Raise your shoulders to help you breathe

Introduction Shoulder: Certificate name. Shoulder to help the breath. More common in people with severe breathing difficulties. "Su Wen · Tong Ping Xuan Shi": "Whee and shoulders, the pulse is big, slow, then dying." The evidence is also seen when the asthma attacks. The patient also feels difficulty breathing in a quiet situation, especially when lying down, so he is often forced to take a sitting or semi-recumbent position to reduce the difficulty of breathing. This is a more serious manifestation of heart failure, and there is obvious pulmonary congestion in the presence of sitting breathing.

Cause

Difficulty breathing can occur when asthma patients or other causes of hypoxia.

an examination

Related inspection

Respiratory exercise check for peak expiratory flow (PEFR)

Difficulty breathing, lifting the shoulder to help the state of breathing.

Differential diagnosis

Other cases of dyspnea: Sit-up breathing: refers to the state in which the patient is forced to take a sitting position or a semi-recumbent position in order to reduce breathing difficulties. This is a more serious manifestation of heart failure, and there is obvious pulmonary congestion in the presence of sitting breathing.

The sigh-like breathing is characterized by the insertion of a deep breathing in the normal normal breathing rhythm and often accompanied by a sigh of breathing. The patient has multiple self-reported chest tightness and difficulty breathing, but there is no objective indicator of difficulty in breathing, which is common in children.

Dyspnea is an important symptom of respiratory insufficiency. It is subjectively characterized by insufficient air or breathing, and objectively manifested as changes in respiratory rate, depth, and rhythm.

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