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What Causes Shortness Of Breath?
Question: I have a litttle bit shortness of breath.what could be the cause? 1 month back I did TMT, ecg, echo and holter and all are normal. Is due to heart?
Brief Answer:
You require further evaluation for the cause.
Detailed Answer:
HI
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There are many causes of Shortness of Breath (SOB). I will first enumerate common conditions that can SOB.
1. Diseases of Lung : Diseases like Asthma , Bronchitis , Pneumonia, Pleural Effusion can cause SOB.
2. Diseases of Heart
3. Anemia : Low Hemoglobin causes gradual onset of SOB.
4. Kidney Failure
5. Ascites : Excessive water accumulation in abdomen causes SOB.
Some of the Uncommon causes are
1. Muscular weakness : Weakness of respiratory muscles can lead to SOB.
2. Cancer of Lung
3. Interstitial Lung disease.
In your condition tests regarding Heart problems has been done and found to be normal. So it is unlikely to be heart problem as the cause of your SOB .
I would recommend certain other tests to know the cause of your SOB. The tests are
Complete Hemogram, Serum TSH, Chest X ray PA view, Pulmonary Function test, Serum Creatinine and Ultrasound Abdomen Pelvis .
Kindly revert back to me with these reports.
You require further evaluation for the cause.
Detailed Answer:
HI
Thanks for posting your query to Healthcaremagic.
There are many causes of Shortness of Breath (SOB). I will first enumerate common conditions that can SOB.
1. Diseases of Lung : Diseases like Asthma , Bronchitis , Pneumonia, Pleural Effusion can cause SOB.
2. Diseases of Heart
3. Anemia : Low Hemoglobin causes gradual onset of SOB.
4. Kidney Failure
5. Ascites : Excessive water accumulation in abdomen causes SOB.
Some of the Uncommon causes are
1. Muscular weakness : Weakness of respiratory muscles can lead to SOB.
2. Cancer of Lung
3. Interstitial Lung disease.
In your condition tests regarding Heart problems has been done and found to be normal. So it is unlikely to be heart problem as the cause of your SOB .
I would recommend certain other tests to know the cause of your SOB. The tests are
Complete Hemogram, Serum TSH, Chest X ray PA view, Pulmonary Function test, Serum Creatinine and Ultrasound Abdomen Pelvis .
Kindly revert back to me with these reports.
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