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Symptoms of disease - Shortness of breath

Shortness of breath is a subjective feeling of lack of air, especially intensified during physical activity.

The possible causes of shortness of breath:

Shortness of breath may be associated with pathology of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Retrosternal pains and shortness of breath can be a symptom of acute myocardial infarction. In the defeat of coronary artery pain and shortness of breath occur and amplified mainly with the physical load, but at the same time, shortness of breath on exertion can be a symptom of the development of aneurysms of the thoracic aorta with the emergence of obstacles to the blood flow in the coronary arteries. With the development of the stratification of the thoracic aorta shortness of breath may go into the choking in connection with a mechanical barrier functions of the organs of the respiratory system, and as a result the development of acute heart failure at high acute blood loss.

Shortness of breath, especially in combination with pains in the chest and the tendency to reduction of blood pressure may be not only a symptom of the development of the rupture of an aneurysm of the thoracic aorta, but also one of the main manifestations of pulmonary embolism due to migration pieces of blood clots in the venous system in deep-vein thrombosis.



Which diseases there is Shortness of breath

Diseases of the heart and blood vessels:

  • Angina
  • Myocardial infarction
  • Increase in blood pressure
  • Breaking down the aneurysm of the thoracic aorta and its breaking
  • Tromboembolia pulmonary artery and outstanding pneumonia
  • Heart failure

Diseases of the respiratory system:

  • Pneumonia
  • Pleurisy
  • Bronchitis
  • Tracheitis

Oncological diseases.
Diseases of the nervous system:

  • Neurosis

Blood diseases:

  • With the development of neoplastic processes in mediastinum


Which doctor should I contact if there is a Shortness of breath

  • Therapeutist
  • Cardiologist
  • Vascular surgeon
  • Pulmonologist
  • Neurologist
  • Oncologist
  • Anesthesiologist-resuscitator


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