DEAR DR. GOTT: Can you give me an idea or guess the problem that I have, as no one has yet diagnosed it? It’s a breathing problem that seems to be getting worse, but slowly.
My breathing is shallow, and I often count 20 or more intakes per minute. I quit smoking 24 years ago, and the problem was not there then. My wife often hears my breath from another room, and my camcorder microphone picks it up easily. I have grown used to it and often don’t realize the noise I make.
I have had a series of laboratory tests that all say there is nothing, but this condition can’t be right. My doctor says I definitely don’t have asthma, and he doubts that it’s pulmonary hypertension, though after reading about it, I do have some of the symptoms that are mentioned.
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