Wheezing - MVP, reflux or what? - Heart Disorders Message Board

catcopy · 02-19-2006, 02:03 PM

I've been diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse and acid reflux. I know that I reflux quite a bit (I'm on Aciphex daily) and sometimes it really chokes me to the point I can't get my breath for a minute. Other times I feel like I have bronchitis or something going on in my lungs. I know it's not a cold because I have no head or nasal congestion. I do get a deep/hacky cough, a feeling of tightness on the right side of my chest with pain on the right side of my back. This time I also wheeze when I exhale. It's not severe or causing me not to be able to breathe but it is scarey. I don't get this often but I have gotten it off and on for several years. Once in a while I also get PVC's or I get rapid/hard feeling heart beats. I've worn a heart monitor, have ongoing esophograms, etc. but these wheezie spells, especially when I lay down, scare me. Does anyone have similar episodes. I guess it could be aspiration from my reflxx but I hope it's not anything going on with my MVP. Thanks for your help!!!!

Timber · 02-19-2006, 03:42 PM

MVP should not cause wheezing or affect your lungs. Acid reflux is equivalent to heartburn, and I doubt that it would cause wheezing. Have you been checked for asthma? Asthma is really the most likely cause of wheezing. You could try picking up some Claritin at the drugstore and seeing if that helps. If it does, the wheezing is probably caused by an allergy of some kind.