Air Hunger

[Guest guest]

Up this a bit old but very interesting topic.

My daughter have some problems with air hunger, which is now her only

symptom (she was diagnosed with babesja 1 year ago)

Selma, could you give some update? I'm thinking about checking

heavy-metals, thyroid and iron levels. Which chelation protocol did

you do? And what types of essential oils have helped you.

Best regards.

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I'm not Selma but thought I'd chime in here since I have dealt with

this problem and found adrenal insufficiency to be the primary cause

of my air hunger. That adrenal insufficiency (which also causes

hypothyroidism) can cause air hunger was confirmed by my ND who

specializes in this area. He says that it is common for people with

adrenal fatigue to have this problem. It may be something else you

want to look into.

Thanks,

Connie

http://www.lymebytes.blogspot.com

>

> Up this a bit old but very interesting topic.

> My daughter have some problems with air hunger, which is now her only

> symptom (she was diagnosed with babesja 1 year ago)

> Selma, could you give some update? I'm thinking about checking

> heavy-metals, thyroid and iron levels. Which chelation protocol did

> you do? And what types of essential oils have helped you.

> Best regards.

>

[Guest guest]

I too have air hunger sometimes but it is after I eat dairy, especially right

before bedtime.

>

> Up this a bit old but very interesting topic.

> My daughter have some problems with air hunger, which is now her only

> symptom (she was diagnosed with babesja 1 year ago)

> Selma, could you give some update? I'm thinking about checking

> heavy-metals, thyroid and iron levels. Which chelation protocol did

> you do? And what types of essential oils have helped you.

> Best regards.

>

[Guest guest]

What is air hunger?

I have been chelated (supps + IVs) and my Heavy metals are virtually

gone. It took about a year. This makes the abx work better.

Heavy metals interfere with immune function and so people with HM

toxicity probably display more and more pronounced symptoms.

>

> I'm still not 100% on that, but I think mine is pretty gone.

>

> I think my air hunger crises were basically related to heavy

metals. My

> naturopath swears by lead poisoning. For some reason, many lyme

> literate doctors are also studying heavy metals in their patients.

It

> seems even Burrascano started testing patients for that.

>

> For some reason, heavy metals become an issue when we catch lyme

and/

> or babesiosis. I don't believe one has air hunger with babesia

BECAUSE

> of lack of red blood cells only, as at least in my case, I was not

> really anemic and was still having awful air hunger crisis.

>

> Some suggest that lack of magnesium help metals to enter cells, and

all

> lyme patients have problems with magnesium because borrelia needs

it to

> survive. So it could be one of the reasons for that 'poisoning' of

> lungs (???).

>

> The only thing that is sure, is that chlorella helped clear a few

of my

> air hunger attacks. It either caused temporarily the crisis, then

it

> made it fade away, or it just made it vanish. I continued having

some

> lung 'sensitivities' after my air hunger crises were gone, but

never

> got the attacks again.

>

> Now I'm doing chelation and rubbing some essential oils on the

lungs,

> and I do feel I'm next to 100% there. But when I'm loaded with

metals

> in my blood and don't take enough chlorella, I feel something on my

> chest, but I can't call that air hunger again, that's why I call

> it 'lung' sensitivity. It goes with rubbing the oils and with

> chlorella.

>

> Once I got the crisis after taking high doses artemisinin and CP. I

> thought of some allergic reaction or so. Now I start to believe it

was

> more related to toxins OR to heavy metals, as when we kill

critters,

> many metals would be liberated, at least according to dr. K. I

think

> that if I knew chlorella at that time, I would have known if that

awful

> air hunger crisis I had was metal poisoning or not. Because the

effect

> of chlorella is felt fast.

>

> So I start to believe on my naturopath, that somehow, air hunger in

my

> case is related to heavy metals. I wonder though why babesiosis

would

> cause air hunger, as I can see loads of people diagnosed with

babesia

> having these air hunger crises... I was one of them too. Somehow

> killing babesia can trigger the symptom too.

