When a patient calls a primary care provider due to shortness of breath symptoms, recommending an in-office examination is generally warranted. Your patient may explain how they are out of breath from ...

Shortness of breath can be because of multiple reasons. In the current scenario, if a person is suffering from shortness of breath, it is assumed to be a symptom of COVID. However, many other diseases ...

Figure 1. Hyperinflation of the lungs points to a pulmonary cause of dyspnea. There are guidelines for the management of each as a separate condition, but how do you evaluate and treat them when they ...

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Key Takeaways Heart failure is the most common cause of orthopnea, which is difficulty breathing when lying down.COPD can lead to orthopnea due to lung ...

During the past century our understanding of the sensation of breathlessness has evolved from a simple model of respiratory center stimulation (neurochemical model), to the recognition that receptors ...