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Question: My mother is 85 years old and lives with me. Lately I have noticed that she gets short of breath and dizzy at the least bit of activity such as walking no more than a block. She insists on helping me with the dishes after dinner but gets very short winded after only about 10 minutes of helping. She has been complaing also of dizziness along with it. She also get short winded just getting herself dressed in the morning.
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thanks for your query.
Appreciate your concern for your mother.
Breathlessness on exertion can result from causes related to the heart like decreased pumping action of the heart which may be diagnosed from an echocardiogram. Or it may be related to decreased lung function. Spirometry is the test to diagnose this.
If these tests have been done, please upload the results. If not, it would be worth getting these done as the treatment would depend on the findings.
Do get back to me if you have further questions.
Discussion follows
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thanks for your query.
Appreciate your concern for your mother.
Breathlessness on exertion can result from causes related to the heart like decreased pumping action of the heart which may be diagnosed from an echocardiogram. Or it may be related to decreased lung function. Spirometry is the test to diagnose this.
If these tests have been done, please upload the results. If not, it would be worth getting these done as the treatment would depend on the findings.
Do get back to me if you have further questions.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
What type of Doctor does she see for this test
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Spirometry is done by technician supervised by a pulmonologist and echocardiogram is done by a echocardigrapher and interpreted by a cardiologist.
There may be specialists in Internal medicine who would do both.
I shall appreciate it if you would let me know the results.
Best wishes,
Discussion continues
Detailed Answer:
Spirometry is done by technician supervised by a pulmonologist and echocardiogram is done by a echocardigrapher and interpreted by a cardiologist.
There may be specialists in Internal medicine who would do both.
I shall appreciate it if you would let me know the results.
Best wishes,
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
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