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I was having shortness of breath and doctor said it's due to anxiety and gave medication now i feel good. can i confirm my sob is due to only anxiety?

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Dr. Steven Ajluni answered

Sounds like it is: Sometimes knowing what helps improve a symptom indirectly sheds light on its cause. Assessing for coronary disease w a stress study will help allay any concern for CAD causes and will help with a diagnosis of exclusion like anxiety. If there are GI sounding features one might need to assess tat as well.

Answered 6/10/2014

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A member asked:

I was having shortness of breath and doctor said it's due to anxiety and gave medication now i feel good. can i confirm my sob is due to only anxiety?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Steven Ajluni answered

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