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Shallow breathing
Shallow breathing is the opposite of deep breathing. Tachypnea is the medical term that to describe breathing if it is too fast, particularly if one has rapid, shallow breathing due to an associated lung disease or other medical condition.
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A 60-year old male asked:
Shallow breathing and difficulty exhaling?
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A 37-year old asked:
Is my shallow breathing pattern due to anxiety?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I'm having shallow breathing should I be worried?
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A 30-year old asked:
Why do people have shallow breathing moreso than in the past?
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A 45-year old asked:
How long does shallow breathing associated with intussusception last?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Feel as if I'm shallow breathing. Wat can cause it. What is normal breathing like. How far with normal breathing does chest expand.
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A 32-year old asked:
Do i have a lot of stress if I have fast shallow breathing?
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A 30-year old female asked:
guy i had falling out with believe he purposely gave me tb as i ssaw tb wipes in his bathrrom and he purposely blew in my face cough and shallow breathing feel sick what to do ?
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A 40-year old asked:
What does it mean if my infant daughter has a high fever and shallow breathing?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I've been subconsciously holding my breath/shallow breathing & clenching my jaw for months now, 24/7. Why?
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A male asked:
What are some things that can happen to a teen upon waking that look like a seizure. he was taking barbitutes for sleep. shallow breathing and limp?
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A male asked:
What are some issues that can look like seizures upon waking but not be. shallow breathing and limpness and not responsive but then fine once awake
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A 30-year old asked:
After IPL developed health issues: light headed, shallow breathing, no energy or sleep.?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Is the feeling of heaviness associated with MS? and chest tightness? Causing shallow breathing
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A 41-year old asked:
What causes me to get shallow breathing/shortness of breath and yawn alot after a work out at the gym?
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A 30-year old male asked:
If a teen is on phenabarital for sleep could it be hard to wake him after only 2 hours of taking eyes were in back of head shallow breathing?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Can you please explain how phenabarbital puts you to sleep when it was used for sleep.caused me shallow breathing and eyes rollin unable to wake?
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A 49-year old male asked:
Cardiologist switched me from metropolol 12.5 once daily to coreg (carvedilol) 3.125 twice daily to see if the metr.was cause of shallow breathing..is coreg (carvedilol) safe?
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A member asked:
My boyfriend is 57, lately he has acquired the following symptoms: short of breath, gets winded, shallow breathing while sleepi he has to sit down to catch his breath from walking only a short distance, light-headed, pants to breath. he doesn't want to
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A 33-year old male asked:
At times, have shallow breathing w/numbness/tingling all over and mental confusion;sometimes w/chest pain..no anxiety/food allergy/asthma. Any ideas?
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A 38-year old asked:
Could taking two acetaminophen / hydrocodone 750 mg / 7.5 mg lead to shallow breathing and shortness of breath?
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A 31-year old male asked:
I have been getting a tightening in my throat along with shallow breathing. I have also had a stuffy nose. It has caused me to have trouble sleeping.
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A 59-year old asked:
When in certain condos I experience rapid heartbeat, flushed face, tingling feet, shallow breathing, tight chest, dizziness. Why?
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A 49-year old male asked:
Can ssri's/snri's cause shortness of breath(shallow breathing) in heart patients. 2 stents in LAD..never had this problem before stents?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Slightly numb tense feeling left hand (wrist) and burning tight feeling left lower leg, on and off. Can it be from shallow breathing when anxious?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Had 2 seizures in my sleep at age16 just had shallow breathing and eyes in back of head only my parents seen could this have been deep sleep 30 now
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A 23-year old female asked:
I have anxiety,been feeling dizzy,leg hand and finger tingling.Took a valium yesterday woke up with diarrah,headache and shallow breathing?Symptons?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Can not shallow breathing, potassium level of 3.2 or anxiety cause low resting HR of 52 in 32yo woman? Had 3 recent normal EKG's, but still scared!
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A 18-year old female asked:
What are these symptoms a sign of? Stomach pain, anxious feeling, muscle tention, shaking hands, muscle twitching, shallow breathing , muscle ache?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Drink just one/two beers and I have shallow/short breathing that keeps me up. No alcohol, no problems. Certain beers seem worse (canned) but not sure.?
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