Remedies for dry / sore throat during cardio?

Try to breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.

Hm. I've always gotten very winded during cardio to the point where trying to do that in the past was a little too difficult given the rate at which I needed to breathe to feel comfortable with my oxygen intake. I guess I'd always assumed this was the case for everyone when doing prolonged cardio because I never knew any different. I appreciate the response. Hopefully as more weight sheds I'll find myself less short of breath and be able to see if this will help.

I haven't experienced that myself, but could you chew gum while exercising without choking on it? That should keep your saliva production up and your mouth/throat moist.

I haven't experienced that myself, but could you chew gum while exercising without choking on it? That should keep your saliva production up and your mouth/throat moist.

When I run or go on really long walks I tend to get dry mouth/ throat as well. Water helps, as well as breathing in your nose and out you mouth. I also always do cardio with gum. I'm not sure if its advised or not, but it helps me alot.

I think I should be alright on that front. I'll have to give this a try. I breathe pretty quickly when I'm in the height of my workout, so I'm not sure how much chewing I'd be doing, but it definitely sounds like a good idea. I'll give this a shot for sure, thank you.

is it possible you have reflux problems? reflux problems can cause a shortness of breath and it is irritated by exercise

While it has happened to me once or twice in the past, that's generally not an issue for me in or outside of exercise and usually only happens if I'm already feeling a little sick.

It's not strictly outdoors, either, it just seems to be worse outdoors. It might be allergies, I just found it suspect that it has happened every single time I've ever done any kind of cardio. Then again, cardio has always been overly strenuous for me as I've never really been in shape.

And yeah, we've got nasty dry summers here in Phoenix, so that definitely doesn't help.

In either case, I'll keep the antihistamine in mind. Thanks a lot.

Reading this description, have you talked to your doctor about how this may be exercise-induced asthma?

As that sounds pretty spot on to the symptoms I used to get. After my weight loss, and being more mindful of my water intake, I don't seem to have this anymore, but yes, it will still crop up if I have cold symptoms, because of the extra pressure on breathing.

You may want to just ask if you man need an inhaler to take a puff or two during serious workouts, it seriously helps a lot with the pain.

Hm. I was tested for asthma when I was young once, though I wasn't in the middle of any kind of stress test, and it was simply testing my breath capacity, so I suppose not. I do regularly see my cardiologist, though, and one issue that I've continuously brought up is that during strenuous exercise (around when my heart rate gets from 170-190), which for me is pretty much just a brisk jogging pace given how out of shape I am, I started feeling some chest tightness, difficulty breathing, and pain in my back as well. Obviously, when this happens I stop immediately, and we did a stress test to see what was going on (showed that my blood pressure gets really high when my heart rate is that high), but we haven't pursued the next step yet (a nuclear stress test) because she's a little hesitant to risk my fertility by subjecting my blood stream to radiation.

It happened the other week when I was trying the very first workout for C25K, though, so I think I might have to wind up going back to her and talking about it again, or at the very least seeing if it might be a breathing issue, like you said, before jumping into that test (because the tightness is both in my chest and back and has been on my right side and not my left, before, so I don't know).

In either case, I'm going to make an appointment with both my GP and my cardiologist, so hopefully I can get a better idea of whether this breathing thing is just because of being so heavy right now or if it's something else. Thanks so much.

You may be pushing yourself too hard if you can't breathe in your nose and out your mouth.

If you have a lot of excess fat that is bouncing up and down when you jog, try wearing compression clothing. It's supposed to hold that skin in one place and prevent damage to the elasticity of the skin so it doesn't keep "hanging" around after you've lost weight.

Thank you so much for suggesting this. I didn't even think about it contributing to loose skin, which is something I'm really, really trying to curb as much as possible. I'll be looking into some kind of compression clothing soon.

I LOVE the elliptical! I have the same problem. I keep a bottle of water with me and chew gum. I try to remember to breathe through my nose also. I also had some issues with dry eyes so I did talk to my Dr. and she did a blood test for Sjögren’s Syndrome, but everything turned out ok. Good luck! Hope something helps you with this issue:)

I have had chronic dry eye for as long as I can remember. Used to wake up in the middle of the night with a horribly dry throat. I don't think the two are particularly related, but I'll keep this in mind to at least mention in passing to my doctor. I met my deductible for the year, so I might as well check what I'm concerned about.