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  2. Dr. Comisha Holloman, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Texas Children’s Hospital, says shortness of breath during pregnancy is typically caused by hormonal and physiologic changes. For ...

  3. Here's why preeclampsia remains one of the most worrisome ...

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    Preeclampsia is a high blood pressure condition that develops during pregnancy. Here's what you should know. ... shortness of breath, burning behind the ... While Tsigas says all of the causes or ...

  4. Maternal physiological changes in pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    The increase in kidney clearance during pregnancy causes more iodide to be excreted and causes relative iodine deficiency and as a result an increase in thyroid size. Estrogen-stimulated increase in thyroid-binding globulin (TBG) leads to an increase in total thyroxine (T4), but free thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) remain normal. [5]

  5. Peripartum cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms usually include one or more of the following: orthopnea (difficulty breathing while lying flat), dyspnea (shortness of breath) on exertion, pitting edema (swelling), cough, frequent night-time urination, excessive weight gain during the last month of pregnancy (1-2+ kg/week; two to four or more pounds per week), palpitations (sensation of racing heart-rate, skipping beats, long pauses ...

  6. 8 Common Cardiovascular Diseases for Men & How to Prevent Them

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    A heart attack can cause symptoms such as: Chest pain that often radiates to your left shoulder, neck, or arm. Abdominal pain. Shortness of breath. Fatigue. Pressure or heaviness in your chest ...

  7. Amniotic fluid embolism - Wikipedia

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    Often, a patient may present with a cough due to the release of bradykinin, an inflammatory marker released during times of pain and which causes an anaphylactoid reaction. [4] The cough may then progress to dyspnea and shortness of breath or difficulty breathing due to the vasoconstriction of the pulmonary arterioles making it more difficult ...

  8. Shortness of breath - Wikipedia

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    Shortness of breath (SOB), known as dyspnea (in AmE) or dyspnoea (in BrE), is an uncomfortable feeling of not being able to breathe well enough. The American Thoracic Society defines it as "a subjective experience of breathing discomfort that consists of qualitatively distinct sensations that vary in intensity", and recommends evaluating dyspnea by assessing the intensity of its distinct ...

  9. List of causes of shortness of breath - Wikipedia

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    Many different conditions can lead to the feeling of dyspnea (shortness of breath). DiagnosisPro, an online medical expert system, listed 497 in October 2010. [1] The most common cardiovascular causes are acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure while common pulmonary causes include: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, pneumothorax, and pneumonia.