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What Causes Involuntary Jerking Of The Body During Sleep And Breathlessness While Walking?
Question: my husband is jerking while sleeping In the past few days he has had shortness of breath when walking short distnces
Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that his symptoms could be related to different possible causes: heart failure, a lung disorder ,sleep apnea or an electrolyte imbalance.
For this reason, I would recommend consulting with his attending physician for a careful physical exam and some tests:
- a resting ECG and a cardiac ultrasound
- a chest XRay study and pulmonary function tests
- a multi Sleep latency test for sleep apnea
- complete blood count for anemia
- blood electrolytes for possible imbalance
- an arterial blood gas analysis.
You should discuss with his doctor on the above issues.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr.Iliri
I would recommend as follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that his symptoms could be related to different possible causes: heart failure, a lung disorder ,sleep apnea or an electrolyte imbalance.
For this reason, I would recommend consulting with his attending physician for a careful physical exam and some tests:
- a resting ECG and a cardiac ultrasound
- a chest XRay study and pulmonary function tests
- a multi Sleep latency test for sleep apnea
- complete blood count for anemia
- blood electrolytes for possible imbalance
- an arterial blood gas analysis.
You should discuss with his doctor on the above issues.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr.Iliri
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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