How to tell if shortness of breath is from anxiety
- tightness in chest hard to breathe
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- coughing tightness in chest hard to breathe
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I can breathe but i feel like i can't!
What is breathlessness?
Breathlessness is also called shortness of breath and difficulty in breathing.
How can you tell if shortness of breath is from heart or lungs
People with breathlessness might describe it as:
Feeling out of breath.
Feeling like the chest is very tight.
Feeling like they're not getting enough air in ('air hunger').
It's normal to feel breathless when doing heavy physical activity, like running.
However, feeling breathless when resting, or doing very gentle physical activity (such as walking around the house) isn't normal, and can be a sign of a medical problem.
The medical term for breathlessness is dyspnoea.
Breathlessness may come on suddenly (acute) or gradually over a period of time (chronic).
What causes the feeling of breathlessness?
The feeling of breathlessness happens when the brain detects that the body is not breathing hard or fast enough for its needs.
The brain can detect this in several different ways: for example, it might detect that blood oxygen levels are too low, that blood carbon dioxide levels are too high, or that the blood is too acidic.
So, the brain pro
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