Allergies can affect your lungs. The pollen count is really high here right now and I've been weezing. It's from all the stuff draining down the back of my throat into my lungs.

Pain is a pretty subjective thing. I wouldn't say allergies causes me chest pain. It does make breathing not always really comfortable.

You know your body best

You're not even a year recovered yet, so I'm really not surprised you are experiencing pain still. I got pain in one particular spot in my right lower lung for ages after PE. And it would come and go with weather changes and other things that might make breathing a little more difficult, like having allergies or a cold. We had really, really bad pollen a couple months of go where I live, literally it was visiblebcovering everything, and when I swept my porch it was like total yellow dust. And I was having a bad time with allergies which caused some trouble breathing (just like it can do to anyone) and the difficulty breathing caused me some increase in pain. I think as long as what you're feeling seems to be in the realm of what you sometimes feel in terms of pain, there shouldn't be any reason to run to the doctor unless you want some kind of allergy treatment. I mean, I guess overall I think that if you have been checked before for the same pain and not had anything particularly wrong, then more than likely it's the same now.

Oh, this was an interesting thought, I have more pain now (not intense, but it is heavier to breathe and the lungs feel "uncomfortable"), and the pollen levels are _really_ high here. I am only 3.5 months from my PE so there are definitely good days and bad days...

Thanks all.
I have never suffered with hayfever in the past. However, the pain is definitely getting worse (exhaling is very uncomfortable), so I think I am going to try to see my dr this week just so I don't drive myself crazy with worry

I think it is definitely worth getting checked, but I agree with the others. I am 16 months out now and my lungs are still much more painful and reactive when my allergies kick in.

It may not be straight-up hayfever ... could just be that your lungs are still healing and it doesn't take much to make things harder for them. A lot of pollen would count as something that could affect healing lungs.

Hi,

My PEs were in September 2012 and I've noticed that a lot of things will trigger the PE-like symptoms. Included in those are the allergies I have (hay fever, mold, etc.) and cold/wet OR hot/wet weather. I guess any extremes in weather will trigger an event!

Hi All

Been to the Dr, allergies affecting my breathing which was making my lung hurt. Been given antihistamines and it is much better :)

I've been on Warfarin for 3 months, have 3 to go. As Spring started to bloom, so has the pressure in my chest. I do have allergies, mild, but I totally feel that pollen and mold spores can cause discomfort that some have never experienced before.PE's.

To date I have never had any allergies, but I am also experiencing lung pain this spring. I thought it was mostly related to exercise but then I played softball in 50 degree rain on Tuesday night and wow! Did my lung ever act up. Before that the pains had been much more subtle.

It's interesting because the doctor doesn't even consider that some residual lung pain is normal post-PE. So now I'll be going in for chest x-rays and such. I suspect everything will come up fine in the tests, but I still want to go through the process with him. Hopefully it will give him more experience he can apply to any future PE patients he has.

I'm a little curious about the pollen count aspect now. I wonder if it can impact me even if I don't have allergies.

Daffnae, I never had allergies to anything until I hit my late 30s and early 40s. It started with cat hair, then some types of dog hair, and then I had a really bad allergic reaction to penicillin. And then seasonal allergies and indoor allergies started happening. You can develop allergies over time. So it's completely plausible you could now be irritated when the pollen count is high. I mean, I can't say for sure what's bothering you is allergies, but it wouldn't surprise me if that were it. The pollen has been so bad here in Wisconsin this spring. But with the rain the last few days and it starting to cool off, it seems better.

Thanks for the reminder RMB. I will keep that in mind. It's been 10 years since they tested me for allergies (I'm 44 now). I don't have any other allergy symptoms, but if it could explain the lung pain, that would be great.

Daffnae I don't have any other allergy symptoms it was just the pain in my lung. I only started the antihistamine yesterday & the pain has gone . The dr said I am probably being affected by it now because my lungs are still healing