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What Causes Breathing Difficulty And Chest Pain After Having Cheese?

I took 4 exlax today at 12:30 pm and ate a piece of cheese after to cut the bad taste, I was hungry and didn t eat till 3:45, by then, I felt dizzy, and had difficulty breathing. I was real hungry, but it took a lot of effort to breath and swallow food. I had 2 bowel movements earlier and half an hour ago I had another bowel movement, but right after I had trouble breathing, my heart was pounding,and had a squeezing cramping feeling in the middle of my chest. My symptoms are the same right now, not as bad, I m also really fatigued. This coincidently happened before when I take exlax, but not Every time, so I don t know what causes this suffering.
Mon, 6 Aug 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

It is a case of drug interaction with cheese also known as cheese reaction. Better to avoid this combination. Sometimes it is life threatening. These reactions shows you had it.

Hope you got your answer.

Stay healthy.

Take care.
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What Causes Breathing Difficulty And Chest Pain After Having Cheese?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. It is a case of drug interaction with cheese also known as cheese reaction. Better to avoid this combination. Sometimes it is life threatening. These reactions shows you had it. Hope you got your answer. Stay healthy. Take care.