Moderate to Severe Difficulty Breathing in Adults and Older Children
Current as of: June 26, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:William H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP – Emergency Medicine & Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine
Difficulty breathing can occur when the body’s lungs or heart are not working well. Moderate trouble breathing means: It’s hard to talk in full sentences. It’s hard to breathe with activity. Severe trouble breathing means: You cannot talk at all. You have to work very hard to breathe. You feel like you can’t get enough…