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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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Dr. Shanthi.E

General & Family Physician

Exp 17 years

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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Nagamani Ng

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr.Raju

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

General & Family Physician

Exp 16 years

Breath Holding Attacks

Premium Questions

Dr. Andrew Rynne MD MD

I am a 62 year old male with no known health problems. I get a physical every couple of years. I just noticed that if I take ONE very XXXXXXX breath and HOLD it, I immediately get very dizzy and feel ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Andrew Rynne MD ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Olsi Taka MD

Can holding ones breath while lifting weights cause brain damage from increased intracranial ... about 20 seconds I held my breath. I got headaches after each weights session. I have had memory ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Olsi Taka ( Neurologist)
Dr. Rahul D Chaudhari MD

it every day I tried, with my friends, to see how long I could hold my breath. We would go underwater holding our breaths for as long as we could and then resurface. We did this repeatedly for about an hour... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rahul D Chaudhari ( Spine Surgeon)
Dr. Monish De MD

Yes....I find that I sometimes am holding my breath, even though I don't want to. Usually when on a computer, and I don't exhale until I hit "send", or something like that. Plus, also like when I move ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Monish De ( Oncologist)
Dr. Shruti Rijhwani MD

Can lifting weights while holding your breath lead to the development of a brain aneurysm? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shruti Rijhwani ( Rheumatologist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Richard Jackson MD

I m very worried because I held my breath while walking for about 40 seconds (I was trying to avoid breathing in noxious fumes from a new stretch of tarmac on my way home) and experienced some dizziness. Did ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Richard Jackson ( Neurologist)
Dr. Sayantan Saha MD

My granddaughter seems to be holding her breath to go to sleep. She is a healthy weight. She is a bright child. What other things could this be besides holding her breath? I ve thought of sleep... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sayantan Saha ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Sunil MD

caught myself breath holding on waking and last night dreamt I couldn t breath. My boyfriend said I was making particularly loud noises and holding breath on this occasion. My doctor... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sunil ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Arturo Benítez-Serrato MD

My boyfriend jus recently started holding his breath while sleeping.He lets little bits of air out sometimes while he is holding his breath in little bits.Also alot of moaning more than usual... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Arturo Benítez-Serrato ( Neurologist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

i just always feel shortness of breath, and I m realizing that I cannot hold my breath at all ... frequent headaches from this. Can that be tied in with the shortness of breath ? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)