Breathing Heavily While Bending And Using Stairs. May I Know The Reason For This?

Posted on Thu, 3 Oct 2013

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Question : my wife's breathing becomes very heavy when she bends over to do something or she is going up or down a staircase

Answered by Dr. Sukhvinder Singh (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Respected Sir
A heavy breathing on exertion is not only a feature of heart failure. It may be a representation of a lung disorder, anemia, obesity, kidney disease or valvular heart disease. Since you have not mentioned her profile and pre-existing medical conditions, it is not feasible to throw more light no this.
She definitely needs an assessment by an internist (medical specialist), who may refer her to super-specialist (if required).
Sincerely
Sukhvinder

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar