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Can asthma cause anxiety?
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Sure: Shortness of breath can produce serious anxiety symptoms. Get the asthma under control to treat the anxiety.
Answered 4/3/2013
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Asthma: Yes. One does tend to experience some degree of anxiety when they are having difficulty breathing.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Anxious asthmatic: I is not unusual to feel anxious while having an asthma attack. Alternatively, there are many patients who are misdiagnosed with asthma due to the shortness of breath oftentimes associated with a panic attack.
Answered 3/29/2015
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