Breathlessness What is it?How and why do you get it By Dr Harold Gunatillake Transcript: Breathlessness- is a form of unpleasant breathing, rapid or difficult breathing. Normally in healthy condition you breath comfortably without your knowing at the rate of 14 breaths per minute at rest, to provide sufficient oxygen to breath in and to breath out the carbon dioxide produced in the body through metabolic process. Few sensations are as frightening as not being able to get enough air. Doctors use the term dyspnea for intense tightening in the chest, air hunger, difficulty breathing, breathlessness or a feeling of suffocation. Breathlessness indicates that the body needs more oxygen and energy when exerting itself. Now, what are the causes that produce shortness of breath. Common causes include asthma, a chest infection like pneumonia, a weak heart, being overweight, smoking. It could be a panic attack. It could be something serious ...

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Back problems: By Dr Harold Gunatillake Web Site:www.Doctorharold.com Transcript: There is no human being having not experienced back pain during one’s lifetime. Everybody gets one. They may last for a few weeks and then subside and forget till you get the next bout. So, some back problems get better by doing nothing, or temporizing measures like heat therapy, application of anti-inflammatory gels, physiotherapy, chiropracty, herbal therapy, yoga and so on. Some get better with such temporizing measures, but others unfortunately need surgical invention for relief. Most back aches are due to strains of the soft tissues in your back, caused by straining your ligaments, or and muscles columns called erector-spinae muscles, that supports and give stability to your back. Doctors label them as ‘Lumbo-sacral strains in the lower back   Temporizing measures mentioned are sufficient, in such soft tissue strains. ...

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