Need Advise

[daringsteam]

I had a CABG in 2000.  A couple of months ago I felt tightness in the chest and the feeling was as if a belt has been tied on my chest which was restricting me to inhale.  I did a CT Angio which revealed that out of three (3) grafts, oneof my arteries has blocked, however my Cardiologist over-ruled this tightness as related to a Cardiac problem.  Just to satisfy my curiosity, I went for Echocardiography which turned out to be good as well.  I scheduled an appointment with a Pulmonologist who gave me a peak flow which I was able to blow beyond 600, however as there was some wheezing, the doctor prescribed Seretide Diskus 250 twice a day, however  the chest tightness remained as is.  As there was no improvement I switched over to another Pulmonologist who gave me a Spirometry test which was evaluated within normal limits. FEF 25-75 changed by 17% which was interpreted as a mild response to bronchodilator.  The Pulmonologist dignosed it as allergy and put me on Symbicort Trubohaler to be inhaled twice daily and two tablets a day of Singulair.  I have been on this medication for about two weeks now but no progress.  I still have the chest tightness and have spells of shortness of breath, however yesterday the shortness of breath was from 6:30 pm to 3:30 am. As it was mild so I did not use the Salamol reliever.  When the night comes, I feel very nervous.  To add to my problems, I am also suffering from Acid reflux for which I am using Nexium 40.  Can some advise?

[daringsteam]

Hi, Thanks for the guidance!

[ChitChatNine]

Hi and welcome .. I'm afraid I'm unable to answer your ?'s .. not enough experience here but wanted to stop by and say hello!

You can try our Asthma experts listed to the right.

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