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==Differentiating Dyspnea from other | ==Differentiating Dyspnea from other Diseases== | ||
* [[Air hunger]] the sensation of an urgent need to breathe, sensation that you cannot take in a full breath | * [[Air hunger]] the sensation of an urgent need to breathe, sensation that you cannot take in a full breath | ||
* [[Tachypnea]] breathing rapidly | * [[Tachypnea]] breathing rapidly | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Differentiating Dyspnea from other Diseases
- 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.