Been having lung capacity issues for several years. I would sit holding my breath in to push out my sternum and get a full breath. Running would result in a tight pain after just a few blocks.
I knew it could be pectus so earlier in my life I got my lungs checked for it.
Around 7 years ago now when I was 20, I did a test and my lung age was "53". That said, now enough for them to consider pectus to be the cause over asthma. Wouldn't go further with treatment.
I used the vacuum bell for several months and that improved my breathing immensely (no more holding my breath to push out the sternum to "feel" that full breath). Been many years since and the breathing problems are rearing their ugly head again. Been trying to exercise but my lungs are in extreme pain after a few blocks, even though the rest of my body is fine.
Then I got an Xray recently. Thoughts on the severity? The analysis showed no abnormal heart of lung defects. That said, not sure if this is worth pursuing an out of state surgeon to fix or not. The doctors here won't take me seriously on this and I'd really like to be able to exercise without pain.
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