Dyspnea (Latin dyspnoea, Greek dyspnoia from dyspnoos, short of breath) or shortness of breath (SOB) is perceived difficulty breathing or pain on breathing. It is a common symptom of numerous medical disorders. The term symptom (from the Greek syn = con/plus and pipto = fall, together meaning co-exist) has two similar meanings in the context of physical and mental health: Strictly, a symptom is a sensation or change in health function experienced by a patient. ... In medicine, a sign is a feature of disease as detected by the doctor during physical examination of a patient. ... The following codes are used with International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... // R00-R99 - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R09) Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00) Abnormalities of heart beat (R000) Tachycardia, unspecified (R001) Bradycardia, unspecified (R002) Palpitations (R008) Other and unspecified abnormalities of heart beat (R01) Cardiac murmurs and other... The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... The Diseases Database is a free website that provides information about the relationships between medical conditions, symptoms, and medications. ... MedlinePlus (medlineplus. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...

Dyspnea on exertion (DOE or exertional dyspnea) indicates dyspnea that occurs (or worsens) during physical activity.

Causes

• disorders within the lungs
  • Obstructive Disease of Airways
    • emphysema
    • COPD
    • asthma
    • aspirated (inhaled) foreign body
    • laryngeal edema due to allergies
    • acute exacerbation of asthma
  • Diseases of lung parenchyma and pleura
    • Non cardiogenic pulmonary edema or Acute respiratory distress syndrome
    • fibrosing alveolitis
    • extrinsic allergic alveolitis
    • pneumoconiosis
    • pneumonia
    • atelectasis
    • inhalation anthrax
    • SARS
    • lung cancer
    • sarcoidosis
    • Interstitial lung disease
    • Pleural effusion
    • Pneumothorax
  • Pulmonary vascular diseases
    • acute or recurrent pulmonary emboli
    • Pulmonary hypertension, primary or secondary
    • pulmonary veno-occlusive disease

• disorders of the heart
  • congestive heart failure
  • Cardiogenic pulmonary edema
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Mitral, aortic, tricuspid or pulmonary valvular stenosis or regurgitation.
  • Ischemic heart disease, i.e. due to heart attacks
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Pericardial effusion, tamponade or constrictive pericarditis.
  • malignant hypertension
• disorders of the musculoskeletal system
  • kyphosis
  • scoliosis
  • ankylosing spondylitis
  • broken ribs
  • obesity
• disorders in the nervous system
  • multiple sclerosis
  • ALS
  • myasthenia gravis
  • Guillain Barré Syndrome
• disorders of the nose
  • Dryness of the lungs caused by Empty nose syndrome
• anemia
• Pregnancy
• disorders in adjacent organs
• disorders due to drugs and toxic substances
• sepsis
• metabolic acidosis

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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), also known as respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) or adult respiratory distress syndrome (in contrast with IRDS) is a serious reaction to various forms of injuries to the lung. ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (also called extrinsic allergic alveolitis) is an inflammation of the lung caused by the bodys immune reaction to small air-borne particles. ... Pneumoconiosis, also known as miners lung, is a lung condition caused by the inhalation of dust, characterized by formation of nodular fibrotic changes in lungs. ... Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the microscopic, alveoli (air-filled sacs) responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere become inflamed and flooded with fluid. ... Atelectasis is defined as collapse of a part of the lung or the whole lung, where the alveoli are deflated, as distinct from pulmonary consolidation. ... Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an atypical pneumonia that first appeared in November 2002 in Guangdong Province, in the city of Foshan, of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Lung cancer is a cancer of the lungs characterized by the presence of malignant tumours. ... Diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), also known as interstitial lung disease, refers to a group of lung diseases, affecting the alveolar epithelium, pulmonary capillary endothelium, basement membrane, perivascular and perilymphatic tissues. ... Pleural effusion Chest x-ray of a pleural effusion. ... In medicine (pulmonology), a pneumothorax or collapsed lung is a medical emergency caused by the collapse of the lung within the chest cavity. ... A pulmonary embolism (thromboembolism) occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. ... In medicine, pulmonary hypertension (PH) or pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is an increase in blood pressure in the pulmonary artery or lung vasculature. ... Veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is a disease affecting the liver. ... Congestive heart failure (CHF), also called congestive cardiac failure (CCF) or just heart failure, is a condition that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of the heart to fill with or pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body. ... Pulmonary edema is swelling and/or fluid accumulation in the lungs. ... Cross-section of a healthy heart. ... Anterior (frontal) view of the opened heart. ... AORTA can also mean always-on real-time access, referring to WAN computer networks. ... In anatomy, the heart valves are valves in the heart that prevent blood from flowing the wrong way. ... 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Kyphosis in the sense of a deformity is the pathologic curving of the spine, where parts of the spinal column lose some or all of their lordotic profile. ... The human rib cage. ... The nervous system of an animal coordinates the activity of the muscles, monitors the organs, constructs and also stops input from the senses, and initiates actions. ... Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrigs disease, Maladie de Charcot or motor neurone disease) is a progressive, almost invariably fatal neurological disease. ... Myasthenia gravis (MG, Latin: grave muscle weakness) is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating weakness and fatiguability. ... Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system (i. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... This article discusses the medical condition. ... Oral medication A medication is a licenced drug taken to cure or reduce symptoms of an illness or medical condition. ... Look up toxic and toxicity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sepsis (in Greek Σήψις, putrefaction) is a serious medical condition caused by a severe infection. ... In medicine, metabolic acidosis is a state in which the blood pH is low (under 7. ...

Related terms

• air hunger, the urge to breathe.
• tachypnea, too rapid breathing.
• bradypnea, too slow breathing.
• orthopnea, dyspnea occurring in a recumbent position
• paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, dyspnea occurring during sleep.

Air hunger is the sensation of the urge to breathe. ... Tachypnea is a medical term for breathing which is more rapid than normal. ... Bradypnea refers to an abnormally slow breathing rate. ... Orthopnoea is breathing difficulty which occurs when lying flat. ... kjkjk ...

External links

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