Hm, yeah, I know exactly where you're coming from. Turns out what I thought were allergies were actually asthma. Later on, I started getting the extreme shortness of breath/tightness in the chest that you're describing.

When I went to my doc about this, she said that that problem was probably unrelated to my asthma...this after having exactly an attack like that in her office, and not having it respond to anti-asthma drugs. She recommended that I see a gp and have my circulation, blood pressure and EKG checked....I also have low blood pressure problems.

I assume the doctor you mentioned is an allergy.asthma sepcialist...so the only advice I have is yes, go that route, but be prepared to seek advice elsewhere, since symptoms can cross specialties. Ask you doctor about this, really. Don't assume that he/she will automatically check other possibilities.

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