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Breathing Difficulties - First Aid
Alternate Names : Difficulty Breathing - First Aid, Dyspnea - First Aid, Shortness of Breath - First Aid
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Call Immediately for Emergency Medical Assistance if
Call your local emergency number (such as 911) if you or someone else has labored breathing, especially if accompanied by:
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Chest pain
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Sweating
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Nausea or vomiting
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Dizziness or lightheadedness
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Blue lips, fingers, or fingernails
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Inability to speak
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High pitched or wheezing sounds
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Facial, tongue, or throat swelling
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Hives
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Rapid or irregular heart beat
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Coughing up large amounts of blood
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Excessive drooling
Call your doctor right away if:
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Your shortness of breath is brought on by coughing, especially productive coughing.
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Your child's cough has a barking sound.
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You have a fever, green or yellow phlegm, night sweats, weight loss, loss of appetite, or swelling in your legs.
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You are coughing up small amounts of blood.
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• Definition
• Overview & Considerations
• Causes
• Symptoms & Signs
• Prevention
• First Aid
• Do Not
• Call Immediately for Emergency Medical Assistance if
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• Heart Disease
• Heart Failure
• Pertussis
• Pneumonia
• Pneumothorax
• Pulmonary Embolus
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Review Date : 9/1/2003
Reviewed By : Jacqueline A. Hart, M.D., Senior Medical Editor, A.D.A.M., Inc. Previously reviewed by Kevin G. Wheeler, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network (1/28/2002).
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