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Shallow breathing. Shallow breathing, thoracic breathing, costal breathing or chest breathing[1] is the drawing of minimal breath into the lungs, usually by drawing air into the chest area using the intercostal muscles rather than throughout the lungs via the diaphragm. Shallow breathing can result in or be symptomatic of rapid breathing and ...
Obstructive sleep apnea which is the repeated disruption of breathing during sleep due to obstruction to the airway. Inflammatory disease, such as lupus or rheumatic fever. Buildup of iron in the organs known as hemochromatosis. Medications, such as drugs for other heart rhythm disorders as well as high blood pressure and narcotic pain ...
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 ...
Hypopnea is overly shallow breathing or an abnormally low respiratory rate. Hypopnea is typically defined by a decreased amount of air movement into the lungs and can cause hypoxemia (low levels of oxygen in the blood.) It commonly is due to partial obstruction of the upper airway, but can also have neurological origins in central sleep apnea.
slow Greek βραδύς (bradús), slow bradycardia, bradyzoite: bronch(i)-of or relating to the bronchus: Latin bronchus; Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos), windpipe bronchitis, bronchiolitis obliterans: bucc(o)-of or pertaining to the cheek: Latin bucca, cheek buccolabial burs(o)-bursa (fluid sac between the bones)
List of terms of lung size and activity. Following are terms that specify a type of lung size and/or activity. More specific definitions may be found in individual articles. Eupnea – normal breathing. Apnea – absence of breathing. Bradypnea – decreased breathing rate. Dyspnea or shortness of breath – sensation of respiratory distress.
For humans, the typical respiratory rate for a healthy adult at rest is 12–15 breaths per minute. [10] The respiratory center sets the quiet respiratory rhythm at around two seconds for an inhalation and three seconds exhalation. This gives the lower of the average rate at 12 breaths per minute. Average resting respiratory rates by age are ...
Tachypnea, also spelt tachypnoea, is a respiratory rate greater than normal, resulting in abnormally rapid and shallow breathing. [1] In adult humans at rest, any respiratory rate of 12–20 per minute is considered clinically normal, with tachypnea being any rate above that. [2] Children have significantly higher resting ventilatory rates, [3 ...