respiratory issues
Difficulty drawing breath
Problems with breathing or the organs involved in breathing—the lungs, airways, throat, and nasal passages.
Respiratory issues range from minor congestion to serious conditions like asthma, pneumonia, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The phrase is deliberately vague, often used when someone doesn't want to specify: She's been having some respiratory issues lately.
- emphysemaDamaged lung air sacs
- coughingForceful air expulsion reflex
- lung cancerMalignant growth in chest
- asthmaChronic lung inflammation
- bronchitisInflamed airway disease
spirometry · nebulizers · breathing treatment · inhalers · pneumonia · tuberculosis · lungs · shortness of breath · COPD · pleurisy · cyanosis · wheezing · chronic cough · cystic fibrosis · dyspnea · gasping for air · labored · alveoli
- health effectsillness, disease, injury, harm, damage
- side effectsnausea, headache, dizziness, drowsiness, rash
- smoking harmslung cancer, emphysema, COPD, smoker's cough, nicotine addiction
- workplace injuriescuts, burns, fractures, sprains, lacerations
- body ailmentsback pain, neck pain, joint pain, muscle pain, sciatica
- Body Careposture, breathing exercises, warm-up, cool-down, injury prevention