Posted by Brody on October 29, 2007, at 13:52:39
In reply to Lung injury (?) after horse accident, posted by stargazer2 on October 29, 2007, at 8:53:31
> janet, you say you have been feeling like this for a few months? It could be that there is a slight chance of asthma....>
Yes. This likelihood is beginning to sink into my hard head.....
<Bruised ribs will always diminish respiratory function.>Doctor was stunned when she examined my hoof printed back. I told her I had shortness of breath... wish she would have offered that information.
<Referral to a pulmonary specialist, will be the next steps to R/O asthma or another diagnosis.
>Pulmonary function test is scheduled for tomorrow morning. Will post results.
I expect to hear that I have some asthma, exacerbated by injury to ribs, and that all the stress of not breathing resulted in anxiety.... so a tripple whammy.
> I have been having some reduced pulmonary function myself and get winded more easily than I have remembered. I think mine is related to my depression being so labile. When I feel better the symptoms resolve.
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Very interesting. Feel better. Thank you very much.Janet
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