Progressive Dyspnea: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Progressive Dyspnea

Asbestosis

A 66-year-old man with an initial diagnosis of asbestosis experienced progressive dyspnea for over four years, and eventually died of respiratory failure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Symptoms and Signs Asbestosis is initially asymptomatic but can cause progressive dyspnea, nonproductive cough, and fatigue. [merckmanuals.com]

The authors report a patient presenting with progressive dyspnea for 2 years. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

A 27-year-old pregnant woman was admitted to the hospital at 32weeks with progressive dyspnea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

S, age 36, complains of progressive dyspnea on exertion that has been present for six months. [clinicaladvisor.com]

These patients had New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II dyspnea with elevated right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP), which progressed under dasatinib [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

A 43-year-old man was transferred to the emergency department because of accidental chlorine inhalation and rapidly progressive dyspnea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acute respiratory distress syndrome manifests as rapidly progressive dyspnea, tachypnea, and hypoxemia. [aafp.org]

This rapidly progresses to severe dyspnea at rest, tachypnea, anxiety, agitation, and the need for increasingly high concentrations of inspired oxygen. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Pleural Mesothelioma

Case A 57-year-old smoker male consulted due to progressive dyspnea, with no cough or expectoration. [scielo.isciii.es]

Most affected individuals are elder men who experience exertional dyspnea that progressively worsens until breathing difficulties are noted at rest. [symptoma.com]

[…] with disease progression observed as the primary cause of death. [targetedonc.com]

Bronchial Asthma

He was admitted to the hospital due to persistent wheezing and progressive dyspnea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The most significant symptom of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is breathlessness, termed shortness of breath (dyspnea). [medicinenet.com]

Early on, this symptom may occur occasionally with exertion, and eventually may progress to breathlessness while doing a simple task such as standing up, or walking to the [medicinenet.com]

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

These include cough, worsening dyspnea, progressive exercise intolerance, sputum production, and alteration in mental status. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Dyspnea that is progressive, persistent, exertional, or worse during respiratory infection appears when patients are in their late 50s or 60s. [merckmanuals.com]

Classic findings for patients with chronic bronchitis include productive cough with gradual progression to intermittent dyspnea; frequent and recurrent pulmonary infections [emedicine.medscape.com]

COVID-19

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Acute Interstitial Pneumonitis

Abstract We report a case of a previously healthy 41-year-old man who was admitted for progressive dyspnea and cough, which culminated in respiratory failure, shock, and death [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Definition (CSP) chronic inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the pulmonary alveolar walls with steady progressive dyspnea; finally, resulting in death from lack of oxygen [fpnotebook.com]

Clinically, it is characterized by an insidious onset of breathlessness with exertion and a nonproductive cough, leading to progressive DYSPNEA. [fpnotebook.com]

Pulmonary Tumor Embolism

The most common initial clinical symptom is subacute progressive dyspnea, and the initial laboratory evaluation typically shows hypoxemia in a patient with clear lung fields [mayoclinic.pure.elsevier.com]

dyspnea that developed within a few days after admission. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 60-year-old female diagnosed with stage IVB (cT4N1M1) squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix was admitted to our institution with a chief complaint of progressive [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acute Interstitial Lung Disease

On the 215th day after initiation of alectinib administration, she was admitted to our hospital with the symptom of progressive dyspnea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Definition (CSP) chronic inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the pulmonary alveolar walls with steady progressive dyspnea; finally, resulting in death from lack of oxygen [fpnotebook.com]

On the 13th day of treatment, he admitted with complain of rapidly progressive dyspnea. [oatext.com]

Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia

All patients presented with progressive dyspnea, nonproductive cough, fever, anorexia, weight loss, and arterial hypoxemia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Symptoms and Signs In adults, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia causes symptoms of progressive dyspnea and cough. [msdmanuals.com]

Symptoms and Signs of Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia In adults, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia causes symptoms of progressive dyspnea and cough. [msdmanuals.com]

Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease

The authors present a case of neuroblastoma with progressive dyspnea, hypoxemia, and pulmonary hypertension. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We present the case of a female patient with progressive dyspnea, hypoxemia and pulmonary hypertension, the last diagnosed via catheterization. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We report a patient with a long history of progressive dyspnea of over 8 years, who with a diagnosis of chronic cor pulmonale confirmed elsewhere, was ultimately diagnosed [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Tracheobronchial Amyloidosis

dyspnea, airway obstruction, progressive dyspnea, haemoptysis. [eurekaselect.com]

We present the case of a retired 67-year-old man with long-term progressive dyspnea, wheezing and chest pain. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We report a case of primary diffuse tracheobronchial amyloidosis who presented with cough, wheezing, recurrent and progressive dyspnea as well as hemoptysis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Idiopathic Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia

She had a fever, dry cough, and progressive dyspnea for 1 day. [archive.org]

Idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia is characterized by progressive cough, dyspnea, fever and weight loss, with moderate blood eosinophilia, multiple alveolar opacities [karger.com]

Acute Sarcoidosis

In symptomatic patients Progressive exertional dyspnea Chronic cough (possibly with sputum) Auscultatory findings (e.g., rales, crackles) Signs of respiratory failure (e.g [amboss.com]

Acute sarcoidosis (approx. ⅓ of cases) Typically has a sudden onset and remits spontaneously within approx. 2 years Progression to chronic sarcoidosis is rare. [amboss.com]

General: fever, malaise, lack of appetite, weight loss Pulmonary: dyspnea, cough, chest pain Extrapulmonary: arthritis, anterior uveitis, erythema nodosum Chronic sarcoidosis [amboss.com]

Pigeon Breeder's Lung

Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis is characterized by long-term progressive dyspnea, weight loss, cough, and fatigue. [amboss.com]

