Your diaphragm is a thin muscle that separates your chest and abdomen. When you inhale, your diaphragm tightens and expands your chest cavity. A paralyzed diaphragm doesn’t tighten as it should when ...

Someone with COVID-19 might expect to experience fatigue, cold and flu symptoms, and loss of taste and smell — but a paralyzed diaphragm would likely not be on the radar. It was certainly a ...

This diaphragmatic paralysis is a serious disorder and can lead to respiratory infections and neurological problems. If you notice such symptoms, you should meet your doctor. The phrenic nerve ...

A chest x-ray was performed subsequently and showed an elevated right hemi-diaphragm (Figure 2). Ultrasound scan chest did not reveal any pleural effusion but noted reduced diaphragmatic movements ...

Diaphragm plication is a procedure to treat a paralyzed diaphragm. The diaphragm is a thin, dome-shaped muscle that separates your chest and abdomen. When you inhale, your diaphragm will move down to ...

Diaphragm paralysis is a rare cause of orthopnea, but when present, it can be severe. The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle between the chest and abdomen whose primary function is to help you breathe.

"My diaphragm, both my left and my right side, were paralyzed," he says. "I was trying so hard to get air that I was collapsing my trachea," Joe adds. Dr. Bakhos says viruses like COVID can attack ...

We teach that the true cause of death by drowning, asphyxiation (smoke or gas), or electric shock is paralysis of the diaphragm. A man requires oxygen, of which the air contains 20%, and he must ...

However, the paralysis will quickly pass in most cases, allowing the individual to breathe normally again. The phrenic nerve controls the movement of the diaphragm muscle. Irritation, injury ...

Case presentation We report a middle aged patient from urban Sri Lanka who developed diaphragmatic paralysis secondary to phrenic neuropathy a month after recovering from dengue fever. He was ...

The diaphragm is the muscle people use to breathe. In diaphragm paralysis, the diaphragm becomes unable to contract, for example, due to nerve or muscle damage. It can be a cause of orthopnea.