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Suggest Treatment For Breathlessness In Night

Hi Doctor, I feel breathless at night and because of which i have to get up in the middle of night and sit up, and now it is having in the day as well, i am feeling that i am unable to breath properly. if i drink a lot of water i feel better, but not that great though. what should i do? i meditate for 35-40 mins daily and still this is happening to me.
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Hi,

Noted your history of breathless that started in the night to start with and now in day time too. feels better on drinking a lot of water.
The commonest causes of such symptoms are as follows:
Bronchial asthma.
Cardiac asthma wherein the basic cause remains with the heart ailment.
This can be diagnosed by the following ways:
Consult your Doctor and ask for an actual clinical examination, auscultation of heart and lungs will give clinical diagnosis to be supported by the following tests:
Heart evaluation by EKG, echography and other tests.
Pulmonary function tests.
Relevant other investigations to get to the correct diagnosis and hence have a proper management.

Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT & General Surgeon
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Suggest Treatment For Breathlessness In Night

Hi, Noted your history of breathless that started in the night to start with and now in day time too. feels better on drinking a lot of water. The commonest causes of such symptoms are as follows: Bronchial asthma. Cardiac asthma wherein the basic cause remains with the heart ailment. This can be diagnosed by the following ways: Consult your Doctor and ask for an actual clinical examination, auscultation of heart and lungs will give clinical diagnosis to be supported by the following tests: Heart evaluation by EKG, echography and other tests. Pulmonary function tests. Relevant other investigations to get to the correct diagnosis and hence have a proper management. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT & General Surgeon