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What Causes Shortness Of Breath?
I have been having shortness of breathe since October was in the hospital for 4 days and they couldn t find anything wrong but my oxygen level is fine while sitting but once I do any activity at all it drops The oxygen level while sitting is in the mid 90s and when I get up and move around even a little bit it drops down to the mid or lower 80s hope you can help me
Tue, 31 Dec 2019
Hi,
Noted your history of shortness of breath, oxygen saturation falls on activities, was in hospital for 4 days and they could not find what is wrong.
The commonest causes that are missed are as follows:
Cardiac problems.
Respiratory problems like Asthma, COPD, any other condition affecting the airways or actual transport of oxygen to the lungs and thus the blood.
This is what is getting you the symptoms.
Since the hospital could not tell you the reasons, I would advise you the following:
For proper diagnosis you need a proper auscultation of lungs and heart, cardiac evaluation and evaluation for the lungs.
PFT meaning pulmonary function tests.
X-ray or CT scan of chest.
Relevant blood tests.
All these will lead to a proper diagnosis nd thus allow a proper management as per the cause found.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon
Noted your history of shortness of breath, oxygen saturation falls on activities, was in hospital for 4 days and they could not find what is wrong.
The commonest causes that are missed are as follows:
Cardiac problems.
Respiratory problems like Asthma, COPD, any other condition affecting the airways or actual transport of oxygen to the lungs and thus the blood.
This is what is getting you the symptoms.
Since the hospital could not tell you the reasons, I would advise you the following:
For proper diagnosis you need a proper auscultation of lungs and heart, cardiac evaluation and evaluation for the lungs.
PFT meaning pulmonary function tests.
X-ray or CT scan of chest.
Relevant blood tests.
All these will lead to a proper diagnosis nd thus allow a proper management as per the cause found.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon
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