Breathing Difficulty
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cough in adults
cough in children
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Breathing Difficulty Underlying Cause: Serious
Serious causes
of difficulty breathing include:
AIDS
Anaphylaxis
Aortic insufficiency
Aortic stenosis
ARDS
Aspiration pneumonia
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Congestive heart failure
Cystic fibrosis
Epiglottitis
Fat embolism
Heart attack
Hemothorax
Leukemia
Lung cancer
Lung foreign body
Mesothelioma
Mitral insufficiency
Mitral stenosis
Myasthenia gravis
Myocardial infarction
Near drowning
Pneumothorax
Pulmonary
edema
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary hypertension
Severe asthma
Severe
pneumonia
Toxic inhalations
Tuberculosis
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Related Topics:
Asthma
Breathing difficulty in children
COPD
Emphysema
Heart failure
Pneumonia
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Last Updated: Oct 29, 2008
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Breathing Difficulty References:
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