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Case Study #27 100 Case Studies in Pathiphysiology (BRUYERE) Patient Case Question 3. Why might the healthcare provider have inquired about possible shortness of breath or chest pain with exercise?
The Healthcare Provider inquireda patient about possible shortness of breath or chest pain with exercise because the healthcare provider want to know the patient's health condition. The main reasons that the healthcare provider wants to know are:
1. Whether the patient has suffering any asthma related signs like exercise induced bronchospasm, exercise induced asthma, any other type of breathing disorders, etc. These type of diseases can cause narrowing of airways in the lungs with exercises and can causes shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing, chest pain. Also the healthcare provider wants to know..
2. Whether any type of Lung diseases like inflammation, pneumonia, etc.
3. Whether the patient has any coronary artery diseases.
4. Whether the patient has any type of heart diseases.
5. Whether the patient has any hyperventillation symptom disorders.
6. Whether any type of congenital heart defects.
7. Whether any type of heart muscle defects or any inflammation in the heart muscles, etc.
Thus the above mentioned are the main reasons that the healthcare provider might inquire about possible shortness of breath or chest pain with exercise.