Shortness of Breath Mnemonic: Causes and Examples
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- We will discuss common causes of shortness of breath (acute dyspnea) along with examples and associated symptoms using a simple mnemonic. Great for everyone including nurses, medical learners, students, and USMLE!
Shortness of breath can be caused by many different conditions. Examples include viral infections like COVID, along with pneumonia, COPD, asthma, heart attack (myocardial infarction), heart failure, pneumothorax (collapsed lung), arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, anaphylaxis, pulmonary embolism, pregnancy, anxiety, and much more!
Knowing all the different causes of shortness of breath can help you determine the expected symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Excellent teaching ❤❤❤❤. Thank you for sharing
This was beautiful… I like this.
Sometimes the shortage of air is so bad that my whole body starts to hurt as if it's telling me to give in.
Please see a doctor.
Exercise
Gg. Y
😞 please get better
How about allergies? Did I miss that? I’ve gotten shortness of breath from my allergies every spring.
Thank you
Even typing this message is difficult but I'll try,,I have this recent experience at night from exactly the moment the sky goes black,,I start to feel shortness it begins so slow then as night goes by it keeps getting difficult and difficult am struggling to breathe and it's so painful as my I can feel pain on the sides of my chest it's like am overworking my lungs and diaphragm. I can't even feel my nose breathing so am kindah combining mouth and nose both of them for inhale and exhale. I didn't knew that you can reach a point to start fighting for oxygen. Today is on Friday 10:55pm day two of the experience on yesterday Thursday I experienced this I couldn't even sleep so I stayed all night long but at exactly 7am it automatically stop and I went back to normal breathing and everything seemed fine. Now exact it started getting dark night it re-emerge and I tell you it's a struggle fuzzy feeling that am even afraid to sleep to not to wake up tomorrow. I just hope I'll get back to normalcy. I decided to Google to see what's the problem but I wanted clarity so I had to check on CZcams that's why I came across this video, I live alone,, lemme try listen Taylor Swift playlist because I have a long night to go
I can relate with you. I have the same problem minus chest pain. As soon as it is midnight or early hours of dawn, i became breathless. Both my nose take the air but it seems like it doesn't reach my lungs. I have to take breath through my mouth, then only it reaches my lungs. During rainy dark night it is worse. Had rush to hospital two times at mid night. The emergency doctor on exams found my lungs, heart, BP, oxygen level etc. all normal. On my quire he said its my psychological thinking and may be due to anxiety. Have ask me to relax and try to breath normally without thinking about breathlessness. He couldn't get it what I am going through. I am afraid to sleep now at night and go to bed at morning. This is effecting my daily work. Do you get any solution for the problem. I Started doing breathing exercises and Yoga for relaxation and taking anxiety medicine.
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I also do a breathing technique called pursed lip breathing
I’ve it for a week now, I have no other symptom besides shortness of breath too. I don’t have COVID so I don’t know what’s wrong with me I’m only 18. It’s probably the most uncomfortable worrying problem I’ve ever dealt with
Same but I had Covid in September btw I'm 18 too
@@balasurya3092 how long have you had shortness of breath?
@@ShaunReddick222 1 month
@@balasurya3092 do you smoke or vape?
I’ve had it for about two weeks now it’s gotten like 5% better
I drink water when I start feeling breathless and it helps somewhat with the problem
Oxygen levels increase when you drink water and it’s good for your lungs to… stay hydrated
do you healthy now prother
If you are healthy, tell me what you did I am now a victim
Yes Mee too , when I feel shortness of breath my body rapidly cooling down then I drink water
I get shortness of breath when I sleep, I can’t sleep, what do I do?
Visit a doctor urgently!!
This problem is not normal so better get yourself checked and to rule out any abnormality.
how is it now?
