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Can anxiety make you breathe harder for a whole day?
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Yes: It can cause the chest to tighten with less volumen moving in and out of your lungs. If this describes you, then please get help. Take care.
Answered 8/22/2013
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Rarely: Anxiety is not generally something that would cause heavy breathing all day unless you were in an extremely stressful situation. You need to discuss this with your md to see what is causing the heavy breathing if it is lasting all day.
Answered 8/22/2013
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