Knowing your breathing is abnormal is not entirely straight forward

Let me explain.

We’re not normally conscious of our breathing.

We just breathe and we don’t think about it.

For example, now that we’re talking about breathing, you’re probably aware of your breathing.

Or if you run for a bus, this is not a normal level of exercise for you, so you usually become quite conscious of your breathing, if you do something like that.

One can become very abnormally aware of his breathing, either because you’re in an abnormal situation or because there’s something wrong with the heart or lungs.

If we think of abnormal situations.

If you’re running for your life.

You actually use up or exceed the ability of your heart and lungs even though they’re perfectly normal to get oxygen to your muscles, you can come very distressed and quite frightened because you feel that you’re dying from lack of breath in situations like that.

We also have a very powerful instinct that if we are very afraid, if we’re very fearful

We become very aware of our breathing.

If you have something to do is try to hide from bad people or bad animals or something of the kind, we can just become very aware of our breathing because we’re frightened.

This can cause confusion because obviously if anxiety can cause breathing problems or become aware of your breathing, you can equally, in people who are breathless, become very anxious and knowing which is a chicken and which is the egg, in that situation can take some unpicking.

If you want to talk about abnormal breathing and abnormal body conditions that cause breathing problems, we’re looking at sudden or rapid onset acute breathlessness, so this is where over a period of minutes or days one becomes very distressed by one breathing.

And this can be very obvious.

You can feel that there’s a tightness in your chest that you can’t expand, you can feel that you’re suffocating or you can come panicked by breathing.

And all of those could be signs that there’s something really significant going on.

But you can just simply become aware of your breathing being heavy because you got a bad cold.

This is something that’s happened over weeks or months and you’ve lost the ability to exercise normally.

Something that you’ve been able to do last year, you can no longer do because the breathing stops you.

And it’s being aware that the breathing stops you is the difficult bit.

We have a natural tendency to try and reduce our level of effort so that we don’t become breathless.

Therefore, one can just simply feel that one’s getting unfit.

We need to think of things like thyroid disease.

Because the thyroid is severely overactive, the muscles can demand more oxygen than your heart and lungs could provide.

Then we need to think of things like.

Kidney disease

Kidney problems can cause an inability to get rid of fluids from the body.

That builds up pressure in the lungs and causes high blood pressure.

Which can put more pressure on the heart.

A normal lung and heart can be asked to do too much.

So those things need to be kept in mind, but actually, what we’re generally thinking about are the lungs and the heart.

When it comes to trying to unpick what is going on with the lungs and the heart, we tend to try and divide breathlessness into how rapidly it’s come on.

We have acute breathlessness.

Its’s rapid onset, either appeared today or appeared in the last few days.

We have chronic breathlessness, which is occurred slowly over a period of time.

Generally talking, there are about weeks or months.

If we start with the acute.

We need to think about the lungs and what’s going on with the lungs.

Then infection of the lungs would be a very common reason for someone to become breathless over a short period of time.

A common cold, through to the flu or bronchitis or pneumonia, all of these can cause significant breathlessness.

We also need to think about asthma.

Because asthma often causes sudden severe constriction of the airways which make you acutely breathless which normally you can manage quite well.

In the heart, we need to think about acute heart failure.

A heart that was working pretty well yesterday, and it what you wanted it to do, and now suddenly able to do that.

The kinds of things that can cause that would be a heart attack.

If you suddenly block off the blood supply to your heart and the heart becomes so weak that you can no longer keep your lungs free of fluid, that would make you very breathless indeed.

A Severe Rhythm Problem

If you have a very rapid heart rate, the heart can’t function satisfactorily and can make you very breathless.

And finally, sometimes an infection in the heart can cause a valve to suddenly rupture, and then the heart becomes inefficient.

Acute-severe problems, need to think about, sometimes acute-mild problems.

We also need to think about the lung tissues.

Smoking damage and other damage can cause emphysema; which means that you can’t-- although you can get the air into the lungs, you can’t get it efficiently through the blood.

Or scarring conditions of the lungs which are called pulmonary fibrosis.

The final group to actually think about is acute and chronic.

