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Symptom: Breathing difficulties

Breathing difficulties: Various types of breathing difficulty (dyspnea).
Detailed cause information for symptom: Breathing difficulties:

Medical conditions causing symptom: Breathing difficulties (158 conditions)

Medical conditions causing complication: Breathing difficulties (23 conditions)

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Types of Breathing difficulties: wheezing (28), choking (10), rapid breathing (28), shallow breathing (9), shortness of breath (81), shortness of breath from exercise (81)
Symptoms related to Breathing difficulties: wheezing (28), choking (10), shortness of breath (81), chest pain (75)
Breathing difficulties type of: Breathing symptoms (165)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions

Conditions listing symptoms: Breathing difficulties: The following list of conditions have 'Breathing difficulties' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

Acute Bronchitis ... trouble breathing, wheezing

Acute rheumatic fever ... shortness of breath

Adult respiratory distress syndrome ... breathing difficulty, tachypnoea (rapid breathing)

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ... wheezing

Allergies ... wheezing, breathing difficulties

Amphetamines ... irregular breathing, rapid breathing

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... difficulty breathing

Anaphylaxis ... breathing difficulty, wheezing

Anemia ... breathing difficulty, shortness of breath after exercise, rapid breathing

Angina ... choking feeling, breathlessness

Anorexia Nervosa ... low breathing rate

Anthrax ... severe breathing problems

Anxiety attack ... difficulty breathing

Aortic coarctation ... shortness of breath

Aortic valve disease ... shortness of breath, breathlessness

Aplastic anemia ... shortness of breath

Arthritis ... trouble breathing

Asbestosis ... breathlessness

Ascariasis ... wheezing

Ascites ... breathing difficulty

Asphyxia ... breathing difficulty

Asthma ... Breathing difficulty, wheezing, shortness of breath, Shortness of breath after exertion, shallow breathing, Rapid breathing

Atrial Fibrillation ... breathlessness

Atrial flutter ... difficulty breathing

B

Bornholm disease ... pain worsen on deep breathing

Botulism food poisoning ... difficult breathing

Brain compression ... breathing difficulty

Bronchiectasis ... wheezing, breathlessness

Bronchiolitis ... difficult breathing, wheezing, shallow breathing, rapid breathing

Bronchitis ... wheezing, breathlessness

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia ... wheezing, rapid shallow breathing (tachypnea)

C

Carbon monoxide poisoning ... Wheezing, rapid breathing

Cardiac arrest ... loss of breathing

Cardiomyopathy ... breathlessness

Chemical pneumonia ... difficulty breathing, choking, rapid breathing

Chronic Bronchitis ... breathlessness, breathlessness on exertion

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ... wheezing, Shortness of breath on exertion, inability to breathe lying down, breathlessness after exertion, breathing difficulties, mild shortness of breath

Collapsed lung ... difficulty breathing, rapid breathing

Congenital heart defects ... breathing difficulty

Congestive Heart Failure ... breathless with exertion, breathlessness, breathing difficulties

Cor pulmonale ... shortness of breath on exertion

Croup ... difficult breathing, characteristic crowing-sound breathing, rapid breathing

Cystic Fibrosis ... frequent wheezing

D

Decompression sickness ... breathing difficulty

Dehydration ... rapid breathing

Dengue hemorrhagic fever ... breathing difficulty

Diabetes ... Breathing difficulty

Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... Breathing difficulty, rapid breathing

Dilated cardiomyopathy ... shortness of breath

Diphtheria ... difficulty breathing, throat obstruction

Drowning ... loss of breathing

E

Emphysema ... breathing difficulty, wheezing, shortness of breath, breathlessness after exercise

Endocarditis ... shortness of breath

Epiglotitis ... breathing difficulty, open mouthed breathing

F

Familial emphysema ... breathing difficulty, wheezing, shortness of breath, breathlessness after exercise

Food allergies ... trouble breathing, wheezing

Friedreich's ataxia ... shortness of breath

G

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ... choking feeling

Gastrointestinal bleeding ... shortness of breath

Goodpasture syndrome ... dyspnea (difficult breathing)

Graves Disease ... breathlessness

H

Hay fever ... wheezing, breathing difficulties

Heart attack ... dyspnea, Shortness of Breath, shortness of breath

Heart block ... breathlessness with exertion, breathlessness, breathlessness caused by fever

Heart disease ... shortness of breath

Heart failure ... shortness of breath, wheezing, breathless with exertion, breathlessness, raspy breathing

Heatstroke ... rapid breathing

Hemothorax ... breathing difficulty

High altitude pulmonary edema ... suffocation, shortness of breath on exercise, progressive shortness of breath

