I wake up alomost every night lately, gasping. It usually happens just after I fall asleep. I get this feeling like there's pressur on my ribs & I can't breathe, then I wake up gasping for air. It's really scary. I used to get it a few years ago but it went away & it just started happening again recently.
130615
Sounds like Sleep Apnea.  It's pretty common.  Check out the website below
124560
Sounds more serious than bronchitis. It could be that you're developing pneumonia. The fainting could be from depleting your blood of carbon dioxide (like when a person hyperventilates), or a thing called the Valsalva Effect if you're coughing REALLY REALLY hard.
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I AM NOT A DOCTOR, but I did have, had the same systems a year ago.  I thought I was having chest pains and panicked.  Went to the ER, after my trying to explain the pain, (different country) and after an eternity found it was not my chest, but my lungs, I had an ammonia, (walking)  After a couple of days looking back since I am an older person, and if anyone has that little tickle (cough) in their throat check it out. Also dander from pets. Sorry pet lovers I have birds, dogs, cats, the list goes on because I live in the country..\n\nI also felt something different for at least a couple of months, but did not think anything of it, just a tickle in my throat\n\nHonestly I thought it was chest pains, but turned out to be my lungs.  Because I described where the pain was the doc's where checking out the heart, took like eons for them to know it was the lungs. Once x-rays and everything came back they started treatment, am grateful to be alive now.
140752
that is your body's reminder to you that you need to move!\n\nusually when that happens, there is a loss of blood circulation from that area, and it "falls asleep." it's a painful reminder sent to us by our muscle tissue that it needs oxygen!
124338
your lungs relax, then expand, making it easier to breath.   happens to me at work. I'm a roofer and i have asthma, I'm also afraid of heights[ yeah i don't get it either].anyway when i first go up the ladder in the morning especially on a cold day i get tense, i hyperventilate and breathing is a problem . after a little while i calm down , relax and everything is everything.....
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Compression of the neurovascular structures (the nerves and blood vessels) that supply the arm would lead to the symptoms.  If it does not happen at any other time it was probably just your weird sleeping posture.  Do you notice if you do activities with your arms above your head for more than a couple of minutes you have feelings of tingling, numbness, heaviness and/or cold.  This could also be due to a compression of those same structures and could occur for several different reasons (posture, muscle tightness, elevated 1st rib, etc.).  I would ask for a referral to a Physical Therapist who would be able to examine you and tell you if your symptoms are being caused due to an orthopedic reason such as the ones that I lifted above.
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I have had this many times and it sounds like an anxiety attack. You become so afraid that you start breathing fast and hyperventilate. I was told to hold my breath and count to ten, after i had slowed my breathing down I didn't feel dizzy any more. I thought I was going to die when this started happening  to me and it seemed to get worse each time. When I realized I could control it and it was me being afraid that caused the problem, it has not happened again for several years. I am not a doctor, but these same symptoms happened to me.
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If you feel that this problem is not normal for you then my advise would be to go to the doctor. I have had that happen and it was a anxiety attack. You would be surprised  how many people old or young have them. IF it continues the doctor will put you on a medication to help you feel better. Dont worry what your parents say its your body not theirs  good luck and I hope you feel better.
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Its horrible isn't it. I've had asthma most of my life and its particularly bad at the moment becasue of the rape. My huge hate is the same, I can't stand not been able to take big breaths. WHat I find though is as long as I've taken my medications and stuff I can deal with them short term at least by breathing out in stages, so breath out a bit then stop then a bit then stop etc....firstly it stops you panicking, secondly it balences the o2 of something and thirdly if you breath out properly your more likely be abl t take that deep breath your desperate for!\nAlso turn your mattress on your bed, wash all your bedding regardless of when you last did it and hoover your room. Oh and when you go outside wear your sunnies, very good for stopping extra pollen getting into your system. Also if you havn't got one look into getting a spacer, I think you can just get the over the counter in boots and stuff...the take all your inhalers through it, it just increaces the amount of medication you inhale...ask your doc for details.\nOh and as for the hayfever, buy a pot of local honey (local as possible) and have a teaspoon on toast every morning, I swear by it! Good luck sweets, hope you feel better soon!
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I think your body is trying to force you to go to sleep.\n\nit's like you can never kill yourself by holding you breath because you body just compensates by passing out, therefore causing you to breath again.
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Try putting a heating pad on your chest while you are laying in bed. That might make the muscles relax a bit.\nAre you sure that it's your heart that is hurting and not your lungs? You say that you have insane allergies and cold right now. A cough in essence is a trauma to your lungs. Any type of heavy coughing causes everything to bump into one another in there. Think of it as a blender effect. If you are at all concerned I would talk to your allergist. They might be able to perscribe something to help with the coughing and it might ease your pain. Definatley seek help because there also might be a more serious issue in there. Granted I'm not a doctor but you don't want to dismiss anything when it comes to your health. \nHere's hoping for you to get well soon.
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what concerns me is the "lump" that you feel in your throat, it could be obstructing your upper airway, so you try to breathe in harder -- and your chest feels tight because of too much negative force exerted when inhaling. \n\nwhen you talk, does it sound "muffled"? have you had any fever recently? that "lump" you feel in your throat, does it hurt?\nthis kind of symptom sounds like something that we would see on a 3-year-old child with epiglottis -- but since you're already using the internet, im guessing that you're already an adult or a teenager, (which epiglottitis is not common among). you should definitely have that checked out. speak to your physician, and let him/her know about your breathing problems as well. he/she should be able to recommend some tests done to you.
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I need to know what medical history, Medications , allergies. What were you doing at the time, did you experience Chest pn with this, or shortness of breath. did you seel medical attention, did you have flu like symptoms.\n\nI am a paramedic , not a doctor but I may be able to answer your questions.
146039
ouch. Maybe you have developed asthma.  Better see your doc.
376129
Sounds like the doc said, an inflamation, maybe caused by an infection.  I've had it a few times, but normally following a rib injury, which does not have to be major. You don't breathe properly, or cough, so the air in the bottom of the lungs gets stagnant.
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you should talk to your doctor about it. even though you feel fine now, the doctor will tell you what to do if it ever happens again. =]
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All right, here is the deal.  I don't usually tell people what to do on this forum, but let me warn you, the excessive intergestion in the setting of chest pain is a classic sign of an inferior (meaning lower part of the heart) heart attack.  Now this may just be heartburn as suggested above, but if you are having chest pain with lots of burping right now, you may want to go to the ER just to be safe, or at least call your doctor or a nurse to ask them what to do.