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I had a strange attack last Thursday, the cause of which I just can't find. I am 22 years old and generally he althy (I only have a slight allergy to hair, but due to limited contact with pets, it has not caused any symptoms for years, and a shifted circadian rhythm with which I am able to deal with melatonin quite well). In the middle of the night, I woke up in a sweat, as if I suddenly ran out of air, as if someone were choking me. I didn't feel any problems in my lungs, throat or breasts, it was a bit as if the air suddenly ran out of oxygen. My hands, feet, face, knees started to feel numb and hurt, the veins under my eyes were pulsating, I was suffocating in general and everything felt as if I was "shaking" inside. My heart was beating very fast, I could see poorly (everything at a distance of more than 3 meters was blurry) and I felt a little light-headed. It was short, about 15 minutes. I live alone, since then I am a little afraid to fall asleep, the feeling was really terrible. What could it be? Can it happen again? Which doctor to go to and what tests should be performed?
If you have a known allergy to hair, it may be a symptom related to an allergy to another factor to which you were exposed at night, e.g. mites. Such an incident may also be related to, for example, arrhythmias or thyroid disorders (hyperthyroidism), if such incidents repeat such incidents, diagnostics should be performed in these directions.
Remember that our expert's answer is informative and will not replace a visit to the doctor.
Monika Paulina Kuźmińska, MD, PhDDr. Monika Paulina Kuźmińska, MD, internist, specialist in lung diseases, member of the European Respiratory Society and the Polish Sleep Research Society.
For several years he has been dealing with the issues of breathing disorders during sleep, with particular emphasis on obstructive apnea. He assesses polysomnographic tests in several centers diagnosing breathing disorders during sleep in Warsaw.
In 2013, she defended her doctoral dissertation on: Breathing disorders during sleep in adults, taking into account the impact of weight reduction on the indicators of polysomnography.
Diagnoses, consults and conservatively treats patients diagnosed with obstructive apnea syndrome at the Prof. In Orłowskiego, he collaborates with the ClinicOf Otorhinolaryngology of the Medical University of Warsaw at the Czerniakowski Hospital in Warsaw.
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