Shortness of breath

Questions I would ask S.P. about her fatigue would include, how often do you feel fatigued? What activities precipitate fatigue? Is the fatigue related to a time of day: all day, morning, evening? People who present with symptoms of CHF may exhibit symptoms of increasing fatigue and have difficulty performing daily activities such as walking, climbing stairs or carrying groceries. According to Forbes & Watt (2016), “fatigue from decreased cardiac output is worse in the evening, whereas fatigue…

knowing the onset of myocarditis. Symptoms of myocarditis are known to be fever, headache, sore throat, diarrhea, joint and body pains, fatigue, arrhythmia, shortness of breath, chest pain, swelling of legs, ankles and feet due to fluid retention. As for children with myocarditis their symptoms are known to be having a fever, shortness of breath, fatigue, fainting, and discoloration on the skin which may be bluish or grayish. Pericarditis. The inflammation of the pericardium is known as…

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a progressive disease that makes breathing difficult. When having this disease, lung damage is produced. The disease worsens over time, although it is not treated, it can be slowed down. This is mainly caused by smoking, chemical fume, dust, and air pollution. Although there are many causes to this disease, smoking is the most common. It happens to over 12 million Americans and the risk factors can be environmental or genetics. COPD is largely preventable…

of the outdoors. Evan has been prescribed Singular 10mg to be taken daily. He uses a nebulizer with Levalbuterol HCl, and Budesonide Inhalation Suspension to be taken as needed for shortness of breath, coughing and wheezing. Evan also has been prescribed an Albuterol Inhaler to be used as needed for shortness of breath when he is away from home. The oral inhalation suspension, Levalbuterol HCl is a medication used to prevent airway spasms or bronchospasms. The oral inhalant, Budesonide is a…

(Withers, 2009) There are various pathological changes to the respiratory system of a smoker. One extremely widespread change is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The World Health Organisation (2010) define COPD as, “…a lung disease characterized by chronic obstruction of lung airflow that interferes with normal breathing and is not fully reversible.” COPD as a lung disease encompasses pathological changes such as Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema. Chronic Bronchitis is long term…

information. SHP is a system to record patient assessments based on pain, anxiety and shortness of breath to allow physicians and nurses to observe how the patient is progressing or diminishing. There was a scale 0-10, zero being the best 10 being the worst and I entered the number that the patient gave the nurse and whether the patient was comfortable with that specific level of pain, shortness of breath and anxiety. C. My task as an intern related to Heartland’s Mission by enriching lives.…

known as the alveoli, which causes shortness of breath. The alveoli in a healthy individual are clustered together. With emphysema, the inner walls of the air sacs weaken and eventually rupture which creates one larger air space instead of many small ones (Mayo clinic, n.d.a.). With regards to causes, there can be many causes for the development of emphysema. The main cause of emphysema…

In the U.S. alone, there’re approximately 5.7 million Americans who are affected by congestive heart failure and about 550,000 new cases each year . A common misconception among Americans, is that cardiac arrest and heart failure are the same – not exactly. Both conditions can be life-threatening, but heart failure refers to the incapability of the heart to circulate blood throughout the body to meet the body’s needs. Due to the inadequate blood circulation, it results the leaking of fluid from…

Emphysema is a chronic lung disease, which damages the air sacs called alveoli by causing shortness of breath (dyspnea) due to the enlargement of lung sacs. Emphysema is also known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Ontario Lung Association,2015). Emphysema is a disease, which not only destroys the lung air sacs but it also reduces the amount of oxygen that can reach the bloodstream. Smoking is one of the main reasons for the cause of emphysema. Therefore, it occurs mostly to the people…

mold, and other inorganic matter. Acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis occurs 4-12 hours after heavy exposure to the fungi. Its symptoms are Fever, chills, coughing, shortness of breath, and body aches. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis can, also, be a chronic conidition. The only symptoms of this chronic condition is couch and shortness of breath. Chronic hypersneistivity is usually atrributed to long-term…