This is where you’ve got a weakened lung or a weakened heart.

That means that you’re normally somewhat breathless, but you’ve lost a lot of reserves.

In that situation, a very minor change can suddenly result in severe breathlessness.

And finally, somebody with a weakened heart that has a minor rhythm problem that other people would just get some palpitations from, can become severely breathless.

Clearly, a worry if one develops sudden severe breathlessness.

If that’s associated with other things like.

Fear.
Feeling panicked.
Feeling like you’re suffocating.
The feeling of inability to expand your chest, that’s obviously a worry.

We’re going to look for things like.

Are you having an acute asthma attack?
Have you developed acute heart failure?
Is there an abnormal rhythm that’s going on here?
Have you collapsed a lung?
Have you a bit of a clot in your lung?

A sudden severe breathlessness obviously would be something that one has to take a big interest in.

On the other hand, one can also have a more gradual onset to breathlessness.

That also needs to be investigated and should be worried about.

What do you normally do and are you able to do much that you could do it last month or last year?

But if you’re doing the same sort of exercise that you did last year:

Walking the dog.

Going uphill and now you can’t do that.

That’s a clear change.

One has to be very careful.

We don’t often notice that it’s due to breathlessness.

You feel that you’re getting unfit.

You feel that you’re getting old.

You feel that you’ve put on weight.

All sorts of excuses are generated to say.

I think this might not be real.

In terms of the lungs, one might notice a cough or produce phlegm.

It’s mucus from the chest.

Or you might notice coughing up blood.

Signs like that will tell you that there’s something much more going on than just breathlessness.

Persistent new cough can often indicate some scarring in the chest which is very important.

Blood is always very serious and should be investigated.

Chest discomfort particularly when you’re breathing in is often a sign that breathing is serious and of course even with short-term breathlessness, if you’ve got a temperature or sweating at night, that could indicate there’s an infection underlying this.

Breathlessness at rest is usually a bad sign and we tend to take that very seriously.

There are situations where you might be used to being very breathless and having episodes of breathlessness at rest.

Somebody who’s got severe asthma, somebody who’s got severe lung or heart disease, we may be at the limits of our treatments.

This may be well known to you and you may have been advised what to do in order to relieve the symptoms at home rather than necessary rush in the hospital.

That’s clearly a very specific set of circumstances.

The second thing to think about is that you can become aware of your breathing at rest and it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s an abnormal situation.

For example, a sense that I want to take a deep breath in and I need to fill my lungs every now again is not necessarily a bad sign.

That’s often just a variation on a yawn.

If you become aware of your breathing because somebody else is pointed it out to you, that’s necessarily an abnormal situation.

If you have an anxiety attack or a panic attack for any reason, then if you become breathless subsequently as part of that, that’s acceptable.

Sometimes it’ll be difficult to unpick, but generally severe breathlessness at rest, you need to take it very seriously - always.

Very frequently I answer that question as yes.

One does need a second opinion because it’s often excuse rather than analyzing what’s really going on.

If you take the weight for starters, plenty of people are overweight.

It’s not necessarily good for their health, but it doesn’t tend to cause breathlessness.

It more causes fatigue on effort or causes joint pains.

As a consequence, a lot of people do stop exercising and do over a period of time also lose fitness.

Losing fitness can gradually cause you to be unable to exercise and be breathless if you try to exercise.

As I previously mentioned, if you significantly reduce your exercise to a low level and then try to exercise more, you’ll often notice that there’s breathlessness when you do that.

But if you have been doing your normal things and at this current weight, or relatively similar weight, you suddenly find you can’t do what you were doing, then that is real breathlessness.

That’s not due to the weight.

When it comes to age, there certainly is a gradual loss of one’s fitness as you get older.

Between the ages of 60 and 80, one does lose the ability to do things at speed.

But it’s a very gradual thing and most people don’t even notice that it’s breathlessness because it happens so, so slowly.

If somebody feels more breathless this year than last year, that is not due to age.

Again, some people will keep themselves very fit.

Those people should not find they lose fitness while doing the same level of effort.

