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What Could Cause Suffocation While Breathing?
sir yesterday night i had two breads with vegitable made of Bread fruit. after one hour i took tablet of collestrol and gone to bed. but i started suffocating while breathing. My age is 45. Just 15 days back i suffered from high BP (154/80) I checked collestrol on 1st may 2012 , it shows (263) Kindly advice
Fri, 4 Nov 2016
a feeling of chocking breathlessness while sleeping is medically termed as paraoxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea
you are a dyslipidemic and hypertensive patient both of them are a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease
paraoxysmal nocturnal dysnoe can be a sign of cardiovscular disease
i would suggest you to go for
ecg
2 d echo
test
a pulmonary function test if done would help to rule out any respiratory system problem
a lipid profile every 3 month should be repeated
once these test results are out
dr wilsuggest you statin may be increase the dose and would add beta blockers and calcium channel blockers
you are a dyslipidemic and hypertensive patient both of them are a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease
paraoxysmal nocturnal dysnoe can be a sign of cardiovscular disease
i would suggest you to go for
ecg
2 d echo
test
a pulmonary function test if done would help to rule out any respiratory system problem
a lipid profile every 3 month should be repeated
once these test results are out
dr wilsuggest you statin may be increase the dose and would add beta blockers and calcium channel blockers
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