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Inability to breathe lying down
Inability to breathe lying down is a clinical finding in which breathing is made difficult by lying horizontal. This is often a sign of heart failure.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 18-year old female asked:
Shortness of breath, dizziness, fuzzy/blurry vision, hearing blockage&inability to do anything until I lay down &rest for minutes. In shower &exercise?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can you tell me how come when i'm lying down, sometimes it's hard for me to breathe?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Why is it I can breathe much better lying down? Then when I wake up I find my sob much more obvious. What can this tell abt nature of my sob?
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A 36-year old female asked:
When I'm lying down wide awake I get several large jerks and jolts which it feels like I'm holding my breath when I have the jolt and my heart stops.
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A 30-year old female asked:
When I am sitting up I have shortness of breath. When i'm lying down i'm fine. What can this be? It just started couple days ago.
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A 21-year old male asked:
21 yrs 75kg male having shortness of breath it decrases when lying down. No pain. It happens when I think about my shortness of breath.
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A 21-year old male asked:
Sudden pain in left side shooting to shoulder when i breath worse while I am lying down or whilst walking pain at its worst is about 8/10?
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A 36-year old female asked:
What causes pain in middle back on left side (where kidney is)? A sharp pain with deep breath. Pain increases when lying down. Ice barely helps.
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A 37-year old male asked:
I was lying face down on a massage table when i was told to take a really deep breath and when i did i got really bad pain in my back. What caused it?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Extremely deep cough that has lasted for two weeks now. The cough has slowed but for 2 days now I have woken up at 6am with inability to breathe?
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A 28-year old female asked:
What would you call the inability to breathe when angry? When I get angy about things I smetimes panic and hae a hard time breating. Why?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I have pcnl 2 days ago on my right kidney and I am very short of breathe especially lying down?
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A 65-year old female asked:
Why am I unable to take deep breath, have an O2 of 98 to 100%, and having dry cough when lying down?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Sometimes I'm just sitting or lying down and I have trouble breathing. I feel like I can't catch my breath. It happens randomly.
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A 25-year old female asked:
I would like to find out why do I often suffer from shortened of breath light headed , also difficult to digest food and breath while lying down ?
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A 16-year old female asked:
I am experiencing shortness of breath (time frame: gradual onset) (worsened by: lying down, exercise or physical activity) (severity: mild) (bette...
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A 23-year old female asked:
I am experiencing shortness of breath (time frame: gradual) (worsened by: lying down, exercise or physical activity) (severity: mild) (better by: ...
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A 57-year old male asked:
I am experiencing shortness of breath (worsened by: lying down, exercise or physical activity) (severity: moderate) (time frame: sudden) (better by:?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I've had sharp pain in my back under my right shoulder blade when lying down for a few months. It now hurts all the time, especially with deep breath.
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A 19-year old female asked:
Ive been having this pain in my lower back when lying down to go to bed at night. Its like a pressure accompanied by some sharp pain. Its lasts for about 1 min, so I kinda just hold my breath and wait for it to go away. Im 19?
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A 41-year old female asked:
I am having shortness of breath with standing or sitting. Relieved about 30 mins after lying down. Only health problem is hashimotos. On armour.
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A 29-year old female asked:
Hi, I am female. I am having a pain in my upper rt side of my abdomen and my rib cage. The pain is getting worse by cough, deep breath or lying down.
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A 29-year old female asked:
Does upper muscle tension cause shortness of breath when lying down?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I went to my doctor and he said I have a bad head cold i can not breathe when i'm lying down is there a good cold medicine i can take?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Can symptoms of a hiatel hernia such as palpatations and shortness of breath be influenced by body position? Mine gets worse lying down.
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A 26-year old female asked:
I have a dry cough and pain in centre of chest, cough worse when sitting/lying down, pain dull and sharpens when cough/ breathe in deeply?
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A 54-year old female asked:
Chest pain going into back both sides. Worse lying down on back. Hard to breathe. Sx better on stomach but still bad. R side worse than left. Ideas?
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A 21-year old male asked about a 21-year old male:
My Boyfriend is experiencing pain when swallowing and shortness of breath (worsened by: lying down) (severity: moderate) (better by: sitting uprig...
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A 19-year old male asked:
If i take anything more than a shallow breath after lying down on my side i experience sharp pains from my right lung don't smoke no conditions. Help?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Should I seek medical attention if I am experiencing a sharp pain in my left rib that radiates through my left shoulder when taking a deep breathe? It is mainly when lying down. It is not as sharp when standing?
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