I’ve been having shortness of breath for almost 9 months now. So basically I get a strong urge to take a deep breathe every 20-30 seconds, sometimes I get it and sometimes I don’t, it’s really satisfying when I do and it’s really frustrating when I don’t, I get really bad anxiety from it, I go all day either trying to fight the urge or trying to get a good deep breath. I’ve gone to the ER 3 times this year cuz it felt like i was suffocating but they discharged me within hours. Some days are bad and some days are better, it’s kinda hard predict. My doctor has ruled out asthma, copd and allergies, so I have appointments with a heart specialist, a stomach specialist cuz my doctor thinks it might be GERD related and I have to do sleep studies because my breathing issue is affecting my sleep significantly. I’ve noticed a lot of people been having breathing problems lately, I wonder if it’s related to Covid or the vaccines or both. If anyone can shed some light on what’s going on with me I would really appreciate it. I’m 31 years old .
Do you have acid reflux?
i have the same exact problem and have had it for about 6 months maybe more… i’m only 16 years old so i really don’t know what the cause is and i play trumpet so it’s really frustrating since it takes a lot of air and sometimes it takes air that i can’t get
@@godfirst6629 why do you say that? i have the same problem as the person that made the comment and i also have really bad acid reflux and have actually wondered if it might be related
Sounds like its anxiety, I had the same thing. I had a bad panic attack from edibles lol and since then I was constantly worried about my breath where as before it was never a problem. The more I thought about it, the worse it got.
Me too suffering from 10 months visited cardiologist,nuorologist, and general physician but not cured
I'm just only 22 i feel shortness of breath last 2 weeks i go to doctor but he just say its due to flu bit i don't have flu. He gave me medicine i use it 3 days but not get any benefit.
Iam scared i feel like i will die , when i breathe , oxygen doesnt want to go all the way down
Same dude 😭😭😭
@@onezone9309 iam ok now but 2 weeks ago i felt like i will die i couldnt breath and i had pain in my chest i hope u get better
@@sadi_supercell2132 how you get better?
@@ziach1823 iam better now but i have other problem 😔
@@ziach1823 it just stopped idk
I feel breathlessness since some days and after feeling so I started feeling headache and confusion..I have a history of GAD...But I have overcome it all now..i don't know is it serious or not??
Could be caused by anxiety…. Do you notice that it only happens when you think about it?
@@GeraldClaps thats what happens to me when
when i think i hard to breathe sometimes its disappear then comeback
i have also shortness of breath or dypsnea what do i do..
Hi. Is shortness of breath the feeling of needing more air and oxygen ?
what if one doesn't have that symptom but all of a sudden, you feel air being shuffed out of your lungs many times a day for no reason. Doesn't feel like palpitations neither.
And one is just sitting and talking and not stressed physically or emotionally at the moment. Plus EKG is normal. thx
Mine same with yours. My normal breath suddenly change last week. I'm having trouble breathing it causes my way of eating foods. I purposely eat the food in proportion in order to catch up my breath while eating
I’m going through the same thing it’s been almost 7 months and it doesn’t go away some days are better then others but I’ve had it every day.
@@Daidaixoxo What are your doctor's saying about it?
I’m an 18 year old male currently a junior in high school, today I had a panic attack in the middle of class. Im a cigarette and nicotine bar smoker, I noticed a sharp pain by my heart for about 10 seconds and then I had to breath rapidly. Nurse said my blood pressure was like 160/96 or 100 is this that bad?
@@Daidaixoxo how are you now
some nights when I fall to sleep my heart stops and it's like when you're in a deep sleep and feel like you are falling in the dream, and you are woken up instantly you wake up but your head loses strength to be up so it falls forward like you were actually falling. it's really scary. One night I stopped breathing for about 10 minutes and when I started breathing again I got a instant headache from loss of air. .. Today I had it in the night, my chest was real tight that every breath I took had to be by force and it hurt very bad. I'm 23
Have u got it checked out
Drink beets blend it drink the juice dont add no sugar
When I get shortage of breath I also cannot talk without miles length gaps between each word. I can't eat my food at lunch times because when I swallow it feels like hard work or that the air has gone. My shortage of breath is so bad that I could stop breathing just like that and die, painlessly. Because when I stop forcing the air in my lungs I am not in pain, and I don't feel alive though I am sitting on my bed with my eyes open. It's very scary.
