I don’t mean to rekindle an old post that contains so much serious discussion, but one of the symptoms of magnesium deficiency is shortness of breath. I went to doctor’s all year for a mix of symptoms; numbness in hands, heart palpitations, shortness of breath (always sighing and never feeling like I could get a deep breath), foot cramps, muscle twitches, blurred vision, jaw discomfort, bowel issues, and others. I had extensive blood work done, an MRI on my head and neck, EKG’s, an ultrasound of my gall bladder, and was prescribed a slew of medications; and nothing ever came of it. In fact, my doctor just thought I was crazy. It was very frustrating. I got to thinking about mineral deficiencies and thought about my milk allergy that I’ve had all my life and stumbled upon magnesium deficiency. I started taking large doses of magnesium and my symptoms subsided after a week and are continuing to improve. I take a magnesium supplement everyday now and have been feeling better. You may be dealing with something that modern medicine does not test for or really understand that well. Magnesium is required for some 300 different enzymes throughout the body, in nearly every major system, to function properly. They thought I might have had MS at one point. Don’t give up and consider every possibility, many of which modern medicine may not understand. I’m not saying that a mineral deficiency is responsible for your health issues, but want to encourage you to do your own research and to consider self treatment methods and alternatives to modern medicine. I hope you’ve been feeling better since this original post and that you haven’t had to completely eliminate snuff if it’s something you truly enjoy. I have blamed snuff on a number of occasions for different ailments, and discovered other things were the cause and not the snuff. Although, snuff can’t be really good for me, it can’t be any worse than my cookie eating habit. greenmedinfo.com/blog/magnesium-deficiency-symptoms-and-diagnosis
Well to update. I only stayed off snuff for 10 days and since it made absolutely no difference to my health improving I’ve been back to using snuff regularly for some time now as on balance I feel better with it’s use. The 10 day abstinance basically was enough I felt to demostrate to me that snuff is not the problem. I still don’t vape as I can’t really inhale the vapour. I saw another illness mentioned in a newspaper called Aspergillosis and it read something very like my symptoms so I have another hospital appointment in Jan and will mention this then. I’m actually surprised they didn’t test me for this as according to the newspaper article it has been showing up more and more recently. Maybe I just need some antifungal med but for now I still have to take a low dose of this anti-inflamatory steriod to keep a lid on the problem but everything is still a bit out of whack as they say but I’m getting by without to much bother, just at a reduced strength.
Well to update. I only stayed off snuff for 10 days and since it made absolutely no difference to my health improving I’ve been back to using snuff regularly for some time now as on balance I feel better with it’s use. The 10 day abstinance basically was enough I felt to demostrate to me that snuff is not the problem. I still don’t vape as I can’t really inhale the vapour. I saw another illness mentioned in a newspaper called Aspergillosis and it read something very like my symptoms so I have another hospital appointment in Jan and will mention this then. I’m actually surprised they didn’t test me for this as according to the newspaper article it has been showing up more and more recently. Maybe I just need some antifungal med but for now I still have to take a low dose of this anti-inflamatory steriod to keep a lid on the problem but everything is still a bit out of whack as they say but I’m getting by without to much bother, just at a reduced strength.
I’m glad to hear you’re hanging in there and I hope you get a hold on it all. Aspergillosis is rare, but not out of the question. I started trying to figure out what was causing my shortness of breath and gasping for air over 6 years ago. I did the steroids thing for a bit and it helped, but the problem returned and got worse. I was tested for everything under the sun with no resolve and the doctor eventually told me I had anxiety and prescribed some pills. I still deal with the issue as it has not completely gone away. In fact, it can be unnerving at times as I sit sighing and gasping for air; desperate for a good breath. I can relate to difficulties breathing. I found the best results by adjusting my diet and exercise, but it did not solve the problem. I lost over a 100lbs. in 7 months and still was gasping for air while sitting on the couch. I was juicing fresh green organic vegetables and eating a balanced diet, but still no resolve. I lost my mind at this point. I went 100% sugar free (including anything your body turns into sugar) and drank a purge cleansing drink morning and night with bentonite magma, psyllium powder, and caproyl oil. I was convinced that it was fungal, that I had candida, and that I had to rid my body of it naturally. I felt the best I’d felt in years, but could not maintain it and fell back into eating potatoes, bacon, cookies, and drinking alcohol. I had blood cultures done and they revealed that I did not have any fungus in my blood, so a systemic fungal infection was ruled out. I thought the fungus was in my lungs. The breathing difficulties and other symptoms come and go, but I have come to terms that I don’t have a serious ailment in need of modern medicine. This is not to say that you don’t because you may very well have something serious that needs to be treated by modern medicine. Just be prepared to continue to be poked and prodded with no answers or resolve. It may happen this way? You may have no choice, as I didn’t, but to figure it out on your own. As mentioned before, I believe I’m dealing with a mineral deficiency based on the way my body responded to it. I also think that there is an overabundance of yeast/fungus (not systemic) in my body based on my body’s craving for yeast based products (alcohol and bread), sugar, and starches; and my earlier sugar/yeast free diet definitely made me feel better. I finally came to a self-diagnosis and established a plan for treatment. My self-diagnosis is that an overabundance of yeast and mineral deficiency has created an imbalance (a drag or constant depletion of normal systems function) in my body that’s affecting a lot of little things leading to more major ongoing on/off symptoms (sighing/gasping for air), and in turn, creating anxiety that only exacerbates the entire issue. I plan to ramp it up in the new year; going sugar free again with limited bourbon intake, doing ongoing periodic cleansings, exercise regiment, and vitamin and mineral supplementation. I hope you find some relief from your symptoms. I know how difficult it can be, as I’ve nearly been driven to the brink of complete insanity a few times myself. I’m sorry if I’ve made this sound about me. This was not my intention. I truly hope that you find relief from your symptoms and that the doctor’s can help you. My doctor’s were a huge help. They stroked me for thousands of dollars, got me on a cheap and addictive medicine, belittled me, and left me feeling worse than I did to start. Needless to say, I won’t be going back to the doctor anytime soon.
