orthopnoea
p ni noun a condition in which a person has great difficulty in breathing while lying down dyspnoea ...
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Orthopnoea is breathlessness on lying down and is usually a symptom of heart failure, although it can be caused by other conditions such as asthma or bronchitis.
Orthostatic Hypotension (Postural Hypotension; Resting Hypotension) ...
Hemoptysis (176 causes), Increased cough (9 causes), Coughing (309 causes), Hyperventilation (92 causes), Apnea (157 causes), Bad breath (100 causes), Chest pain (1053 causes), Breath holding (3 causes), Breath symptoms (3023 causes), Orthopnoea (22 ...
abnormalities of heart beat (Tachycardia, Bradycardia, Palpitation) - Heart murmur - Gangrene - Epistaxis - Hemoptysis - Cough - abnormalities of breathing (Dyspnea, Orthopnoea, Stridor, Wheeze, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, Hyperventilation, ...
Breathing problems when lying down (orthopnoea)
Waking from sleep with the need to sit or stand up (paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea)
Swelling (oedema)
Fainting (syncope).
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Increasing difficulty in moving around.
Breathlessness at rest or when lying flat (orthopnoea).
Waking up at night with breathlessness (paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea).
A cough with frothy sputum (lung oedema).
Dyspnea diagnosis, shortness of breath ... Dyspnea + exertion (if orthopnoea and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea --> heart failure) ...
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When orthopnoea and lividity are present, with distension of the right heart, venesection is necessary.
 See also: Symptom, Chest pain, Cough, Anxiety, Rash
  
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