I stopped smoking 18 months ago after pneumonia left me struggling to breath? -
I stopped smoking 18 months ago after pneumonia left me struggling to breath? -
2 days after the onset of pneumonia I was given a nebulizer, and during the inhalation period of about 30 minutes I noticed a localised dull pain in the centre chest about 10 cms down from the throat. The pain continued for several days leaving me with a slight difficulty in exhaling which was not present before the nebulizer treatment. I also feel a slight pain in both lower lungs if I take deep breaths. My doctor say-s that I have some damage due to smoking, but I told her that this problem was not there whilst I smoked, it appeared shortly after nebulizing. I stopped smoking as soon as I contracted the infection and have not smoked at all since Jan 2008.The restriction in exhalation seems to originate from where I had the pain and not the lungs themselves. It it possible that some damage was actually caused to the urt causing the exhalation problem ? My doctor has not mentioned emphsema. I can run the treadmill and ride the excersise bike at the gym for more than 30 mins at quite a fast pace without becoming wheezey or having shortness of breath.
Any views on this woulb be most welcome.
Thanks in advance
Alan.quite frankly nicotene dulls pain. it-s also likely that you-re noticing these problems after you stopped smoking or it-s from the pneumonia. Any damage from the nebulizer should be gone after a week to 1 month unless other complications inhibit it.
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