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A member asked:
I read lack of excercise and anxiety can.bring on.shortness of breath is this true?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Yes: Shortness of breath can result from many medical causes, but, anxiety is one of the more common ones. Lack of exercise deconditions your body. As a result, your body is starved for oxygen at a lower level of exertion leading to shortness of breath.
Answered 11/2/2012
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Shortness of breath?: Yes anxiety specially panic attack can cause shortness of breath and can result in the patient going to er , lack of excersize can decrease ability to tolerate excessive activity and can result easily in shortness of breath. Excersize i can increase endorphine which is good for mild depressive symptoms , increase u endorance and decrease u weight.
Answered 5/7/2016
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