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  5. I'm really worried about my wife. She's been feeling shortness of breath, but her ECG and chest X-ray came back normal. She has this habit of eating sand, could this be causing her breathing issues? It's really concerning meshould we be looking into this more?

I'm really worried about my wife. She's been feeling shortness of breath, but her ECG and chest X-ray came back normal. She has this habit of eating sand, could this be causing her breathing issues? It's really concerning meshould we be looking into this more?

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I'm really worried about my wife. She's been feeling shortness of breath, but her ECG and chest X-ray came back normal. She has this habit of eating sand, could this be causing her breathing issues? It's really concerning meshould we be looking into this more?

ask her to take steam inhalation

Last updated on 22 Jan 2025

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