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Have High BP Take Losartan. Have Shortness Of Breath When Try To Sleep. Suggest?

My BP is 154/89 and i take losartan for HBP and i take one tablet a day. starting late last night i start feeling like i was having some shortness of breath when i tried to go to sleep. But i can breath normally when i play ball or walk on tread mill. I am a veteran and ii have a post op appointment for the hydrocelectomy surgery I had I am 5'8 225 . recently i have gone on chocolate beng and have been staying up very late on the computer working not getting but 3 to 4 hours of sleep for the past week or two. The main thing is when i lay down to sleep i feel a shortness of breath and i have to breath thru nose and do some deep breathing but can sleep for a long period of time i get that urg that i got to get up to breath
Fri, 27 Sep 2013
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Dear Sir/ Madam
Thanks for writing to us.
1. If shortness of breath comes on lying down but not on treadmill or playing ball, it is not likely to be associated with a significant heart or lung pathology. Especially when you are able to sleep well throughout night after dozing off.
2. This may be a problem of sleep / anxiety/ stress/ stomach rather than a cardiac or lung related disorder.
Please discuss with your GP and get examined also.
Sincerely
Sukhvinder
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Have High BP Take Losartan. Have Shortness Of Breath When Try To Sleep. Suggest?

Dear Sir/ Madam Thanks for writing to us. 1. If shortness of breath comes on lying down but not on treadmill or playing ball, it is not likely to be associated with a significant heart or lung pathology. Especially when you are able to sleep well throughout night after dozing off. 2. This may be a problem of sleep / anxiety/ stress/ stomach rather than a cardiac or lung related disorder. Please discuss with your GP and get examined also. Sincerely Sukhvinder