While fever, fatigue, and cough are the most common signs of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, shortness of breath is another possible symptom. People with anxiety can face a ...

A new treatment for the feeling of suffocation that accompanies a panic attack focuses on getting patients to breathe less. The treatment, which involves a technique for altering your breathing, is ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is an irregular heart rhythm caused by rapid, uneven electrical signals in the heart’s upper chambers. Panic attacks begin in the brain and can create intense physical ...

Panic attack is your body's extreme response to danger, stress or excitement. Mayo Clinic describes panic attack as a "sudden episode of intense fear that triggers severe physical reactions when there ...

When panic and anxiety strike, the body becomes confused, interpreting, overinterpreting, and misinterpreting signals from the brain and reacting with a slew of uncomfortable and sometimes frightening ...

Many years ago, just after getting certified as a scuba diver, I was under 90 feet of water and needed to clear my mask. As I lifted the bottom of the mask to blow out the water, I suddenly felt an ...