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What Causes Shortness Of Breath With Reduction Of Saliva?
My mother is 79 years old - has been perfectly healthy her whole life except for mild thyroid disease and B thalssemia carrier. Six months ago she developed shortness of breath with and without exercise and a reduction of saliva secondary to it and then lately pressure from tip of tongue, tip of nose and forehead with blurry eyes. Everything from chest xrays, echo, CT scan, and blood tests are all normal! She has been cleared from Sjogren s, pulmonary emboli, cardiac issues, hypertension ... all clear! any suggestions?
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Wed, 29 Jul 2015
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The symptoms mentioned seems to be not pointing to any specific illness, and if she has undergone check ups for the diseases mentioned above and all are clear then I am afraid you may have to wait for something new developing that may further help to reach a diagnosis
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