Hi everyone I hope you had a good Christmas.I am a severe eosphinilic asthmatic and have bronchiectasis, ABPA and heamophilus colonisation. I have noticed lately that breathing gets very shallow when I'm sat reading/watching TV. My smart watch has started warning me that my heart rate is abnormally high (over 100 bpm) when I'm just sat still. This has happened more often lately.
The thing is I don't feel wheezy or tight chested. I have a cold but not particularly bad. I am doing my chest clearance daily. Sometimes I notice I'm out of breath for simple tasks, but again, no wheeze or tight chest at all. My peak flow seems steady ish around 280 which has declined a lot over the last 12 months from my best when I started biologics at 370. I am 58 years old. My Oximeter showed sats of 90 earlier which was worrying but it's been fine (96/97) since I've been checking it lately.
I'm not sure what to do. If anything? I also have a sore rib which the Dr said last week is bruised but I don't believe it's affecting my breathing. I had a chest X-ray but don't have the results yet. I think I'm probably worrying unnecessarily, I can take deep breaths when I realise my breathes have shallowed.
Can anyone relate to the shallow breathe issue? I'm thinking this is why my heart rate keeps spiking. Any thoughts would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks