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2. Patulous Eustachian tube - Wikipedia

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   Patulous Eustachian tube is the name of a physical disorder where the Eustachian tube, which is normally closed, instead stays intermittently open. When this occurs, the person experiences autophony, the hearing of self-generated sounds. [1] These sounds, such as one's own breathing, voice, and heartbeat, vibrate directly onto the ear drum and ...

3. Wheeze - Wikipedia

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   Causes. virus, bacteria, common cold, allergy, pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis. A wheeze is a clinical symptom of a continuous, coarse, whistling sound produced in the respiratory airways during breathing. [1] For wheezes to occur, part of the respiratory tree must be narrowed or obstructed (for example narrowing of the lower respiratory tract ...

4. Tracheobronchial injury - Wikipedia

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   Signs and symptoms vary based on the location and severity of the injury; they commonly include dyspnea (difficulty breathing), dysphonia (a condition where the voice can be hoarse, weak, or excessively breathy), coughing, and abnormal breath sounds. In the emergency setting, tracheal intubation can be used to ensure that the airway remains ...

5. Asphyxia - Wikipedia

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   An example of traumatic asphyxia is a person who jacks up a car to work on it from below, and is crushed by the vehicle when the jack fails. [7] Constrictor snakes such as boa constrictors kill through slow compressive asphyxia, tightening their coils every time the prey breathes out rather than squeezing forcefully. In cases of an adult co ...

6. Hyperventilation syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Hyperventilation syndrome (HVS), also known as chronic hyperventilation syndrome (CHVS), dysfunctional breathing hyperventilation syndrome, cryptotetany, [1] [2] spasmophilia, [3] [4] [5] latent tetany, [4] [5] and central neuronal hyper excitability syndrome (NHS), [3] is a respiratory disorder, psychologically or physiologically based, involving breathing too deeply or too rapidly ...

7. Vocal cord dysfunction - Wikipedia

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   People with vocal cord dysfunction often complain of "difficulty in breathing in" or "fighting for breath", [6] which can lead to subjective respiratory distress, [5] and in severe cases, loss of consciousness. [4] They may report tightness in the throat or chest, choking, stridor on inhalation and wheezing, which can resemble the symptoms of ...