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==Differentiating Dyspnea from other Conditions==
==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

Revision as of 13:59, 26 March 2013

Dyspnea Microchapters

Patient Information

Overview

Pathophysiology

Causes

Differentiating Dyspnea from other Diseases

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.

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