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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Differentiating Dyspnea from other Conditions== | |||
* [[Air hunger]] the sensation of an urgent need to breathe, sensation that you cannot take in a full breath | |||
* [[Tachypnea]] breathing rapidly | |||
* [[Bradypnea]] breathing slowly | |||
* [[Eupnea]] normal unlabored breathing | |||
* [[Orthopnea]] dyspnea that occurs with lying flat | |||
* [[Trepopnea]] an abnormal awareness of one's own breathing that is seen in one lateral position but not in the other | |||
* [[Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea]] sudden, severe shortness of breath at night that awakens a person from sleep, often with coughing and wheezing. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Dyspnea Microchapters |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Differentiating Dyspnea from other Conditions
- Air hunger the sensation of an urgent need to breathe, sensation that you cannot take in a full breath
- Tachypnea breathing rapidly
- Bradypnea breathing slowly
- Eupnea normal unlabored breathing
- Orthopnea dyspnea that occurs with lying flat
- Trepopnea an abnormal awareness of one's own breathing that is seen in one lateral position but not in the other
- Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea sudden, severe shortness of breath at night that awakens a person from sleep, often with coughing and wheezing.