We describe a girl with chronic hypersensitivity pneumonia, who presented with prolonged cough and progressive dyspnea. [indianpediatrics.net]

A subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis syndrome has been described that is characterized by the insidious onset of chronic cough and slowly progressive dyspnea, anorexia, [healthcentral.com]

Talcosis

Talcosis due to intravenous injection of oral drugs can cause severe pulmonary disease with progressive dyspnea even when drug use is discontinued. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In a review of several case reports of symptomatic pulmonary talcosis, patients typically presented with initial dyspnea to progressive exertional dyspnea, fatigue, and cough [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Symptomatic patients typically present with nonspecific complaints, including progressive exertional dyspnea, and cough. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Patients may suffer from progressive dyspnea and cough that at times is accompanied by worsening hypoxia and its course can vary from progressive deterioration to spontaneous [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 5-year-old Saudi boy presented with a history of progressive dyspnea over 6 months; he was diagnosed as having pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The case presented is a 55-year-old woman with six months of progressive dyspnea, who developed hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation; she had typical [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis

A 43-year-old female presented progressive dyspnea, elevated pulmonary arterial pressures and CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) imaging of main pulmonary arterial enlargement [xuebao.bjmu.edu.cn]

A 27-year-old female patient had presented progressing exertional dyspnea due to pulmonary hypertension. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We describe a case of pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis in a 60-year-old woman with a 1-year history of progressive exertional dyspnea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

A 72-year-old Japanese woman presented to our hospital with a one-year history of productive cough and progressive dyspnea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Progressive dyspnea of gradual onset, associated with a minimally productive cough, fatigue, weight loss and low-grade fever are the most common symptoms. [alveolarproteinosis.eu]

He was followed clinically for five years until he developed disease progression with dyspnea on exertion. [sciedupress.com]

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

As of June 19, 2015, the World Health Organization had received 1,338 notifications of laboratory-confirmed infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Little is known about the course of or treatment for MERS-CoV in pregnant women. We report a fatal case of MERS-CoV in a pregnant[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Drug-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis

Case Report A 69-year old male smoker presented to our emergency department with progressive dyspnea, cough and 5 kg-weight loss. [omicsonline.org]

Clinical onset can be progressive with nonspecific symptoms of generalized weakness, cough, dyspnea, weight loss, occasional pleuritis, and pleural effusion. [jtd.amegroups.com]

dyspnea and fibrosis reducing exercise tolerance. 8 Drug-induced pulmonary disease is definitive if drug withdrawal eliminates symptoms. [pharmacytimes.com]

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

LAM in a 34-year-old woman with progressive dyspnea. [web.archive.org]

The clinical course of LAM is characterized by progressive dyspnea on exertion, recurrent pneumothorax, and chylous fluid collections. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

dyspnea. [doi.org]

Pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare disease that occurs exclusively in young women, who typically present with progressive dyspnea and repeated spontaneous pneumothorax [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The patient was a 42-year-old woman, suffering from massive abnormal uterine bleeding, progressive dyspnea, and arterial hypertension. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We report a case of a 29-year-old woman who presented with abrupt right chest pain and progressive dyspnea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Radiation Exposure-Related Interstitial Lung Disease

[…] that progresses to dyspnea at rest Persistent nonproductive cough Fatigue Other symptoms related to underlying primary disorder (eg, joint pain in connective tissue disorder [amboss.com]

dyspnea and fibrosis reducing exercise tolerance. 8 Drug-induced pulmonary disease is definitive if drug withdrawal eliminates symptoms. [pharmacytimes.com]

Onset is insidious, taking the form of progressive dyspnea and dry cough. [archbronconeumol.org]

Hepatopulmonary Syndrome

Thus, it is important to include HPS in differentials when dealing with cases of progressive dyspnea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 46 year old female cirrhotic patient presented with rapidly progressive dyspnea, hypoxemia (PaO2 60 mmHg, SaO2 92%) and increased alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient (A-a) [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We present a case of a 54-year-old patient with cirrhosis, progressive dyspnea, and platypnea. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pulmonary Bullous Emphysema

dyspnea, respiratory failure, and radiographic and pathologic findings of giant bullae that occupied two-thirds of both hemithoraces. [radiopaedia.org]

Patients with bullous emphysema may be asymptomatic, the diagnosis being made in course of routine chest radiography, or may complain of progressive dyspnea or chest pain [lungindia.com]

A 13-year-old girl has recently been studied, who has had recurrent pulmonary infections and progressive dyspnea since age 18 months. [nature.com]

Pulmonary Fibrosis

Clinically, it is characterized by an insidious onset of breathlessness with exertion and a nonproductive cough, leading to progressive dyspnea. [icd9data.com]

The patient's non-productive cough, progressive dyspnea, restrictive pattern of pulmonary function test and CT scans (showing reticular interstitial opacities) were all indicative [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is characterized by radiographically evident interstitial infiltrates predominantly affecting the lung bases and by progressive dyspnea and worsening [doi.org]

Congenital Pulmonary Lymphangiectasia

The patients were a 12- and a 25-year-old male who presented with progressive dyspnea and hemoptysis. The diagnosis was confirmed by open lung biopsy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 20-month-old girl was admitted to our hospital because of progressive dyspnea on exertion and a 10-month history of failure to thrive. [circ.ahajournals.org]

Secondary Cardiomyopathy

A53-year-old woman presented with progressive dyspnea. Family history was positive for Fabry’s disease. [circ.ahajournals.org]

Case presentation A 38-year-old Hispanic male presented with progressive dyspnea at rest since the morning, which became worse with exertion and lying flat. [bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com]

[…] on exertion, decreased cardiac output) that progress as systolic dysfunction increases. [aafp.org]