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Breath-holding test

Breath-holding test

a rough index of cardiopulmonary reserve measured by the length of time that a subject can voluntarily stop breathing; normal duration is 30 seconds or more; diminished cardiac or pulmonary reserve is indicated by a duration of 20 seconds or less.


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Stomach bloating and weight gain

... symptoms except the bloating that sometimes pushes and makes it hard to breathe at times. Had every test possible done...upper, lower, stomach emptying, girly tests to rule out cancer, food allergy, ...

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by somewhereiniowa
Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:22 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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Re: Odd food poisoning-like symptoms, strange tastes

... cause the symptoms you are all complaining about and there is a simple test you can do ! first off it is very easy to confuse the Eggy-sulphur-pop-corn ... foods and go on an alkalizing cleanse to see if it helps or take the breath test for ammonia to see if it is Helicobacter Pylori. The pain ...

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by ElieSiag
Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:31 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
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Poisoned by antibiotics...can anyone help?

... when combined with alcohol can cause tachycardia and shortness of breath--similar to the heart attack/panic attack feelings you may have experienced. ... suggest consulting with a doctor and possibly getting a hair sample test to determine if intravenous chelation may be appropriate. I don't know ...

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by ladykat324
Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:44 am
 
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Topic: Poisoned by antibiotics...can anyone help?
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Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

... horrible pain in my stomach. my doc had done ultrasounds and a bunch of test with no conclusion, would prescribe antacids and fiber and so on. also my Breath had become horrible to deal with, very bad bitter taste in my mouth int he morning. ...

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by vanessachamorro
Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:28 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

... eating and when i did, i would suffer... abdominal pains, bloating, breathing difficulties, fatigue, joint pains. brain fogg to name a few. As ... to India as my last hope and within a week i had all scans and biopsy tests done and results back. It turned out that i had T.B in the uterus! ...

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by Kins
Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:50 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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