>

> These are just thoughts....Nothing too conclusive, just to say that

I

> start to believe on the heavy metals 'conspiracy'!!!

>

> Selma

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Bee,

>

> Just last night all of a sudden i started to have this weird breathing

problem. I described it like a shortness of breath but it feels like their is

something in my lungs or another member described it as their lungs sticking

together. It is really scarry I have a past of panic attacks how do you think

that I should handle this I read the article and it does not make sense to me. I

do not understand Y this happens and what causes this.

+++Hi. What is your name please? Since you have had panic attacks in the past

your body will " retrace " them during the healing process.

Also other members have had air hunger too and it will pass. It may come and go

for awhile however.

As long as you are giving your body the nutrients it needs, you can be assured

that any symptoms are created by your body for a good reason and you are

progressing closer to health.

All the best, Bee

[Guest guest]

THanks for the reassurance bee! I just was wondering what exactly causes air

hunger? Also, I am using woodstock farms Organic unsalted Butter. Would this be

the correct type of butter??

> >

> > Hi Bee,

> >

> > Just last night all of a sudden i started to have this weird breathing

problem. I described it like a shortness of breath but it feels like their is

something in my lungs or another member described it as their lungs sticking

together. It is really scarry I have a past of panic attacks how do you think

that I should handle this I read the article and it does not make sense to me. I

do not understand Y this happens and what causes this.

>

> +++Hi. What is your name please? Since you have had panic attacks in the

past your body will " retrace " them during the healing process.

>

> Also other members have had air hunger too and it will pass. It may come and

go for awhile however.

>

> As long as you are giving your body the nutrients it needs, you can be assured

that any symptoms are created by your body for a good reason and you are

progressing closer to health.

>

> All the best, Bee

>

[Guest guest]

I've also suffered from panic attacks in the past and two nights ago I had

exactly what you are describing. I felt like I couldn't get enough air in my

lungs but it passed after a few minutes.

Debi xxx

[Guest guest]

>

> THanks for the reassurance bee! I just was wondering what exactly causes air

hunger? Also, I am using woodstock farms Organic unsalted Butter. Would this be

the correct type of butter??

+++Hi. What is your name please?

In candida sufferers air hunger is usually caused by high adrenaline produced by

the adrenal glands because they are malfunctioning and also because of stress -

of course having candida or any health problems is stress.

When you get those attacks do deep breathing exercises to switch your body over

from running on adrenaline:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/breath1.php

The best, Bee

[Guest guest]

Hi heidi thanks for your reply it makes me feel better i wasnt sure how much

higher i could go with cytomel thinking 87.5 is a high dose but maybe im

thyroid resistant t wouldnt surprise me nothing has been straighforward with me

and my health. i couldnt even tolerate 1 grain of armour no matter how slowly i

started every time i got to one grain i got horrendous symptoms serious anxiety

chest pain it was awful and its taken me since july to get my t3 dose to where

it is but im so disappointed as my symptoms are still awful and the air hunger

is actually worse than before i began on thyroid meds so im at a lose but im off

to see dr p tommorrow and im praying he will tell me whats going on and what i

can do but i think i might be like you resistant.

many thanks

sylvia

>

> i too suffer from air hunger.It is caused by thyroid hormone being too low and

this affects all the muscles in the body the lungs are greatly affected as the

intercostal muscles are the muscles you need to breathe properly and they are

only able to function if supplied with enough t3.In my case i have to sit up in

bed at night but as i have increased my t3 it has more or less disappeared

except on exertion.i am thyroid hormone resistant now taking 8 grains armour

plus 60 t3 but dont really feel that i,m quite ther yet .have been hypo for 9

years following rai.maybe i wont get any better?my salivary cortisol was in the

nomal levels and rhythm but i do have high dhea any ideas anyone

>

[Guest guest]

On May 28, 2010, at 9:16 AM, fsmfarms wrote:

>

>

> Please advise what over the counter things work with air hunger.

