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Occasional shallow breathing Report

Shallow breathing, thoracic breathing, or chest breathing is the drawing of minimal breath into the lungs, usually by drawing air into the chest area using the intercostal muscles rather than throughout the lungs via the diaphragm.


What we've learned from patients who report Occasional shallow breathing

Symptom severities

Severe
1
Moderate
4
Mild
3
None
3

Report created on May 28, 2012.