Breathing difficulty
Sudden shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing, is the most common cause of an emergency visit to a hospital, and the condition of breathlessness is often the result of stress, but when the shortness of breath occurs suddenly and without obvious cause, it is usually a warning sign of a medical condition.
Causes of shortness of breath
Trouble in the lungs
- Sudden breathlessness may be the result of an asthma attack. This means that the airway constriction will produce more sticky sputum mucus, which will cause you difficulty breathing and coughing. And may be accompanied by a state of exhaustion where it is difficult for the air to move inside and outside the trachea. The doctor may recommend using an inhaler spacing device with asthma, which provides more help to the lungs, thus relieves shortness of breath.
- Pneumonia pneumonia also may cause shortness of breath and cough. It usually occurs because of an infection, so you will need to take antibiotics.
- If you have chronic COPD, it is likely that your breathing condition is a sign of this condition or that the condition is getting worse.
Having heart problems
The benefit of a heart attack is usually associated with shortness of breath, as well as in the case of heart failure, which is a life-threatening condition and should be called emergency when they occur or the presence of symptoms indicate, as well as most of the diseases that affect the heart directly related to the case of breathlessness or Accelerated.
Panic attack or anxiety
An attack of panic or anxiety can cause the person to take a quick or deep breath, known as exhaustion. The individual should focus on slow breathing or breathing through a paper bag to restore the state of breathing to normal.
Diabetic ketone acidosis
Any respiratory problem is a serious problem unless it is caused by a known cause. We do not mean the exhaustion that comes to us after a stressful exercise. We talk about the sudden discomfort that happens without a known cause, which may affect us at rest or in daily exercise. Medical consultation to make sure our bodies are fine.
other reasons
- A partial collapse of the lung is caused by a small rupture of the lung surface, allowing the air to be trapped in the vacuum around the lungs, which is known as pneumothorax.
- Blockage in one of the lung blood vessels known as pulmonary embolism.
- Acute pulmonary fibrosis, a rare and incomprehensible pulmonary disease that causes the lungs to ulcers.
- The presence of a group of fluids beside the lung called pleural effusion.