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What Causes Sudden Irregular Breathing Patterns During Night?

Hi, so for a few days now I haven t been able to get a satisfying breath at a certain time and this lasts for a few hours until it stops. This usually happens at night when I m going to go to sleep and am quite scared to go to sleep when it s happening
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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i feel you are having the symptom which is called paroxymal nocturnal dyspnoea which is a clinical feature of heart failiure. so meet a specialized general physician or cardiologist. they will take relevant history , examination and necessary investigations such as chest x ray /FBC/2 d echo to exclude any siginidicant cardiac or respiratory problem.
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What Causes Sudden Irregular Breathing Patterns During Night?

i feel you are having the symptom which is called paroxymal nocturnal dyspnoea which is a clinical feature of heart failiure. so meet a specialized general physician or cardiologist. they will take relevant history , examination and necessary investigations such as chest x ray /FBC/2 d echo to exclude any siginidicant cardiac or respiratory problem.