I couldn't breathe either was hard for me to eat shower even just to plug in the vacuum. Went to the Emergency department stayed in ICU for two weeks due to the fact that my oxygen level was way too low. Was in the 70 was supposed to be over 95.
@@greekgods3399 I hope you're okay now
How are you now?
@lauralove00 how are you now?
If you have GERD acid reflux you may experience shortness of breath and chest pain
Yes I have gerd and shortness of breath wht u have?
@@simarjeetkaur9578 gerd as well it makes my arms jaw and chest pain
Help it’s happening to me every day, don’t know why 😢😢😢😢
Me to any improvement?
I have to yawn to get breath in. I feel like the trachea or the bronchioles are super tight and when I yawn it expands giving me relief. Breathing through my nose isn’t easy either but I think the worst part of it is not getting what I breathed in the lungs. It’s really frustrating
What if i keep having shortness of breath everynight like my shortness of breath started 1-5-2023 and still continue till today 1-10-2023 do i contact the doctor if to see if i need an inhaler?
Look into the Solar Flares that are happening, this has been recent for me as well. It's scary
How are you now
@@ladyvirgo9514 how are you now
@@Random_Butts much better. Thank You
@@ladyvirgo9514 you still have these labored breathing
Examples?
How about atelectasis.
I have been suffering from shortness of breath for last few months. It feels that my throat is blocked and I feel discomfort while breathing. It doesn't create pressure in my lung or chest that much but it seems that air doesn't flow well through nose and throat. But again, it is also associated with restlessness, weakness and dizziness in some occasion. I always take adequate water and food. What can be the reasons of this physical condition and what can I do now?
Same problem broo 😫what to do?
Same problem bro how can I fix it I don't know 😫😭
Damn...same goes to me..I'm not enough restfull rest because taking after my daughter...
Had you ever got covid?I got shortness of breath after I got covid last year
@@Kaeya922me too
I have the worst short breath and I’m only 28 it’s so annoying
I'm just 19...😪
Me too same problem same age... I took anxiety tablets for 3 months but after that my shortness of breath remain the same...
Im just 16🥺
@@samjansawin365 bro me too.. don't know what to do.. I feel like crying all d day.. btw which tablet u have used for anxiety??
@@balu9618 sorry bro I forgot the name of medicine
I have shortness of breath and it’s slow is that bad???
Same. How are you now?
@@denz9008 i got it 2 weeks now 😭😭
Can you explain your experience with shortness of breath, I am experiencing this since last Saturday when I started getting sick. I am not sure it’s because I am sick or it’s because there is something wrong with me. I went to the ER and they did a heart test on me and it came out clear also they ran tests on me and did a X-ray of my lungs and everything seems fine. The way I feel is I have this fluttering sensation in my back going towards my chest to my throat and I burp after but no one knows what is caused it. I even had to stop smoking cause I got scared for my health
Bruh I came here for examples symptoms and this guy went full med student. 😑
Yah haha. Just to have content i guess
My when Im drinking water and it choke me It hard to breath what could be a reason
R you okay now
Stop putting water in your nose
@@aydenashraff7809 I can't breathe properly aswell 😭😭😭
Same😢😢
Having shortness of breath, tires you easily.. Feels like there's no enough energy to get by the day.. Can't climb up few stairs or carry weights. 22 and living with it for 3-4 years.
Are you fine now bro? I also have that : ( im 21 yrs old
Dealing with the same problem 23 years old started a few months ago ir sucks I quit smoking a month 1/2 ago .. no vaccine shot it comes and go
How are you now? I'm also experiencing the same thing it been 1 year 2d echo ech and x Ray are normal
How are you now? I'm also experiencing the same thing it been 1 year 2d echo ech and x Ray are normal
@@halasrogenchloed.3890 It's the same as ever. When life gives you lemon, you gotta add sugar and adjust.
I can't breathe properly especially if I'm walking on a steep place & the stairs.
Pls visit a cardiologist
Same
@@aiyedogbonemma5177 not cardiologist visit pulmonologist.
Hmmm ok