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Broken Breathe
Hello Doctor,
I am noticing since few days when my wife started sleep her breathing is stopped for 15-20 seconds..she is unable to breathe,one day she was fainted due to broken breathe.in that situation she is helpless.. earlier it happened in a month but now it's happening every second day..it happened just before I am writing this and it happens only in nights.
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From your history,it could be sleep apnea, kindly consult for further evaluation.
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Get a overnight sleep study done and follow up with pulmonologist
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Need a polysomnography
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Pl have sleep study. Pl consult.
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Dr. Sivaraj Karri
Pulmonologist
10 yrs exp
Kakinada
Its sleep apnea
Need further evaluation
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Consult a pulmonologist
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Dr. Vivek Gautam
Pulmonologist
12 yrs exp
Greater Noida
kindly connect..need to evaluate her for osa
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