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Symptom/Sign: Dyspnea
Classifications and external resources
ICD-10 R06.8
ICD-9 786.0
DiseasesDB 15892
MedlinePlus 003075
MeSH D004417

Dyspnea or dyspnoea (pronounced disp-nee-ah, IPA /dɪsp'niə/), from Latin dyspnoea, from Greek dyspnoia from dyspnoos, shortness of breath) or shortness of breath (SOB) is perceived to be difficulty of breathing or painful breathing. A symptom' (from Greek σύμπτωμα, "accident misfortune that which befalls" from συμπίπτω, "I befall" from A Sign is an indication of some fact or quality and a medical sign is an objective indication of some medical fact or quality that is detected by a Physician The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision ( ICD -10) is a coding of diseases and signs symptoms abnormal findings R00-R69 - Symptoms and Signs (R00-R09 Circulatory and Respiratory systems ( Abnormalities of Heart beat The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. The Diseases Database is a free Website that provides information about the relationships between medical conditions Symptoms, and Medications. MedlinePlus, with the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, is a website network containing Health information from the world's largest medical Library Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH) is a huge Controlled vocabulary (or metadata system for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA is a system of phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet, devised by the International Phonetic Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly It is a common symptom of numerous medical disorders.

Dyspnea on exertion (DOE or exertional dyspnea) indicates dyspnea that occurs (or worsens) during physical activity.

Contents

Disorders of the lungs

Obstructive lung diseases

Diseases of lung parenchyma and pleura

Contagious

Non-contagious

Pulmonary vascular diseases

Other causes of diminished breathing

Obstruction of the airway

Immobilization of the diaphragm

Restriction of the chest volume

Disorders of the cardiovascular system

Disorders of the blood and metabolism

Disorders affecting breathing nerves and muscles

Psychological conditions

Medications

See also

References

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Pulmonary Edema (American English or oedema (British English is swelling and/or fluid accumulation in the Lungs It leads to impaired gas exchange and may cause Pulmonary embolism (PE is a blockage of the Pulmonary artery or one of its branches usually occurring when a venous Thrombus (blood clot from a vein Valvular heart disease is any disease process involving one or more of the valves of the heart (the aortic and mitral valves on the left and the pulmonary Anemia ( AmE) or anæmia/anaemia ( BrE) (from the Ancient Greek grc-Latn anaîmia, meaning “without blood” is defined as a qualitative Hypothyroidism is the disease state in humans and animals caused by insufficient production of Thyroid hormone by the Thyroid gland. In Medicine, metabolic acidosis is a process which if unchecked leads to acidemia (i Sepsis is a serious medical condition characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state (called a Systemic inflammatory response syndrome or SIRS caused Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ( ALS, sometimes called Maladie de Charcot, or in the United States Lou Gehrig's Disease) is a progressive Guillain-Barré syndrome ( GBS) (in French ɡilɛ̃ baˈʁe in English ˈɡiːlæn ˈbɑreɪ /ɡiːˈæn bəˈreɪ/ etc Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata) is an autoimmune condition in which the Myasthenia gravis (literally "serious muscle-weakness" from Greek μύς "muscle" "weakness" and Latin gravis Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS is a rare Autoimmune disorder which affects calcium channels of the nerve-muscle ( neuromuscular) junction Anxiety disorder is a blanket term covering several different forms of abnormal pathological anxieties Fears and Phobias In clinical usage "fear" Panic attacks are sudden discrete periods of intense anxiety mounting Physiological arousal fear stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of Fentanyl is one of the most powerful Opioid Analgesics with a potency approximately 81 times that of Morphine. Air hunger is the Sensation of the urge to Breathe It is usually caused by the detection of high levels of Carbon dioxide in the blood by sensors in the Tachypnea (or "tachypnoea" ( Greek: "rapid breathing" is characterized by rapid breathing and is not identical with Hyperventilation - tachypnea Bradypnea ( Greek from bradys, slow + pnoia, breath British English spelling bradypnoea refers to an abnormally slow breathing In the human Respiratory system, eupnea ( Greek eupnoia; from eu, well + pnoia, breath is normal unlaboured ventilation Orthopnea ( Greek from ortho, straight + pnoia, breath is Dyspnea which occurs when lying flat causing the person to have to sleep propped Trepopnoea is dyspnoea (an abnormal awareness of one's own breathing that is seen in one lateral position while lying down but not in the other Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 28th Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Julie K. Stegman, 601. 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External links

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Dictionary

dyspnea

-noun

  1. difficult or labored respiration
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