I'm not able to breath whenever I lay down

Treatment of difficult breating while laying down

It is common complaint due to many factors and causes. Firstly, avoid stress and anxiety and relax and avoid heavy works and lifting heavy objects. You can also avoid obesity and decrease your weight. You can elevate your head during sleep with two pillows till seeing doctor for further investigations.

Investigations to do

You can do CBC to exclude anemia,. Measure blood pressure to exclude hypertenstion. Also you can do chest x ray and heart tests like ECG and ECHO study

Causes

There are many expected causes like

• Stress and depression
• Mechanical working
• Anemia
• Hypertenstion
• Obesity
• Heart diseases
• Others