Shortness of breath is a term that indicates an abnormal feeling of tiredness and shortness of breath and a sense of difficulty in breathing. In normal cases when a person is doing sports or movements and making an effort, the person feels that he is breathing quickly and has decreased his self and became difficult, but soon the self returns to its nature when standing for The movement, but when feeling tired and shortness of breath and difficulty breathing without any effort or movement is the risk that this person is exposed to self-restraint and needs to fully diagnose the situation and know the cause and treatment.
Degrees of self-restraint: There are several degrees of self-restraint, some of which are of the first degree: it is when a person to make a great effort, such as the rise of heights or carry heavy weights feel very tight.
Step 2: When doing some movements, such as walking or playing light games, when a person changes a normal effort, he feels a normal pain.
Third degree: When a person feels a lack of breathing when doing his daily work.
Grade 4: When no effort is made, the person feels a lack of breathing without any effort.
Causes of shortness of breath:
1 – Lung Disease: Lung patient suffers from shortness of breath due to the feeling of narrowness of the airways, where the resistance of the respiratory tract, which leads to a greater effort, and inflammation of the lung tissue, which impede gas exchange and this leads to the obstruction of the lung to deliver oxygen to the blood and more Of the breathing speed to compensate for the lack of oxygen present, thus leading to shortness of breath in people with lung disease and example (anthrax).
2 – respiratory tract diseases: a feeling of suffocation when breathing difficulty due to symptoms that affect the respiratory tract before the arrival of air to the lung such as (pharyngitis).
3. Heart disease: Heart disease causes heart trouble due to the inability of the heart to transfer blood to members of the body quickly and this leads to the retention of fluid in the left ventricle and this leads to obstruction in the exchange of gases and examples (heart failure).
Treatment: The patient should be diagnosed with the disease and know the cause and treatment because the cases of shortness of breath are dangerous to the life of the patient and lead to a heart attack.