Is breathing difficulty a symptom of allergic rhinitis?

Hi doctor,

I have been having breathing difficulty for more than two years. It is as though something is blocking me from inhaling or exhaling. I have taken ECG, sugar test, thyroid test, chest X-ray, and heart ultrasound sound scan, and everything seems normal. But my problem keeps worsening, and everyday living seems tough. Why is this happening?

Note:

I have allergy rhinitis condition (most of the time severe headache and blocked nose or congestion). Also, I think I have anxiety or depression as sudden tears roll out often.

Please help.

Hi doctor,

Thank you for your reply.

I would like to go for a chat consultation if you think that can help me (I am just trying tele consult for the first time, so I am not sure). Please let me know the steps to do the same. By the way, will it be the same doctor every chat session or different doctors? I have initiated a chat consultation with the doctor.

Please help and let me know if you need any further information.

Hi doctor,

Thank you for your reply.

I am having breathing difficulty(as though something is blocking me from inhaling or exhaling). I have a loss of appetite. I eat meals only once a day. Also, I have mood swings, mostly low mood, and loneliness. Crying makes me feel better, but it is difficult to cry as my nature is not like that. I also have chest tightness, so lying down makes me feel better. And I get a lot of knuckles in the leg when I do that. I do not generally share my problems with others and talk to myself a lot. This is because my husband and his family subjected me to domestic abuse for the past ten years.

Please help.

Hi doctor,

Thank you for your reply.

Yes, I have allergy rhinitis, and I often take the tablet Paracetamol for congestion, headache, and a blocked nose. It is becoming difficult to uplift my mood off-late, and listening to devotional music is my only option now. Even I feel frustrated doing that sometimes, and I try playing mobile games to let out my stress. I like playing a game that involves breaking things recently.

After my episodes of abuse, I approached the police here once, and they suggested family counseling. I attend those sessions once in a while, but I still do not feel that it is also helping. I have come to a point where all hope is lost, and no solution is possible. I am concerned about my kids and their welfare.

Please help.

Hi doctor,

Thank you for the response.

Noted on the Levocetirizine part, but nowadays, I find it quite difficult to sleep at night, so I feel restless during the day. I had a mild dose prescribed earlier that made me sleepy throughout the day, but I was given only for a month as the psychiatrist suggested to consult someone else in the place I live. I always think about why this happened when I tried to do the best for my family, even at the cost of my own happiness and health. I feel so stupid for being that way. Now my health is very bad, and I am going through pain again.

I am confused if one should be good when people around you take you for granted. I served my husband on top of all the suffering, yet I did not receive any support from him, his care, concern, or understanding. He was not even ready to give me pocket money.

Now I have learned to let him go, and my kids started to work, though health is the biggest concern.

Please give me a solution.

Hi doctor,

Thank you for your reply.

I just expressed what I have been feeling. I think the basic feeling of not having a companion to listen to, care and understand has gone deep inside me. I have realized that I am going through all this because of my love for him despite all the suffering. The attachment was the reason I was just unlucky. So I have started enjoying being alone.

Thank you.

Hi doctor,

Thank you for your advice.

Your message gave me a push to start my day. Whatever you have mentioned is very true. I am trying to do the same. When I realized my husband and his attachment or fear towards his parents to the extent of torturing me, I completely turned my focus to the welfare of my kids. But unfortunately, they also had allergy issues every other day with so many behavioral tantrums, and I could not lead a peaceful life. That is when I tried hard to detach myself from everything for my health.

I am just wondering if I should check for respiratory issues. What test do you suggest? I wonder if this difficulty breathing (feeling of blocking when inhaling or exhaling) is related to that. Because I had severe palpitations in the morning and I managed to switch on the humidifier with eucalyptus oil, I felt better. That is why I am requesting you suggest a test to check for blockage in the windpipe or lungs.

Please give your suggestions.

Hello doctor,

Thank you for the reply.

I have done a couple of chest X-rays in the past, but the doctor told me it was normal. I will figure out the other test you recommended. And sleep is becoming a big issue these days. I feel restless, and I have clogged thoughts. Also, I feel tired, sleepy, and breathless in the morning. I suspect there is some airway inflammation that needs to be diagnosed. Even my kids were prescribed inhalers for some time when I took them to a pediatrician here, but later I stopped giving them. Do inhalers (blue and orange colored ones) contain steroids?

Please answer.

Hi doctor,

Thank you for your reply.

No, I am not taking any medication for sleeplessness. And I have a psychiatric appointment next month. Here all the appointments are quite delayed as government-based hospitals operate that way (private ones are quite expensive compared to government hospitals). I inquired about the spirometer test today. I need to go through the hospital only, as clinics do not support that.

Thank you.