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My sister always had air filters running, I used a small one at work, and eventually bought a larger HEPA air filter for my father and one for me.
It made a tremendous difference in the quality of the air. I used it when I was doing spring cleaning, or pulling up the carpeting to be replaced.
Spider plants and a few others (which I can't recall at the moment) also have air filtering properties.
The comment on Flonase reminded me that air quality is so important to breathing easily.
You might also get a hygrometer to measure moisture in the air; I can always tell when the air gets dry in the winter, but the hygrometer's moisture levels are a reminder to use the HEPA air filter.
Something else that can cause shortness of breath is pesticide residue on foods. Look up the "dirty dozen" list of foods that are most contaminated. I can always expect to experience shortness of breath after eating certain fruits, regardless of how thoroughly I scrub them. Sodium nitrate and nitrite on foods also can cause respiratory difficulty.
Hi Countrymouse, there is no plant anywhere. Although, the stuffed nose might be pollen-related. I got her some Flonase and her congested nose problem is gone. We did leave the house empty for a couple of years. So maybe there are some critters that crawled without us knowing. The fact that there are some days that she feels completely fine makes me think that this is internal.
Discussing this with one of the techs, I learned that a particular brand of warfarin wasn't always consistent, although that was several years ago and I don't remember why w/o digging through volumes of medical notes.
I also experienced that with anesthesia. In sharing that with an anesthesiologist prior to a procedure, and insisting that no meds with certain additives be given, I learned that these additives vary among anesthesia meds. So he chose one w/o the additives to which I was allergic and I had no problems.
I have a friend who has to be careful about which brand of certain prescription medications she takes because of the inactive ingredients. Luckily her pharmacist is willing to help her get the prescription medications that don't have the inactive ingredients that she has problems with.
Is your Mom taking a Beta Blocker (propranolol, atenolol, metoprolol are the most common)? The symptoms that you mention often occur in people who are taking a Beta Blocker:
shortness of breath, heart racing, hands shaking, feeling of suffocation, headache, fearfulness, nausea (occasionally), coughing, stuffed nose (but not a cold), dry mouth, and recently ringing in the ear.
If your Mom is taking a Beta Blocker, maybe your Mom needs to change to a different Beta Blocker or have the dosage of her current Beta Blocker medication decreased. Talk to your doctor about dosage changes. Please do NOT change the dosage of your Mom's medications without the doctor's knowledge.
Sometimes we can be sensitive to pills, not to the medicine in the pill, but to the fillers used to make the pill larger so it is easier to handle... to the binder used to keep the pill together so it doesn't dust apart... to the coating on the pill which makes it easier to swallow.
I ran into that situation with one prescription medicine I was taking, and after a lot of trial and error, found a pharmaceutical manufacturing company that had the pill without the side effect. What is surprising, I noticed one of my Mom's pill bottles, she said she could only use from that company, too.
Do you mean your mother has early stage dementia? (Early onset means it started before age 65.) Has the type of dementia been suggested? Is she being followed by a dementia specialist? (Such as a behavioral neurologist or a geriatric psychiatrist?)
Dementia can certainly interfere with sleep patterns! It can cause lots and lots of different symptoms. Dementia means there are defects in the brain, and the brain controls everything! But the particular set of symptoms you describe aren't something common, or at least I haven't heard of them. (We hear about lots of dementia symptoms on this forum.)
I think it would be advisable to see a doctor very well versed in dementia symptoms and treatments.
could it be a thyroid problem. like Hyperthyroidism
symptoms:
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hyperthyroidism/symptoms-causes/syc-20373659