When a person has nothing to breathe, many factors can be the cause. Before looking at the types and causes of labored breathing, let's clarify the terminology. The process of respiration includes an inhalation phase, an exhalation phase, and pauses of various lengths between them.
External manifestations that we may notice in ourselves or our relatives, and even more so a doctor will notice them, may be as follows.
Slow frequency. A rate of less than 12 breaths per minute is considered slow. Doctors call this type of breathing bradypnea. With bradypnea, the causes of difficulty breathing are associated with a direct effect on the respiratory center, for example, metabolic products accumulated in the blood during infectious diseases or drugs and drugs.
Increase of respiratory cycles - more than 20 per minute. Doctors call this type of disorder tachypnea. This type refers to disorders that have arisen due to the fact that breathing is superficial, and oxygen saturation of the body is difficult. The causes of difficulty breathing in tachypnea are internal in nature and are caused by the pathology of the central nervous system. Sometimes rapid breathing is a secondary sign. For example,with thromboembolism of the pulmonary arteries, a feeling of sharp pain.
Hyperpnea is a state of deep and rapid inhalation-exhalation. It turns out that breathing deeply and often is also not good for our body. This leads to violations of tissue metabolism, which immediately affects the general condition of the body. The cause of hyperpnea is the excitation of the nerve center (for example, strong emotions, fear). Diseases of internal organs and systems can also be the cause of this disorder. These include asthma, anemia, fever.
A state when breathing stops, doctors call apnea. The most common form is sleep apnea. Nocturnal respiratory arrest can also be associated with somatic disorders in the central nervous system and with an uncomfortable body position during sleep. For example, sleep apnea most often occurs in people who prefer to sleep on their backs. Therefore, the well-known recommendation to sleep on your side arose from childhood.
The most common type of respiratory disorder is shortness of breath, scientifically called dyspnea. Everyone has noticed shortness of breath more than once. The first signs of this condition are that the patient does not have enough air, it is difficult to breathe and talk calmly. As we all remember, shortness of breath occurs after physical exertion, eating too much food, due to heart failure, lung diseases, and so on. This condition is so familiar to us that we often do not think about whether it is necessary to treat it? And most importantly, how to treat shortness of breath?The main way is to correctly diagnose and correct the condition that causes it. You need to contact an experienced doctor, the doctor will diagnose you, and then prescribe treatment.
If you had an attack of respiratory failure with someone before your eyes, the main thing for you is not to get confused. It is urgent to call an ambulance, and before her arrival, seat or lay the patient down, put pillows under his head, you can open the window and try to calm him down. Only a doctor will be able to determine the causes of difficulty breathing, and provide professional assistance. Be he althy!
