Difficulty breathing out can have various causes, just like most other symptoms. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.
Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose difficulty breathing out, we could:
Cause | Probability | Status |
---|---|---|
Asthma | 93% | Confirm |
Chronic Bronchitis | 65% | Possible |
Does it take significantly longer, or more effort, for you to breathe out than to breathe in?
Possible responses:
→ Don't know→ No, breathing out is just as easy as breathing in → I sometimes have more difficulty breathing out → I usually have more difficulty breathing out |
COPD causes the lungs to undergo permanent changes that affect one's ability to exhale properly. These changes usually worsen over time.