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Suggest Treatment For Shortness Of Breath

My daughter is 27 years old and has been told she has a lazy heart in one chamber. Last year she had a hole in her heart repaired with that mesh thing. Sorry I don t remember exact terms. She had a test done today to make sure the repair from last year was still good and it is. She has shortness of breath often. Any ideas?
Mon, 19 Jan 2015
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Pediatrician, Pulmonology ,  's  Response
Hi....By what you quote I feel what your daughter is having is asthma.

I have a few questions and suggestions for you -
Questions:
1. How many days per month does she cough or feel breathless?
2. How many nights per month does her sleep get disturbed due to above symptoms?
3. Does she feel breathless when she exercises?
4. Are the symptoms when there are seasonal changes?
5. Is there any family history of asthma or any other sort of allergies like skin allergy etc.?

Suggestions:
1. There are certainly effective management therapies in allopathy now a days. medicine has advanced a lot and not asthma is 100% controllable.
2. Inhalers are the newest management strategies for this.
4. Triggers can be environmental changes/ dust/ talcum powder/ seasonal changes/ un-cleaned a/c vents/ cold weather etc....we can specifically say this is the cause - unless we observe the kid closely - best person is the parent.
regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Suggest Treatment For Shortness Of Breath

Hi....By what you quote I feel what your daughter is having is asthma. I have a few questions and suggestions for you - Questions: 1. How many days per month does she cough or feel breathless? 2. How many nights per month does her sleep get disturbed due to above symptoms? 3. Does she feel breathless when she exercises? 4. Are the symptoms when there are seasonal changes? 5. Is there any family history of asthma or any other sort of allergies like skin allergy etc.? Suggestions: 1. There are certainly effective management therapies in allopathy now a days. medicine has advanced a lot and not asthma is 100% controllable. 2. Inhalers are the newest management strategies for this. 4. Triggers can be environmental changes/ dust/ talcum powder/ seasonal changes/ un-cleaned a/c vents/ cold weather etc....we can specifically say this is the cause - unless we observe the kid closely - best person is the parent. regards - Dr. Sumanth