Case Study
Year: 2020 | Month: July-September | Volume: 5 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 552-554
A Case Study on Breathing Re-education in an Obese Person with Orthopnea
Vaishali Gabani1, Rinku Raval2
1Assistant Professor at S.S.Agrawal Institute of Physiotherapy and Medical Care Education Navasari,(Gujarat) India.
2Clinical Therapist at S.S.Agrawal Institute of Physiotherapy and Medical Care Education Navasari(Gujarat) India.
Corresponding Author: Vaishali Gabani
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND
Orthopnea is sensation of breathlessness in the recumbent position.
There are various causes of orthopnea, most common cause is heart failure. However, it can also occur in the patients with diaphragmatic paralysis and pulmonary diseases such as severe COPD as well as morbid obesity.
This is case report of a 65 year old male having complain of orthopnea as well as dyspnea while walking and stair climbing along with co morbidities.4 week of breathing re education was given in form of different kind of breathing exercises. Breathing retraining techniques are used to relieve and control dyspnoea, improve ventilation and ventilatory efficiency and as well as gas exchange. Physiotherapy intervention can be used to relieve orthopnea as choice of treatment through the different kind of breathing strategy.
Keywords: Orthopnea, physical therapy, breathing exercise, obesity.