Dyspnea in a nonagenarian. Neurological Case report

Otto Appenzeller *

University of New Mexico School of Medicine and New Mexico Health Enhancement and Marathon Clinics Research Foundation Albuquerque New Mexico USA.
 
Case Study
Magna Scientia Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 07(02), 094–095
Article DOI: 10.30574/msarr.2023.7.2.0060
Publication history: 
Received on 19 March 2023; revised on 26 April 2023; accepted on 29 April 2023
 
Abstract: 
Why does a 95-year-old man have to think about every breath he takes? This case report describes a patient who stops breathing, becoming hypoxic and unsteady, whenever he forgets to deliberately inhale.
 
Keywords: 
Hypoxia; Metabolism; Respiratory function; Autonomic nervous system; Exercise; Mental function; Late-life migrainous accompaniments
 
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