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And because the patients view breathlessness as harmful or worrying they often avoid exercise, which in turn compounds their condition.
How to keep people out of hospital by improving care in the community
They discovered that people with a history of near-fatal asthma reported less sensation of breathlessness than other study participants.
Detecting asthma before the last gasp
Dr Patel said of the GP's diagnosis: "Asthma is probably 500 times more common as a cause of breathlessness in young people than heart failure.
HEART TRAGEDY OF 'ASTHMA SUFFERER'
People with COPD can struggle to walk far without experiencing panic-inducing attacks of breathlessness and it is the fifth most common cause of mortality in Wales.
Experts call for extra funds to tackle lung disease
HOW TO HELP YOURSELF: Breathlessness is also affected by your breathing habits and lifestyle.
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Dubai: Doctors have warned that the current spell of dusty weather in Dubai can trigger asthmatic attacks and allergic rhinitis in people who already suffer from the condition and also affect a large section of people with no previous history, with breathlessness and respiratory distress.
Dusty weather a trigger for allergic attacks
Lung hyperinflation is common in people with COPD, and has been linked to impaired cardiac function and a worsening of COPD symptoms, especially breathlessness.
Switzerland : Treatment with Novartis' Ultibro Breezhaler improved cardiac function in COPD patients with lung hyperinflation
The two main symptoms of IPF are breathlessness and chronic cough.
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Causes and symptoms
Her referral indication from the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) by Dr Fatunla, had said 'cyanosis since infancy, recurrent squatting and breathlessness.
3-year-old with heart defect needs N2.5m for surgery, pleads for help
This may cause chest pain, breathlessness, and sudden death.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? Types of embolism
LOCAL GPs are urging people who have had a cough for three weeks or who are suffering from breathlessness to get themselves checked out.
Time to get your cough checked out
And managing those chronic conditions in a group of patients who are generally older, whose daily lives can be a struggle because of breathlessness, who can feel isolated, who can suffer anxiety and who, if they were smokers, can beat themselves up about their condition, takes more skills and understanding than technical competence.
Looking for small gains: when working with people who have chronic lung disease, small gains take on big significance

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