Respiratory Failure Symptoms

RESPIRATORY FAILURE

DESCRIPTION

Respiratory failure is a serious condition that makes it difficult to breath on your own. respiratory failure develops when the lungs can’t get enough oxygen into the blood. We breath oxygen from the air into our lungs, and we breath out carbon dioxide, which is a waste gas made in the body’s cells

Symptoms –

Shortness of breath

Coughing up mucus

Wheezing

Bluish skin

Fatigue

Rapid breathing

Anxiety

Confusion

Risk factors –

Sepsis

Inhalation of harmful substances

Severe pneumonia

Head, chest or major injury

Coronavirus disease 2019

Diagnosis and test –

Chest X-ray

Computerized tomography scan

Blood test

Electrocardiogram

Echocardiogram

Treatment –

Oxygen

Fluids

Medication