Interesting post @Jim. My appetite is not good so I’m happy if I bother to have an interest in eating anything at all but it’s very noticable that I have a sugar craving which luckily includes fruit as well as the icecream, chocolate and cake and I also seem to have developed some nausia towards meat although I still eat a little and fish is generally ok and I go through lots of milk as I like serial now whereas before I didn’t and I also like creamed rice and custard with my apple/rhubarb/cherry pies. I actually picked up some of these cravings from the hospital food menu!!! they were all things that I ate as a kid when I did not smoke and I seem to be returning to these preferences now after quitting smoking. I stopped loosing any more weight after the two stone loss so I’m actually at a nicer weight now than before but it’s mostly muscle gone as I think the lungs couldn’t support it any longer. I’m not bothered about drinking alchohol basically since I stopped smoking but I still have the odd drink. I struggle a little (sometimes moreso) with breathing so it’s not nearly as bad as at it’s worst and it seems to have stabilised. I need to have a regular good cough to try and shift the mucus and this I find pretty annoying. Generally at present though I am not panicking about it. I did have another CT scan so in Jan maybe they will fill me in on the story with that? Here in the UK the treatment doesn’t cost me anything but I think the hospital were in fire fighting mode and once you are discharged then they aren’t going to do much as a follow up unless it remains very serious. I don’t blame them or anything as I’m sure it’s difficult for them to know everyone’s exact situation and they can’t spend in exhaustable time on each patient. I just hope in January that there is something in the meeting which makes sense or some plan as a way forward. The way I look at it is that if those steriods had not been available (and I never knew before that they existed) then I probably wouldn’t even be here now! Enjoy each day if possible. I’m going to see if this Cafe 11 can help. Yes that’s good. Surprised at the strength of this jar. Both eyes watering! like peering through rain, be great for actors doing the weepy scenes. b-(
@I_snuff_therefore___ I hope you get some answers soon. Regardless of the news in regards to one’s health, be it bad or be it good, it’s just nice to know something. Keep us all updated when you hear more in January. Otherwise, relax and enjoy the holidays. 
I believe your Dr might have a point. Since I started using snuff more heavily (over this year) I have noticed a deep cough to the pint that my lungs seem to rattle and I just know it is the snuff. You see no matter how hard one tries a little snuff will get into ones lungs. Just because we love snuff does not mean we must blame other things.
Because of the personal and insulting remarks made by @Cigshurtmylungs I will not be participating in this forum again. In parting, let me say I hope @I_snuff_therefore___ makes a full recovery, good luck.
Not coming back, good to hear.
I believe your Dr might have a point. Since I started using snuff more heavily (over this year) I have noticed a deep cough to the pint that my lungs seem to rattle and I just know it is the snuff. You see no matter how hard one tries a little snuff will get into ones lungs. Just because we love snuff does not mean we must blame other things.
I don’t want to alarm you but you might want to get that checked out with your doctor. It seems there can be a lot of very serious issues concerning lungs which are not conected with snuff. I mean how many lung problem cases are there where the patient was a snuff user. I think you’ll probably find the overwhelming vast majority of lung patients have never used snuff. I hope your doctor doesn’t say ah it’s because of snuff, just stop taking that and then it turns out to be something completely different like say cancer or TB or COPD, which apparently I don’t have, so they tell me, so with myself at least they seem to have ruled out the most serious things. In my case, as I have already stated, my abstinance from snuff showed no improvement whatsoever and neither has my condition worsened since my snuff taking resumption, in fact it has marginally improved, therefore I can find no reason to consider snuff as being harmful to me and I’m not just saying that. Believe it or not, I do take having been very ill quite seriously.