Is air hunger the same thing as shortness of breath?

Thanks,

Blue

[Guest guest]

On May 28, 2010, at 9:16 AM, fsmfarms wrote:

>

>

> Please advise what over the counter things work with air hunger.

Is air hunger the same thing as shortness of breath?

Thanks,

Blue

[Guest guest]

Kinda sorta but not really.

Imagine a live fish lying on a deck, struggling to breathe. It's not doing

anything but lying there; and just the act of breathing takes everything it's

got. That's air hunger.

It feels like you're being smothered in slow motion. It's actually like a

low-grade form of asthma: your lungs are working, but it's very hard work just

to keep breathing. And this can go on for hours, even days -- during which doing

anything else is almost impossible.

In Lyme, it can happen for a lot of reasons. Your lungs are infected. Your

myocardium is infected (air hunger is a sign of cardiac insufficiency, and

common in people with congestive heart failure). Your immune system has hit

" tilt, " and you do in fact have a slo-mo kind of asthma going on. (I have food

allergies that can bring air hunger on fairly reliably; in my case, it actually

technically *was* asthma.) You've got NMH or POTS, which are usually traceable

back to a malfunctioning HPA axis (usually on the adrenal side); which disrupts

your brain's ability to regulate breathing. And I'm sure an LLMD could tick off

a lot of other reasons.

In any event, this is why I keep an albuterol puffer in my purse. Yes, it's a

steroid, and steroids are a no-no -- but it's a very small dose, and I don't

think I ever used it more than once or twice a month, even at my worst. These

days, it's more like once or twice a year. But when air hunger hits me, that

inhaler will open the airways and relieve the problem within a minute or two.

It's fast, sweet relief.

Sara

On May 29, 2010, at 3:19 54PM, bluesky@... wrote:

>

> On May 28, 2010, at 9:16 AM, fsmfarms wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> Please advise what over the counter things work with air hunger.

>

>

> Is air hunger the same thing as shortness of breath?

>

> Thanks,

> Blue

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Kinda sorta but not really.

Imagine a live fish lying on a deck, struggling to breathe. It's not doing

anything but lying there; and just the act of breathing takes everything it's

got. That's air hunger.

It feels like you're being smothered in slow motion. It's actually like a

low-grade form of asthma: your lungs are working, but it's very hard work just

to keep breathing. And this can go on for hours, even days -- during which doing

anything else is almost impossible.

In Lyme, it can happen for a lot of reasons. Your lungs are infected. Your

myocardium is infected (air hunger is a sign of cardiac insufficiency, and

common in people with congestive heart failure). Your immune system has hit

" tilt, " and you do in fact have a slo-mo kind of asthma going on. (I have food

allergies that can bring air hunger on fairly reliably; in my case, it actually

technically *was* asthma.) You've got NMH or POTS, which are usually traceable

back to a malfunctioning HPA axis (usually on the adrenal side); which disrupts

your brain's ability to regulate breathing. And I'm sure an LLMD could tick off

a lot of other reasons.

In any event, this is why I keep an albuterol puffer in my purse. Yes, it's a

steroid, and steroids are a no-no -- but it's a very small dose, and I don't

think I ever used it more than once or twice a month, even at my worst. These

days, it's more like once or twice a year. But when air hunger hits me, that

inhaler will open the airways and relieve the problem within a minute or two.

It's fast, sweet relief.

Sara

On May 29, 2010, at 3:19 54PM, bluesky@... wrote:

>

> On May 28, 2010, at 9:16 AM, fsmfarms wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> Please advise what over the counter things work with air hunger.

>

>

> Is air hunger the same thing as shortness of breath?

>

> Thanks,

> Blue

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> Lyme Disease News continually updated from thousands of sources around the

> net: http://www.topix.net/health/lyme-disease

>

> MedWorm: The latest items on: Lyme Disease

> http://tinyurl.com/23dgy8

>

[Guest guest]

Sara,

Actually, albuterol is not a steroid. There are steroid sprays for asthma,

but albuterol is not one of them. So, you do not need to feel guilty any

longer!

