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What Causes Breathing Difficulty And Excessive Sleepiness?
I sleep 8 or 9 hours per night and take at least 3 naps during the day--each nap being 45 min plus. Even if I am watching a TV show I like, I go to sleep in less that 20 minutes when I lay down. I am 67 and take several pills but none have this side effects.(no new pills but side effect of naps are more recent.) I feel a little out of breath sometimes but have had recent blood tests and CT-- Chest, Small nodes in lobe of lungs which are being watched,
Mon, 30 Sep 2019
Hello,
* The breathing difficulty with excess sleepiness may indicate underlying obstruction through hypertrophy of paraglottic glands in the throat or else.
Kindly get examined with expert ENT specialist for the issue and get treated accordingly.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
* The breathing difficulty with excess sleepiness may indicate underlying obstruction through hypertrophy of paraglottic glands in the throat or else.
Kindly get examined with expert ENT specialist for the issue and get treated accordingly.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
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