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What Causes Shortness Of Breath On Consumption Of Black Pepper?
I have never had this. Last night at dinner I had a dab of black pepper on my finger and put it on my tongue. (often eat pepper) Next thing I knew i could not breathe. A horrible attempting to gasp sound came out of me and in about 2 minutes it subsided. I was ok and ate dinner half hour later. Today I flew back home,Wash., DC, my Doc is away and my allergist for seasonal is in another state. I am exhausted. Felt some shoulder pain for about 12 hours but it went away. Now frightened and tired and anxious. FATIQUE. What do you think??
Wed, 21 Dec 2016
Hi and thank you for asking.
You are allergic from pepper as you experienced.
If you feel breathlessness yet you can use antihistamines medications as Cetirizini os Xyzal once per day for some days and some inhalers with corticosteroids and bronchodilatators as Clenil compositum twice per day.
And after you can see the alergologist specialist and a Spirometry testnfor the lung functioning.
So be careful with foods.
I wish you good health.
Thank you
Dr.Jolanda
Pulmonologist
You are allergic from pepper as you experienced.
If you feel breathlessness yet you can use antihistamines medications as Cetirizini os Xyzal once per day for some days and some inhalers with corticosteroids and bronchodilatators as Clenil compositum twice per day.
And after you can see the alergologist specialist and a Spirometry testnfor the lung functioning.
So be careful with foods.
I wish you good health.
Thank you
Dr.Jolanda
Pulmonologist
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