Albuterol just opens the airways so you can breathe better.

Take care,

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Sara

<srobinson@...>wrote:

>

>

> Kinda sorta but not really.

>

> Imagine a live fish lying on a deck, struggling to breathe. It's not doing

> anything but lying there; and just the act of breathing takes everything

> it's got. That's air hunger.

>

> It feels like you're being smothered in slow motion. It's actually like a

> low-grade form of asthma: your lungs are working, but it's very hard work

> just to keep breathing. And this can go on for hours, even days -- during

> which doing anything else is almost impossible.

>

> In Lyme, it can happen for a lot of reasons. Your lungs are infected. Your

> myocardium is infected (air hunger is a sign of cardiac insufficiency, and

> common in people with congestive heart failure). Your immune system has hit

> " tilt, " and you do in fact have a slo-mo kind of asthma going on. (I have

> food allergies that can bring air hunger on fairly reliably; in my case, it

> actually technically *was* asthma.) You've got NMH or POTS, which are

> usually traceable back to a malfunctioning HPA axis (usually on the adrenal

> side); which disrupts your brain's ability to regulate breathing. And I'm

> sure an LLMD could tick off a lot of other reasons.

>

> In any event, this is why I keep an albuterol puffer in my purse. Yes, it's

> a steroid, and steroids are a no-no -- but it's a very small dose, and I

> don't think I ever used it more than once or twice a month, even at my

> worst. These days, it's more like once or twice a year. But when air hunger

> hits me, that inhaler will open the airways and relieve the problem within a

> minute or two. It's fast, sweet relief.

>

> Sara

>

> On May 29, 2010, at 3:19 54PM,

bluesky@...<bluesky%40greennet.net>wrote:

>

> >

> > On May 28, 2010, at 9:16 AM, fsmfarms wrote:

> >

> >>

> >>

> >> Please advise what over the counter things work with air hunger.

> >

> >

> > Is air hunger the same thing as shortness of breath?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Blue

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> >

> > Lyme Disease News continually updated from thousands of sources around

> the

> > net: http://www.topix.net/health/lyme-disease

> >

> > MedWorm: The latest items on: Lyme Disease

> > http://tinyurl.com/23dgy8

> >

[Guest guest]

Sara,

Actually, albuterol is not a steroid. There are steroid sprays for asthma,

but albuterol is not one of them. So, you do not need to feel guilty any

longer!

Albuterol just opens the airways so you can breathe better.

Take care,

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Sara

<srobinson@...>wrote:

>

>

> Kinda sorta but not really.

>

> Imagine a live fish lying on a deck, struggling to breathe. It's not doing

> anything but lying there; and just the act of breathing takes everything

> it's got. That's air hunger.

>

> It feels like you're being smothered in slow motion. It's actually like a

> low-grade form of asthma: your lungs are working, but it's very hard work

> just to keep breathing. And this can go on for hours, even days -- during

> which doing anything else is almost impossible.

>

> In Lyme, it can happen for a lot of reasons. Your lungs are infected. Your

> myocardium is infected (air hunger is a sign of cardiac insufficiency, and

> common in people with congestive heart failure). Your immune system has hit

> " tilt, " and you do in fact have a slo-mo kind of asthma going on. (I have

> food allergies that can bring air hunger on fairly reliably; in my case, it

> actually technically *was* asthma.) You've got NMH or POTS, which are

> usually traceable back to a malfunctioning HPA axis (usually on the adrenal

> side); which disrupts your brain's ability to regulate breathing. And I'm

> sure an LLMD could tick off a lot of other reasons.

>

> In any event, this is why I keep an albuterol puffer in my purse. Yes, it's

> a steroid, and steroids are a no-no -- but it's a very small dose, and I

> don't think I ever used it more than once or twice a month, even at my

> worst. These days, it's more like once or twice a year. But when air hunger

> hits me, that inhaler will open the airways and relieve the problem within a

> minute or two. It's fast, sweet relief.

