Dyspnea, or feeling short of breath, can occur during exertion for many different reasons. It is not typically a cause for concern, but medical help may be necessary in certain cases.

A 76-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of worsening exertional dyspnea and fatigue. He reported feeling breathless with light activities, such as getting dressed, and also had a new ons ...

Source Reference: Regmi B, et al "Diaphragm muscle weakness might explain exertional dyspnea fifteen months after hospitalization for COVID-19" Am J Respir Critc Care Med 2023; DOI: 10.1164/rccm ...

Exertional dyspnea: a misleading presentation of pulmonary embolism. The Pulmonary Embolism Dyspnea Italian Study (PEDIS), just published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, ...

More information: Paolo Prandoni et al, Prevalence of pulmonary embolism among patients with recent onset of dyspnea on exertion. A cross-sectional study, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2023).

Presentation of Case First admission. A fifty-three-year-old dishwasher was admitted to the hospital because of exertional dyspnea. The patient had been well until six years before admission, when ...

Patients with severe depression faced increased odds for cough, wheezing, exertional dyspnea, asthma and COPD vs. individuals without depression, according to results published in Respiratory ...

The patients began treatment with oral sirolimus; after 1 year of treatment, there was improvement in exertional dyspnea in all 3 patients. The 2 patients with cough had remission.

PAH is a disease of the small pulmonary arterioles, which results in pulmonary vasculopathy and increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), and often causes exertional dyspnea and/or fatigue ...

Longidaza demonstrated a statistically significant 62% reduction in the proportion of patients with exertional desaturation (OR = 0.35, p = 0.0051) and a 27% reduction in the proportion of ...

In more than 70% of patients with COPD, a positive expiratory pressure device improved exertional dyspnea. The device mitigated desaturation in five of 14 patients with exertional desaturation.