Dyspnea
Dyspnea or dyspnoea (said disp-nee-ah) is shortness of breath. Some research says that about 27% of people suffer it.[verification needed]
The Universal Choking Sign to let someone know you are choking to signal that you need abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver)
Causes
There are many different causes of dyspnea. Some types and their causes are listed below. There may be duplicates in this list.
Pulmonary disorders
- Obstructive lung diseases
- Restrictive lung diseases/conditions
- Sarcoidosis
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pneumonias
- Pneumoconiosis (work/industrial/environment disease)
- Pleural effusion
- Connective tissue disease
- Neuromuscular problems
- Kyphoscoliosis (a thoracic cage deformity)
- Diseases of lung parenchyma and pleura
- Contagious
- Anthrax through inhalation of Bacillus anthracis
- Pneumonia
- Non-contagious
- Contagious
- Pulmonary vascular diseases
- Acute or recurrent pulmonary emboli
- Pulmonary hypertension, primary or secondary
- Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
- Superior vena cava syndrome
Other causes of diminished breathing
- Obstruction of the airway
- Immobilization of the diaphragm
- Lesion of the phrenic nerve
- Polycystic liver disease
- Tumor in the diaphragm
- Drugs, including those which relax muscles (including the diaphragm)
- Restriction of the chest volume
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Broken ribs
- Kyphosis of the spine
- Obesity
- Pregnancy
- Pectus excavatum
- Scoliosis
- Disorders of the cardiovascular system
- Disorders of the blood and metabolism
- Disorders affecting breathing nerves and muscles
- Psychological conditions
- Medications
- Other
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