>

> Sara

>

> On May 29, 2010, at 3:19 54PM,

bluesky@...<bluesky%40greennet.net>wrote:

>

> >

> > On May 28, 2010, at 9:16 AM, fsmfarms wrote:

> >

> >>

> >>

> >> Please advise what over the counter things work with air hunger.

> >

> >

> > Is air hunger the same thing as shortness of breath?

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Blue

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------

> >

> > Lyme Disease News continually updated from thousands of sources around

> the

> > net: http://www.topix.net/health/lyme-disease

> >

> > MedWorm: The latest items on: Lyme Disease

> > http://tinyurl.com/23dgy8

> >

[Guest guest]

I wanted to write with regard to Air Hunger. This had been a slight symptom

until the past week or so, when I, stupidly, decided I was feeling a bit better

and decided to go for a long walk (well, long for me lately). A few hours

later, the breathing situation got pretty bad and now it's nearly every breath

where I have to yawn or physically push back my shoulders or cough to try to get

a satisfying breath. Have any of you had this symptom, and what has been

helpful?

[Guest guest]

Air Hunger is a symptom of babesia. I have it too. Arteminisin helps with air

hunger. It could be a herx or if you are not treating babesia it could be a

symptom of it. What are you currently taking?

[Guest guest]

I have no idea how to handle physiologically (like, what does it mean, why is it

happening, what herbs would help), but I personally experience a lot of benefit

from mindful breathing exercises. I get air hunger a lot at night as I am trying

to go to sleep. I also notice it during the day after I receive a vitamin

infusion. What helps me is first, if I'm lying down, to prop up slightly and

really support my chest and head and neck, so that those muscles can let go.

Then I practice some mindful breathing - not really formal exercises, but

inhaling really, really slowly and mindfully and fully, retaining that for a few

seconds, and exhaling even more slowly, mindfully, fully, and retaining out.

After a few repetition of this practice my air hunger will subside.

I scuba dive (well, pre-lyme I did), and we learned that air hunger experienced

while holding your breath is due less to a need for oxygen than to a buildup of

CO2 in the lungs. When you are holding your breath, it's the CO2 buildup that

makes you feel like you have to breath, not actually an oxygen deprivation -

there's still plenty of that in there. Keeping this in mind helps me reduce the

anxiety I experience along with the air hunger. It also makes me wonder about

what's going on physiologically underneath to create this sensation.

I know I experience more air hunger when I am herxing. So my brain wants to

thing it is the spriochetes' last ditch effort to save themselves by creating a

more acidic environment with CO2. But I'm totally making that up - it has no

basis in any research I've read.

Hope this helps you!

Jen

--->

" I wanted to write with regard to Air Hunger. Have any of you had this

symptom, and what has been helpful? "

[Guest guest]

For what its worth, I have been told in the past that 'air hunger' was a symptom

of babesia. It makes sense since babesia infects the red blood cells, which

carry oxygen to the tissues. jo

>

> I wanted to write with regard to Air Hunger. This had been a slight symptom

until the past week or so, when I, stupidly, decided I was feeling a bit better

and decided to go for a long walk (well, long for me lately). A few hours

later, the breathing situation got pretty bad and now it's nearly every breath

where I have to yawn or physically push back my shoulders or cough to try to get

a satisfying breath. Have any of you had this symptom, and what has been

helpful?

>

[Guest guest]

I've never had babesia (that I know of) and I have air hunger occasionally.

My guess is other bugs can cause the blood to thicken which seems to inhibit

the absorption of oxygen - hence the hunger. Doesn't this have to do with

detoxing and too many toxins in body?

Have you tried CardioPeptase which has serrapeptase and Vitalzymxe which has

protease (along with bromelain and serrapeptase). I also take " Calm " which

is a magnesium powder - all these items seem to help thin my blood in a way

that helps the oxygen absorption.

