing up green disc like things

bumper12

For the past year or so I have been coughing up green colored stuff in a circular shape or disc shape. It is always the same looking dis...

16 answers | 3 comments

Bad smell in nose

patrizia

I've read over this forum, and I wanted to add something that has helped me. For the past three years, I too had a bad smell coming from...

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Bad smell coming from nose..Found a Cure!!! Yayyyy

nosydeadkitty

This is not a question but answer..i couldnt find how to comment or answer! I have been suffering from a really horrible smell coming ...

136 answers | 47 comments

I Feel Like I Stop Breathing

RaysGirlNessa

I can sleep during the day with no problems, but when I try to sleep at night, I start to fall asleep and then suddenly feel like I quit ...

1 answer | 1 comment

Why am i still wheezing?

AnJ2222

Around the ending of Nov. Of 2018 i woke up and felt like my chest was congested. This proceeded with a cough i could not get rid of, whe...

3 answers | 6 comments

Constant Urge to Take Deep Breaths

RickM78

Hi, For the last week I've had a constant urge to take deep breaths, and fill my lungs so that they feel stretched. The breath gives m...

116 answers | 37 comments

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