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Hard or heavy breathing

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Hard or heavy breathing is a common topic in parents’ descriptions of one condition: Anxiety.

For kids diagnosed with Anxiety, Hard or heavy breathing is one of three symptoms related to Fight or Flight according to Sleuth parents. All of the symptoms of Fight or Flight among kids with Anxiety are:

  1. Fast or racing heartbeat
  2. Shaking (from anxiety)
  3. Sweating

Other symptoms or behaviors to look for with Hard or heavy breathing

When parents mention Hard or heavy breathing they also mention these other symptoms:

SymptomFrequencyNumber of mentions
CoughingOften9 mentions
WheezingOften9 mentions
Shortness of breathOften4 mentions
SweatingOften4 mentions
CryingSometimes3 mentions
FeverSometimes3 mentions
Frequent cryingSometimes3 mentions
Shortness of breath or trouble breathingSometimes3 mentions
CongestionSometimes2 mentions
Fatigue, tiredness, or lethargySometimes2 mentions

Characteristics of Hard or heavy breathing

How common is Hard or heavy breathing?

Across kids of all ages represented on Sleuth, 16.08% of parents surveyed by Sleuth say their kids have Hard or heavy breathing.

Percentage of kids with Hard or heavy breathing by year of age

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This is based on a survey of 510 children on Sleuth. The plot shows the percentage of parents who rated their child’s Hard or heavy breathing “Moderate”, “Severe”, or “Very Severe” among kids in different age groups.

Frequency

OutcomePercent of ChildrenTotal Mentions
Continuously

3%

16 mentions
Hourly

0%

0 mentions
Daily

6%

30 mentions
Weekly

7%

35 mentions
Monthly

5%

24 mentions
Annually

4%

17 mentions
A Few / Several Times

11%

53 mentions
Once

4%

19 mentions
Never

59%

281 mentions

Severity

SeverityPercent of ChildrenTotal Mentions
Very Severe

2%

12 mentions
Severe

5%

26 mentions
Moderate

9%

44 mentions
Mild

17%

88 mentions
Not at All

67%

339 mentions

Discussion of Hard or heavy breathing

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