Singer Monali Thakur was admitted to hospital after she developed severe breathing problems during a live stage performance at a music festival in West Bengal. According to reports, Monali was very upset and had to stop her performance.

Known for her popular songs like take a ride And fascination of attachment threadsThe 39-year-old struggled to breathe midway through the performance.

what is shortness of breath,

Also known as dyspnea – shortness of breath is described as not being able to get enough air, feeling tight in the chest, or having to work harder to breathe. Shortness of breath is often a symptom of heart and lung problems, but doctors say it can also be a sign of other conditions like asthma, allergies or anxiety.

You may also have trouble breathing due to intense exercise or cold. Experts say that there are two types of shortness of breath.

acute dyspnea

This happens quickly over a short period of time and can be caused by allergies, anxiety, exercise, and illnesses.

chronic dyspnea

Chronic dyspnea is shortness of breath that lasts for a long time – several weeks or longer – or keeps coming back. Ongoing health conditions such as asthma, heart failure and COPD can cause chronic dyspnea.

Signs and symptoms of dyspnea

Some signs and symptoms of dyspnea include:

• severe chest tightness
• Feeling like you need to force yourself to breathe
• try hard to take deep breaths
• rapid breathing and heart rate, causing palpitations
• wheezing sound that causes breathing noises

What causes shortness of breath?,

According to doctors, various factors like exercise, illness and health conditions can cause shortness of breath. However, the most common causes of dyspnea are heart and lung conditions. Your heart and lungs work together to bring oxygen into your blood and tissues and remove carbon dioxide. If one or the other of these does not work correctly, you may have too little oxygen or too much carbon dioxide in your blood.

When this happens, your body tells you to breathe harder to get more oxygen in or to get more carbon dioxide out. Anything that causes your body to need more oxygen — like a good workout or living at high altitude — can also do this.

Your brain may also receive a message that your lungs are not functioning properly. This may make you feel like you have to work harder to breathe or you may feel chest tightness. Other reasons may include:

• trigger asthma
• Allergies
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Respiratory illness such as bronchitis or COVID-19
• pneumonia
• swelling around your lungs
• fluid or lesions inside your lungs
• lung cancer
• high blood pressure in your lungs
• sarcoidosis
• tuberculosis
• partial or complete collapse of the lung
• blood clots, known as pulmonary embolism
• suffocating

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