Not able to breath properly at night

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Asked for Female, 49 Years

My mother, she is not able to breathe properly at night. Her throat gets choked by cough and she feels really weak. Some kind of a gas gets choked in her chest, heartbeat increases. She gets really less breathe and she complains that she feels as if her throat has got choked with cough. She feels headache, head starts spinning. Please help.

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Dr. S Balamurugan Pulmonologist 28 yrs exp Chennai · Accepted Answer

Dr. S Balamurugan

Pulmonologist 28 yrs exp Chennai

Going by the history, it looks like your mother probably has orthopnea, that is breathing difficulty after lying down. She needs further work up as to the cause of this, including a Chest X-ray, certain lab investigations, ECHO, Spirometry, etc.

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Please consult a cardiologist nearby for cardiac evaluation and a Pulmonologist for a Spirometry

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