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Shorteness of Breath and Wheezing

LouLou

New member
Anyone else have this? The 1st 2 months were good but now I have wicked wheezing which I don't usually have and find myself wanting more air. Hmm... maybe I'll go off the inhaled and just stick with the oral until I feel I have no wheezing and shorteness and then give it another whirl. Pft's are 4.5.06..I consider that the true test.
 

coltsfan715

New member
Hey there,
I had the same thing with the wheezing not the shortness of breath though. I was nebbing the OO for about 2 months. The first month all was well I was coughing more and getting more up but overall felt good. About halfway through the 2nd month I started noticing wheezing, which I never had before. I had to stop the OO because I thought that may be causing it and I needed it to stop cause I was mainly getting it at night and I was having a hard time sleeping because of the noise. I stopped it and had noticed it stopped, but also the gunk I am coughing up is getting darker than what it had been the past few months. I have only been off the OO a few weeks now.
I posted before a thought I had about the OO, I thought it helped but maybe not something I personally should use long term. Maybe you could try using it a few weeks at a time. Like TOBI but instead of a full month 2 weeks on 2 weeks off or something. Just a thought. I haven't tried it myself, but am interested in trying it when I get off the oral antibiotics I am on.

Hope the wheezing and shortness of breath gets better. If you stop the OO and it doesn't improve within a day or 2 I would call the doc. Just my opinion on that it may be something totally unrelated to the OO. I know my wheezing stopped within a day or so but I also started seeing streaks of blood in my sputum for a few days after a full 5 days the blood streaking was gone and the wheezing as well. I actually felt great after those 5 days like a rejuvenated person then started a 2 week cycle of Cipro and started feeling bad from side effects.

Lindsey
 

catboogie

New member
hey lauren,

wanted to say that my dad, who has emphysema, tried the oregano oil and had shortness of breath as well. (i think he always wheezes so not sure about that.) i told him to stop it right away because to me this is a scary side effect. maybe something in your body changed in the time you have been doing it. if you are set on keeping on inhaling it, i would at least take a break for a bit.

laura
 

Faust

New member
I never had any of those symptoms. Were you guys using the H2 Oregao water soluble oil? I've never heard of that. Of course if you have bad side effects beyond anything pleasant, discontinue it's use. I've felt nothing but clear on the OO.
 

LouLou

New member
HG Oregano Water Soluble is what I'm nebbing.
I also take one of the 3x strength pill internally.
I'll keep ya'll posted.
 
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