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hi all day long I feel breath less I USED TO SMOKE FOR 6 YEARS BUT GIVE UP A YEAR AGO RECENTLY I HAD A BABY WHO IS 3 MONTHS OLD WHEN I WENT TO THE DOCTORS THEY SAID I WAS DEPRESSED AND WAS HAVING PANIC ATTACKS THAT WAS WHY I WAS FEELING BREATHLESS BUT I SEEM TO FEEL BREATHLESS ALL THE TIME SO CANT B HAVING A PANIC ATTACK CONSTANTLY COULD I HAVE EMFACEMIA ? I AM ONLY 23 ?

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Gender: Female
Age: 23

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Posted by Dr Naeem Shoukat 19 days and 4 hours ago.

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Hi,

Do you have any other problem like cough or chest pain?Do you spit phlegm somtimes?

Is breathlessness is more with strenous jobs like climbing up or doing exercise etc?

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some times i have chest pains at the top in the middle of my chest when i give birth to my baby i felt like i couldnt breath right unless i was seated she weighed 11 lb 5 oz

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Hi,

No these finding are not telling that you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or Emphysema.Most likely feeling of breathlessness is due to depression and its not related to any other physical illness.Giving birth to baby is an extremely stressful situation that demand more work from heart so in this case feeling a little bit short of breath is normal.However if there was somthing cardiac then you might have not able to deliver the baby easily.For now I will advise you to try to relax yourself and divert your attention to some exciting thing which give you happiness .Go for some holidays or spend somtime with a trustworthy friend and express your inner tension if you have any.

Regards,

Dr.Naeem

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