Let me know if you try them,

_____

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of judyjo27

Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 8:02 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: Air Hunger

For what its worth, I have been told in the past that 'air hunger' was a

symptom of babesia. It makes sense since babesia infects the red blood

cells, which carry oxygen to the tissues. jo

>

> I wanted to write with regard to Air Hunger. This had been a slight

symptom until the past week or so, when I, stupidly, decided I was feeling a

bit better and decided to go for a long walk (well, long for me lately). A

few hours later, the breathing situation got pretty bad and now it's nearly

every breath where I have to yawn or physically push back my shoulders or

cough to try to get a satisfying breath. Have any of you had this symptom,

and what has been helpful?

>

[Guest guest]

>

> My guess is other bugs can cause the blood to thicken which seems to inhibit

> the absorption of oxygen - hence the hunger. Doesn't this have to do with

> detoxing and too many toxins in body?

yes, I think 'thick blood' is a general lyme problem. Could be related to bugs,

or maybe to celiac disease or similar problems that often go together with Lyme.

Some naturopaths indeed say that the 'clotting' (Rouleaux etc.) is caused by too

many toxins or wrong food stuff in the blood. Don't know if that is really the

cause ...

[Guest guest]

Air Hunger is definitely a symptom of babesia. I have been diagnosed with

babesia and have struggled with it. Arteminisin is the herb that is used to

treat babs.

Anita

[Guest guest]

I would imagine that Pranayama (yogic breathing) would be incredibly helpful for

the condition of " air hunger " . It has helped me with my anxiety symptoms a

great deal.

>

>

> I have no idea how to handle physiologically (like, what does it mean, why is

it happening, what herbs would help), but I personally experience a lot of

benefit from mindful breathing exercises. I get air hunger a lot at night as I

am trying to go to sleep. I also notice it during the day after I receive a

vitamin infusion. What helps me is first, if I'm lying down, to prop up

slightly and really support my chest and head and neck, so that those muscles

can let go. Then I practice some mindful breathing - not really formal

exercises, but inhaling really, really slowly and mindfully and fully, retaining

that for a few seconds, and exhaling even more slowly, mindfully, fully, and

retaining out. After a few repetition of this practice my air hunger will

subside.

>

> I scuba dive (well, pre-lyme I did), and we learned that air hunger

experienced while holding your breath is due less to a need for oxygen than to a

buildup of CO2 in the lungs. When you are holding your breath, it's the CO2

buildup that makes you feel like you have to breath, not actually an oxygen

deprivation - there's still plenty of that in there. Keeping this in mind helps

me reduce the anxiety I experience along with the air hunger. It also makes me

wonder about what's going on physiologically underneath to create this

sensation.

>

> I know I experience more air hunger when I am herxing. So my brain wants to

thing it is the spriochetes' last ditch effort to save themselves by creating a

more acidic environment with CO2. But I'm totally making that up - it has no

basis in any research I've read.

>

> Hope this helps you!

> Jen

[Guest guest]

My daughter and I suffered from air hunger for a very long time until we took

corn derivatives out of our diet. We didn't know we had Lyme disease at the time

but did find relief when we removed all the hidden corn from our diet. We were

having a lot of problems after each meal and happened upon a diet that removed

food additives. Most food additives are made from corn but it is also hidden in

many products because it is used in the manufacturing or processing or packaging

of the product and doesn't need to be listed on the label. Vitamins are usually

made using corn so we have a lot of trouble finding supplements that don't

contain corn. Also, most OTC and Rx meds are full of corn in the form of fillers

or binders. Even cooking from scratch can allow corn derivatives into your diet

because they are in staples like enriched flour, bleached sugar, vitamin D milk,

frozen fruit and veggies, grocery store meat (that pad under the meat is full of

citric acid and most chicken in pumped full of broth or carageenan), iodized

salt, vinegar (Bragg's organic apple cider vinegar is one of the few that is

corn-free), canned fruit and veggies and even some produce (corn wax on peppers,

cucumbers, apples, citrus and bagged salads washed with citric acid). To this

day when we accidentally ingest any corn derivative the old air hunger comes

back, but that's not the norm. After years of air hunger we can breathe again

and how sweet it is!

