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  2. Platypnea - Wikipedia

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    Platypnea or platypnoea is shortness of breath (dyspnea) that is relieved when lying down, and worsens when sitting or standing upright. It is the opposite of orthopnea. [1] The condition was first described in 1949 and named in 1969.

  3. Orthopnea - Wikipedia

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    Orthopnea or orthopnoea [1] is shortness of breath (dyspnea) that occurs when lying flat, [2] causing the person to have to sleep propped up in bed or sitting in a chair. It is commonly seen as a late manifestation of heart failure, resulting from fluid redistribution into the central circulation, causing an increase in pulmonary capillary pressure and causing difficulty in breathing.

  4. Wheeze - Wikipedia

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    A wheeze is a clinical symptom of a continuous, coarse, whistling sound produced in the respiratory airways during breathing. [1] For wheezes to occur, part of the respiratory tree must be narrowed or obstructed (for example narrowing of the lower respiratory tract in an asthmatic attack), or airflow velocity within the respiratory tree must be heightened.

  5. Trepopnea - Wikipedia

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    Patients with trepopnea in most lung diseases prefer to lie and sleep on the opposite side of the diseased lung, as the gravitation increases perfusion of the lower lung. Increased perfusion in diseased lung would increase shunting and hypoxemia , resulting in worsening shortness of breath when lying on the affected lung.

  6. Asthma - Wikipedia

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    The classic symptoms are shortness of breath, wheezing, and chest tightness. [20] The wheezing is most often when breathing out. [109] While these are the primary symptoms of asthma, [110] some people present primarily with coughing, and in severe cases, air motion may be significantly impaired such that no wheezing is heard. [108]

  7. Tracheobronchomalacia - Wikipedia

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    stridor (a wheeze-like sound on breathing out) difficulty in breathing; bluish coloration to skin around the nose and mouth [3] Chronic cough [4] Symptoms may become worse if the patient is stressed, sick, lying down, or forcing a cough.

  8. Cardiac asthma - Wikipedia

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    Cardiac asthma is the medical condition of intermittent wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath that is associated with underlying congestive heart failure (CHF). [1] Symptoms of cardiac asthma are related to the heart's inability to effectively and efficiently pump blood in a CHF patient. [ 2 ]

  9. Nasal cycle - Wikipedia

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    He further observed and documented that the turbinates in the dependent nasal fossa fill when the patient is lying down. The nasal cycle is an alternation in both time and between left and right sides, with the total resistance in the nose remaining constant. The asymmetric airflow may have some benefit to overall olfactory sensitivity. [6]