HIV/AIDS ... shortness of breath

Hodgkin's Disease ... breathing difficulty, shortness of breath, wheezing

Hookworm ... wheezing

Hyperthyroidism ... breathlessness

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... breathlessness

Hyperventilation ... shortness of breath, rapid breathing

I

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ... difficulty breathing, dyspnea (shortness of breath)

L

Larynx Cancer ... difficulty breathing

Leukemia ... shortness of breath

Lung cancer ... breathing difficulty, Shortness of breath, wheezing

Lung conditions ... difficulty breathing, pain on breathing, shortness of breath

Lyme disease ... shortness of breath

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... shortness of breath (dyspnea) with physical activity, shortness of breath at rest

M

Malabsorption ... shortness of breath

Malaria ... shortness of breath

Marfan syndrome ... shortness of breath, Breathing problems

Melioidosis ... breathing difficulty, shortness of breath, rapid breathing

Menorrhagia ... shortness of breath

Mesothelioma ... breathlessness

Methahemoglobinemia ... breathlessness

Mitochondrial diseases ... breathlessness

Mitral regurgitation ... wheezing, breathlessness

Mitral-valve prolapse ... shortness of breath

Mobius syndrome ... choking problems (infant)

Motion sickness ... shortness of breath

Mountain sickness ... difficulty breathing, shortness of breath

Multiple Myeloma ... shortness of breath

Myasthenia Gravis ... difficulty breathing

Myocarditis ... breathlessness

N

Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... very rapid breathing (tachypnea)

Nephrotic syndrome ... breathing difficulty

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... shortness of breath

O

Obstructive sleep apnea ... choking

Osteoarthritis ... trouble breathing

P

Panic attack ... breathing difficulty, breathlessness, Choking sensation, rapid breathing

Panic disorder ... breathlessness, Choking sensation

Pericarditis ... shortness of breath, shallow breathing, rapid breathing

Peritonitis ... shallow breathing, rapid breathing

Pernicious anemia ... shortness of breath

Pharyngitis ... breathing difficulty

Pheochromocytoma ... breathing difficulty, rapid breathing

Plague ... difficulty breathing

Pleural effusion ... difficulty breathing

Pleurisy ... shallow breathing, rapid breathing

Pneumococcal pneumonia ... Shortness of breath, Rapid breathing

Pneumoconiosis ... breathlessness

Pneumonia ... difficult breathing, shallow breathing, breathlessness, rapid breathing

Pneumonic plague ... difficulty breathing, rapid breathing

Polio ... difficulty breathing

Polycythemia ... breathlessness

Polyneuritis ... breathing difficulty

Primary pulmonary hypertension ... Difficulty in breathing (dyspnea)

Psittacosis ... breathlessness

Pulmonary Anthrax ... severe breathing problems

Pulmonary edema ... breathing difficulty, shortness of breath, wheezing, shallow breathing, shortness of breath worse on lying down, rapid breathing

Pulmonary embolism ... breathing difficulty, dyspnea, shortness of breath, Tachypnea

Pulmonary hypertension ... shortness of breath, progressive shortness of breath

Pulmonary valve stenosis ... breathlessness

Q

Q fever ... breathing difficulty

R

Rapid gastric emptying ... shortness of breath

Respiratory syncytial virus ... wheezing

Restrictive cardiomyopathy ... breathlessness

Rheumatic fever ... shortness of breath

S

Sarcoidosis ... breathing difficulty, Shortness of breath (dyspnea)

SARS ... difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, acute respiratory distress syndrome

Scleroderma ... shortness of breath

Shock ... irregular breathing, shallow breathing, rapid breathing

Shy-Drager Syndrome ... breathing difficulties

Sickle Cell Anemia ... shortness of breath

Silicosis ... breathlessness

Spinal cord injury ... breathing difficulty

Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I ... impaired breathing

Strongyloidiasis ... wheezing

Subarachnoid hemorrhage ... erratic breathing

Syncope ... rapid breathing

T

Tachycardia ... shortness of breath

Tachypnea ... shallow breathing

Temporal arteritis ... shortness of breath

Tetanus ... difficulty breathing

Thalassemia ... shortness of breath

Thyroid cancer ... Difficulty breathing

Tick paralysis ... breathing difficulty

Toxocariasis ... wheezing

Tuberculosis ... breathing difficulty, shortness of breath, progressive shortness of breath

Type 2 diabetes ... Breathing difficulty

W

Wegener's granulomatosis ... shortness of breath

Weil's syndrome ... ARDS

Whipple's Disease ... shortness of breath

Whooping Cough ... Choking, Breathing difficulties

Conditions listing complications: Breathing difficulties: The following list of conditions have 'Breathing difficulties' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.