Dyspnea, or shortness of breath: Causes and treatment

Dyspnea, or shortness of breath, is a common symptom of many illnesses. It is often associated with lung diseases, such as COPD, interstitial lung disease or pulmonary hypertension, but it can also occur with other conditions, such as heart failure or cancer.
Understandably, dyspnea can lead to considerable suffering, anxiety, depression and reliance on caretakers, so physicians like Lauren Goodman, MD, a pulmonologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, work to create a focused, personalized approach to help each patient improve his or her breathing, ultimately leading to a better quality of life.

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[slime.addicted]

I'm 13 and my throat always feels like it's tightened and when I try to take a deep breath it just feels like the air won't go through, other than this I am also suffering with anxiety and dpdr.

[shannongibson]

I'm 33. I only get this when I'm sleepy, I feel like I'm about to die and I will sometimes jump up

[empleh]

I'm 13 and I have it almost everyday.. I can't fall asleep very well because of this... I hate it

[LivelaVidaCrueltyFree]

I suffer from daily dyspnea due to my wegeners granulomatosis and this seriously just explained what I have been feeling for the past I've never smoked cigarettes I never harm my body ! It just sucks so bad to not be able to fully breathe in air without having to think about it

[saaslhowtoleavethisblank]

I have trouble with breathing I don't know why I have to get up when I can't breathe well

[AnandSinghage]

if some one knows how to treat it then plese help me

[janeponc]

I'm just skinny, anemic, and prone to dust smoke because my father smoke a lot even inside our house and I just read somewhere else that it maybe the cause of it of my shortness of breath I just hope that it isn't that serious I pray to God.

[Josephinegm]

I am 35. I can´t breathe. Four doctors have no idea why. I never smoked. I have only light asthma and many allergies. No pathology found. No cardio problems, rentgen was OK, spirometry OK, blood results OK. Every move cause problem. I can only sit still and not move. At all. Staircase is like Everest. I have problems even during slow walking. I can´t do anything. I have also depression and anxiety. I suffer this for four months and it gets worse and worse. I take pills for sleeping so I don´t know, if I have sleeping apnoe.

[Chrisfragger]

I need help. I'm at the end of my metaphorical rope.

ALL of my life (37 now) have had on and off shortness of breath. no matter how hard I try to breathe it feels like it's not reaching my lungs. I am not in any apparent danger of suffocation, but it just feels like I'm only getting 5% of my breath. Every once in a while I will take in a whole deep breath (Damn it feels good when that happens...) And lately, it's being accompanied by minor lightheadedness.

No doctor I have yet talked to has been able to diagnose anything, I've tried breathing machines, inhalers, and anti-anxiety medications and they do not seem to have any real benefit.

[RMorton]

I get it, I’m 20 and every single night usually between 9pm and 2-3am My mouth goes completely dry. I have tightness in my chest, feels like a set of dumbbells have been placed on my chest. I have shortness of breath, like I struggle to take a deep breath. Because I force myself to do so, it causes lightheadedness, Numbness and tingling in my hands, while also builds anxiety since it comes with Insomnia. It happens randomly at night and than sooner or later, randomly fades away. Goes away during the day. Except for rare occasions. Than comes back again the next night. Never mind, I have no sense smell and it constantly feels like my nose has two marbles lodged in it. It’s been happening every night since I caught Covid-19, back in 2021-2022. Quite frankly it’s been putting a ton of pressure on me for a while. I’ve always brushed it off, I usually avoid going to the doctor but, after a while I get sick of it. I always tell myself to “Be a Man”, “Man up and fight through it.” But after a while it’s just plain old exhausting, puts strain on my mental health, along with Tinnitus but it’s basically become normal for me.

[ayeshanadeem]

I m from Pakistan n I m also suffering from dyspnea I wants to ask that it cause due to lack of hemoglobin?

[lduranceau]

I've had shortness of breath for about 2-1/2 weeks now, and went to the hospital emergency to get help. They took a blood test showing that my potassium level was 3.0, below the normal 3.6. According to the internet, low potassium can cause shortness of breath. I'm taking potassium supplements now, and I will let you know if they work.
However, I don't quite think this is the cause.

[destany]

I have shortness of breath when I lie down. The only history I have was being born very early at 24 weeks, after released from NICU, I had Bradycardia . I'd stop breathing and was hooked up to a machine so everytime I would stop breathing it would sound an alarm. I'm a young adult now

[marshareed]

I’m a 58 yr old woman. I catch my breath, rather it catches me lol. All of a sudden my body takes a deep breath on its own… even when I’m sleeping… all of a sudden my lungs will take a deep breath & it wakes me up & then I’ll go back to sleep. No anxiety or depression whatever! I’m at total peace at night. I wish someone could answer this! 🙏

[jamaicankingful]

Does anyone here gets a fluttering in the chest around the heart area

[rutherhood]

Can anxiety cause this? I’ve been dealing with a lot of physical anxiety for a year, and lately I’ve been very breathless almost all day.

[jonathancampbell]

And how do you for sure know you have this cause I'm tired of doctors telling me I breath the way I do being of anxiety but half the time it happens I'm not anxious or stress out it jus happens then when it does I do the deep breathing all day until my chest or my side hurts or cough until my neck hurt or head hurts for 17 years I was told it's anxiety I've tried meds tried everything now I'm at the point of given up on medical science cause I feel like these doctors don't k ow what there talking about

[KayleesLabai]

Doctor I get ASMA I'm now feeling I use to take puffer but I just run out of it. Now please what should I do

[zeekcwl]

I'm 26, i have a problem of incomplete yawning. For the last 20 days i just slept only 2 hours of the day, why? What should i do for proper yawning?

[kellyfuchs]

this doesn't address causes and treatments for SOB...