My husband was in hospital last night. he is having severe problems with his breathing.. getting air through his nose and mouth. He then goes into a panic. They did a lung xray and it was fine. They did an echocardiogram and stress test and said his heart was fine. they did tell him he had a hernia at the end of his esophagus. Could this be the cause of this shortness of breath. he can t even walk to the bathroom bc he cannot get enough air. He has been wearing the nasal strips for sometime now thinking that might help and his heartburn/indigestion has gotten so much worse in the last 3 mths. He is constantly taking zantac