- female
- 30 Years
- 22/01/2025
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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ask her to take steam inhalation
Dr. Mubarak Suggests...
Consult a Gastroenterology/gi Medicine Specialist
Answered 04/07/2025
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