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I have trouble breathing just lying on my side, where my breathing becomes rapid and i have to take three deep breaths to calm it down. i am worried
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Rapid breathing on l: shortness of breath on lying on side May be caused by anxiety,congestive heart failure,copd,cad,pe,infection of lung,pleurisy,costochondritis diagnostic tests:cbc,chem screen 24,X-ray chest,ct chest with pe protocol,EKG,echo,pft Treat the cause,xanax (alprazolam) etc
Answered 9/22/2014
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