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Ditto on not assuming that shortness of breath is a Parkinson's symptom. When my husband finally saw a movement disorder specialist and was describing his symptoms, with his tremor, he included shortness of breath and a "burning" in his chest. The doctor looked at him and said "you won't die of PD but you may die of a heart attack. Get yourself to a cardio ASAP." Bottom line: my husband "flunked" his stress test and is now on calcium channel blockers. Guess what? No more shortness of breath or burning in his chest! Except for the tremor, he feels great. Rayna [log in to unmask] in West Orange, NJ -----Original Message----- From: Terry Hopping <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 8:31 PM Subject: Re: shortness of breath >Helen my neurologist gave me what I consider very sound advice...He told me >that PD was going to give me many strange and odd sensations and symptoms. >He told me to use my best judgement and never believe that something is PD >related. I would surely check with an MD for something as omminous as >shortness of breath. > >Good luck ...Terry > > >At 11:17 PM 3/10/99 -0800, [log in to unmask] wrote: >>Has anyone have experience with shortness of breath, which my husband >>52/10 >>is experiencing? >> >>Helen >> >>