Try keeping a food journal and write down everything you eat and how you feel

after every meal. Keep a log of any of your symptoms and especially note if your

air hunger is worse at times. You'll soon start to see a pattern and be able to

pick out foods that bother you the most and read the ingredients. It will help

you track down the culprits. Did you drink bottled water after your long walk? I

am betting you drank Nestle Pure Life or some other bottled water with " minerals

added for flavor " . Nobody knows that there are corn derivatives in water, but

there are. Good luck.

If you want more info on how to avoid hidden corn, you can find some tips on my

blog: http://www.livingitupcornfree.com/2010/06/living-corn-free.html

>

> I wanted to write with regard to Air Hunger. This had been a slight symptom

until the past week or so, when I, stupidly, decided I was feeling a bit better

and decided to go for a long walk (well, long for me lately). A few hours

later, the breathing situation got pretty bad and now it's nearly every breath

where I have to yawn or physically push back my shoulders or cough to try to get

a satisfying breath. Have any of you had this symptom, and what has been

helpful?

>

[Guest guest]

Question for air hunger people....

How are your iron levels....? Ferritin, hematocrit and hemoglobin??

My air hunger seems to come from anemia....which comes from babesia. Has anyone

tried iron iv infusion therapy?

Would love to hear other peoples experience when treating babasia and dealing

with sypmtoms.

Monty

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[ ] Re: Air Hunger

My daughter and I suffered from air hunger for a very long time until we took

corn derivatives out of our diet. We didn't know we had Lyme disease at the time

but did find relief when we removed all the hidden corn from our diet. We were

having a lot of problems after each meal and happened upon a diet that removed

food additives. Most food additives are made from corn but it is also hidden in

many products because it is used in the manufacturing or processing or packaging

of the product and doesn't need to be listed on the label. Vitamins are usually

made using corn so we have a lot of trouble finding supplements that don't

contain corn. Also, most OTC and Rx meds are full of corn in the form of fillers

or binders. Even cooking from scratch can allow corn derivatives into your diet

because they are in staples like enriched flour, bleached sugar, vitamin D milk,

frozen fruit and veggies, grocery store meat (that pad under the meat is full of

citric acid and most chicken in pumped full of broth or carageenan), iodized

salt, vinegar (Bragg's organic apple cider vinegar is one of the few that is

corn-free), canned fruit and veggies and even some produce (corn wax on peppers,

cucumbers, apples, citrus and bagged salads washed with citric acid). To this

day when we accidentally ingest any corn derivative the old air hunger comes

back, but that's not the norm. After years of air hunger we can breathe again

and how sweet it is!

Try keeping a food journal and write down everything you eat and how you feel

after every meal. Keep a log of any of your symptoms and especially note if your

air hunger is worse at times. You'll soon start to see a pattern and be able to

pick out foods that bother you the most and read the ingredients. It will help

you track down the culprits. Did you drink bottled water after your long walk? I

am betting you drank Nestle Pure Life or some other bottled water with " minerals

added for flavor " . Nobody knows that there are corn derivatives in water, but

there are. Good luck.

If you want more info on how to avoid hidden corn, you can find some tips on my

blog: http://www.livingitupcornfree.com/2010/06/living-corn-free.html

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> I wanted to write with regard to Air Hunger. This had been a slight symptom

until the past week or so, when I, stupidly, decided I was feeling a bit better

and decided to go for a long walk (well, long for me lately). A few hours

later, the breathing situation got pretty bad and now it's nearly every breath

where I have to yawn or physically push back my shoulders or cough to try to get

a satisfying breath. Have any of you had this symptom, and what has been

helpful?

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