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Shallow breathing, the Glossary

Index Shallow breathing

Shallow breathing, thoracic breathing, costal breathing or chest breathing is the drawing of minimal breath into the lungs, usually by drawing air into the chest area using the intercostal muscles rather than throughout the lungs via the diaphragm.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 21 relations: Anxiety, Anxiety disorder, Asthma, Breathing, Clavicle, Diaphragmatic breathing, Hyperventilation, Hypopnea, Hypoventilation, Intercostal muscles, Lung, Panic attack, Pneumonia, Pulmonary edema, Rapid shallow breathing index, Shock (circulatory), Sleep disorder, Stress (biology), Thoracic cavity, Thoracic diaphragm, Tracheotomy.

  2. Breathing abnormalities

Anxiety

Anxiety is an emotion which is characterised by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events.

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Anxiety disorder

Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear such that a person's social, occupational, and personal functions are significantly impaired.

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Asthma

Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs.

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Breathing

Breathing (spiration or ventilation) is the rhythmical process of moving air into (inhalation) and out of (exhalation) the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the internal environment, mostly to flush out carbon dioxide and bring in oxygen.

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Clavicle

The clavicle, collarbone, or keybone is a slender, S-shaped long bone approximately 6 inches (15 cm) long that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade and the sternum (breastbone).

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Diaphragmatic breathing

Diaphragmatic breathing, abdominal breathing, belly breathing, or deep breathing, is breathing that is done by contracting the diaphragm, a muscle located horizontally between the thoracic cavity and abdominal cavity.

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Hyperventilation

Hyperventilation is irregular breathing that occurs when the rate or tidal volume of breathing eliminates more carbon dioxide than the body can produce. Shallow breathing and Hyperventilation are breathing abnormalities.

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Hypopnea

Hypopnea is overly shallow breathing or an abnormally low respiratory rate. Shallow breathing and Hypopnea are breathing abnormalities and sleep disorders.

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Hypoventilation

Hypoventilation (also known as respiratory depression) occurs when ventilation is inadequate (hypo meaning "below") to perform needed respiratory gas exchange. Shallow breathing and Hypoventilation are breathing abnormalities.

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Intercostal muscles

The intercostal muscles comprise many different groups of muscles that run between the ribs, and help form and move the chest wall.

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Lung

The lungs are the central organs of the respiratory system in humans and some other animals, including tetrapods, some snails and a small number of fish.

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Panic attack

Panic attacks are sudden periods of intense fear and discomfort that may include palpitations, sweating, chest pain or chest discomfort, shortness of breath, trembling, dizziness, numbness, confusion, or a feeling of impending doom or of losing control.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Pulmonary edema

Pulmonary edema (British English: oedema), also known as pulmonary congestion, is excessive fluid accumulation in the tissue or air spaces (usually alveoli) of the lungs.

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Rapid shallow breathing index

The rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI) or Yang Tobin index is a tool that is used in the weaning of mechanical ventilation on intensive care units.

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Shock (circulatory)

Shock is the state of insufficient blood flow to the tissues of the body as a result of problems with the circulatory system.

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Sleep disorder

A sleep disorder, or somnipathy, is a medical disorder of an individual's sleep patterns. Shallow breathing and sleep disorder are sleep disorders.

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Stress (biology)

Stress, whether physiological, biological or psychological, is an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition.

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Thoracic cavity

The thoracic cavity (or chest cavity) is the chamber of the body of vertebrates that is protected by the thoracic wall (rib cage and associated skin, muscle, and fascia).

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Thoracic diaphragm

The thoracic diaphragm, or simply the diaphragm (partition), is a sheet of internal skeletal muscle in humans and other mammals that extends across the bottom of the thoracic cavity.

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Tracheotomy

Tracheotomy, or tracheostomy, is a surgical airway management procedure which consists of making an incision (cut) on the anterior aspect (front) of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea (windpipe).

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See also

Breathing abnormalities

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shallow_breathing

Also known as Chest breathing, Clavicular breathing, Intercostal breathing, Thoracic breathing.