[ladyatakari]

So I've had this for a long while now. It's just I never worried about it much since it only happens about twice a year. But now that I'm older I'm getting a little worried.

Sometimes I randomly can't breathe very well. I can't take full breaths of air and it hurts to try. The left top side of me feels like it's clogged and a sharp pain goes through some narrow area when I try to take a full breath of air. I can only take short breaths and then after about two minutes it goes away.

Any idea what this might be?

[akira53]

you should probably be seeing a doctor

[CueTheSun]

I've had that before, if I remember correctly it's sorta common and nothing too much to worry about. Don't remember what it's called though, but if you're really concerned just get it checked.

[kelvin6]

It actually matters when and what the environment was when that occured. If it occured when it was cold and dry, its not uncommon, because the lungs do not like cold and dry air. That can cause also cause some minor discomfort and pain, as the trachea can also close up a bit to try to restrict this air (if i remember correctly). You probably would also cough up too... thats the most common reaction to sudden cold dry air.

Who knows it can some mild form of asthma... which i would suspect as well (which can occur if exposed to certain conditions or certain chemicals). My girlfriend's sister recently had the same problem as you described and she was recently diagnosed with Asthma. Turns out, we did some tracing and matching, we found that everytime it has occured, it was because of a particular food being cooked....

What you describe is not a heart problem.

[すみ☆]

I don't think it's a heart problem...
I've had something like what you described, except I sort of hyperventilate and it takes me a long time to catch my breath.
I don't know what it is but it doesn't happen often enough for me to be concerned.

I think you should go get a check up and ask a professional. :\

[ladyatakari]

Thanks for the responses guys~ I'll be seeing a doctor next week hopefully.... I don't remember what environments it occurred in. I just know this time it was in a heated room while I was eating a cookie. @_@ I have coughed up phlegm though. It seems that warm weather makes me cough more since when I was back at college I never got sick. Once I got home and into a heated room I got a really bad cough. Thanks again~

[chibi_cupcake]

don't know but it comes randomly for me..
sometimes i have it alot >< but sometimes i can go through a whole year without having it =/
i hope its nothing serious for your case ..

[flyxme.]

ohh i think i know what you're talking about
you just cant breathe well
and when you try to there's this super sharp pain that goes through your chest, right?
well i used to get that every once in awhile
every time it happens i'd just stop w/e i was doing
and hold my breathe in for a few seconds and then exhale and its okay again
it hasent happened to me in awhile though haha
i hope you'll be fine

[Gullwings]

hmmm don't think that's something with ur heart.... kinda think that's asthma or a type of hyperventilation Oo... (I've a heart problem, asthma and hyperventilate once at school ) i also had some pains like that... but I handle it somehow oO""

[ladyatakari]

ohh i think i know what you're talking about
you just cant breathe well
and when you try to there's this super sharp pain that goes through your chest, right?
well i used to get that every once in awhile
every time it happens i'd just stop w/e i was doing
and hold my breathe in for a few seconds and then exhale and its okay again
it hasent happened to me in awhile though haha
i hope you'll be fine

Yeah! It sounds like that. x) I'm just scared that it'll happen when I'm on a rollercoaster or something and then I couldn't help it >_<

Gullwings - Wow x_x Hmm okies then~ thanks everyone for the input ^^

[Gubuki]

I get this randomly too. But the situation varies, like sometimes I don't have a pain, but I just can't seem to get enough air whenever I breathe.

It gets at its worst whenever I'm in the shower ):

[ginger]

Yeah, it's supposed to be fairly harmless. I started having that problem in college--so did my boyfriend. Mine was a sharp pain on the left side of my ribs that would come out of nowhere and leave just moments later. It was really scary but I did some research and it's pretty common.

-ginger

[Antz]

My sister and I always get it, we call it a mini heart attack (in our weird world LOL).
But thank god it's common. I got a bit worried, and it hurts soo much. T_T