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Breathing Difficulty
Alternate Names : Breathlessness, Difficulty Breathing, Dyspnea, Shortness of Breath
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- Fungal Infections
- Post Menopause
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
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Those with rare gene have disease relapse often within 5 years of apparent remission. |
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Emphysema
Today's Top News Stories | • | Officials Still Seek Source of Salmonella Outbreak - Jan 09, 2009, 14:00
Almost 400 Americans in 42 states have been sickened. | • | Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 9, 2009 - Jan 09, 2009, 10:05
- Fungal Infections
- Post Menopause
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
| • | Americans Consuming More Sugary Beverages - Jan 09, 2009, 12:00
Adults gulping an average of 300 calories every day, study finds. | • | Antipsychotics Up Death Risk in Alzheimer's Patients - Jan 09, 2009, 09:00
Long-term study says the drugs should only be used short-term, as last resort. | • | Childhood Leukemia Subtype Resists Treatment - Jan 09, 2009, 12:00
Those with rare gene have disease relapse often within 5 years of apparent remission. |
Emphysema is a lung disease involving damage to the air sacs (alveoli).There is progressive destruction of alveoli and the surrounding tissue that supports the alveoli. With more advanced disease, large air cysts develop where normal lung tissue used to be. Air is trapped in the lungs due to lack of supportive tissue which decreases oxygenation.
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• Definition
• Breathing Difficulty: Overview & Considerations
• Breathing Difficulty: Common Causes
• Breathing Difficulty: Home Care & Treatment
• Call your Health Care Provider if
• What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
• Pictures & Images
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Allergies
• Arrhythmias
• Asthma
• Emphysema
• Heart Attack
• Heart Failure
• Lung Disease
• Panic Disorder
• Pneumonia
• Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Tests & Exams
• Chest X-Ray
• ECG
• Echocardiogram
• Pulmonary Function Tests
• Thoracic CT
Other Topics
• Antigen
• Breathing - Slowed or Stopped
• Breathing Difficulties - First Aid
• Breathing Difficulty - Lying Down
• Cough
• Foreign Object Aspiration or Ingestion
• Intercostal Retractions
• Obesity
• Physical Examination
• Rapid Deep Breathing (Hyperventilation)
• Wheezing
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