In terms of lack of exercise as a cause of breathlessness what we’re looking for here is that the exercise that you would have previously done and now are not doing is something that you cannot now do when you try to do it.

But if you have been doing the level of exercise you’re presently doing, then you should not lose that due to lack of exercise.

With short berths another most common thing that we hear in and around is Bad breath, So many are suffering from this, They might say not but they are

Having bad breath stinks.
Both figuratively and literally.
It’s awkward and distracting.

Bad breath can be stem from a number of causes, but one of the biggest factors in what you eat:

According to dental professionals’ foods like garlic, onions, fish and dairy products can all contribute to bad or odorous breath, especially when eaten in large quantities.

While a lot of these problems can be fixed by brushing your teeth, you might not always have the

opportunity, especially if you’re on a date or in the middle of an office party.

In addition to maintaining proper dental hygiene, one of the more effective ways you can fight against consistent bad breath is by paying attention to your diet.

While many foods are known to cause bad breath odors, there are just as many that you can consume to eliminate those odors as well.

7 foods for minty fresh breath

Maybe this list will come in handy one day.

#1: Sugar-Free Gum

According to professionals, sugarless gum contains xylitol, an alternative sweetener with the added benefit of inhibiting bacteria commonly found in the mouth.

In addition to getting rid of bad breath, xylitol also helps to reduce plaque and prevents the onset of tooth decay.

Talk about a win-win situation!

#2: Parsley

Parsley is rich in chlorophyll.

As evidenced by its bright green color.

Which serves as a natural cleanser and deodorizer against the bacteria responsible for bad breath.

Parsley is also known to have a number of anti-inflammatories

Antioxidant properties, and can even help to bolster your immune system against certain diseases.

Of course, it should be noted that the breath-freshening qualities that parsley has to offer are mostly temporary.

#3: Green Tea

A cup of tea can be a great way to relax after a long day, but did you also know that green tea can help prevent bad breath? Specifically, green tea contains a powerful antioxidant known as catechin, which is effective at - you guessed it - eliminating the bacteria that cause bad breath.

#4: Cinnamon

I know what you’re thinking:

While a cinnamon bun is still only about as nutritious as any other dessert, chewing Ona stick of cinnamon might help to keep your breath nice and fresh.

It contains an essential oil that prevents bad breath and u can smell fresher for a longer time

#5 Yogurt

But as it turns out, yogurt can also be very useful when it comes to preventing bad breath.

According to a study conducted by Japanese researchers, unsweetened yogurt can be highly effective when it comes to reducing hydrogen sulfide, a compound commonly responsible for causing breath odor.

#6: Almonds

if you’ve ever been on a hike through the woods and needed to pack some trail mix to snack on along the way, then chances are you’re already familiar with our friend, the almond.

Almonds are high in fiber, protein, and a variety of helpful vitamins such as vitamin and B2, making them a convenient and nutritious snack to take on the go.

If that wasn’t enough, almonds can also be incredibly useful for reducing bad breathing the long term.

The nutrients found in almonds, such as calcium, have been found to help reduce tooth decay as well as strengthen the enamel of your teeth and prevent gum disease.

#7: Cherries

Let’s round out our list of foods that reduce bad breath with a cherry on top.

With an abundance in antioxidants, cherries are certainly useful for more than just topping off a sundae.

Eating cherries also has the benefit of eliminating odors created from methyl mercaptan, a gas released by bacteria as it breaks down food in your mouth, but also to keep your breath smelling great

Home remedy For Bad Breath

We need lemon and I will use lemon peels or orange peel I’m going to grate one tablespoon of lemon peels or orange peels will get a cup this is a tablespoon so the next is add a tablespoon of salt, okay I’ll pour warm water into the glass

The next ingredient is baking soda, I’m going to add half a tablespoon of baking soda stir it for one minute and after you set it aside for another one minute get another cup and strain this to extract the bad breath

What you have to do is to take a mouthful of this water and giggle for 30 seconds they take another one and giggle for 30 seconds you have to do this four times or until finish the remedy try to smell your breath

Conclusion

Of course, it’s worth remembering that none of the examples we’ve listed here are a substitute for regular oral hygiene, so if you really want to keep your breath freshen