When should you go to hospital straight away?

Struggling to breathe, blue lips, or too breathless to speak. Emergency number: 999.

Where can I find chest specialists?

Most chest specialists are listed in Dhaka (237), Chattogram (46), Cumilla (45), Barishal (31), Faridpur (28). Pick your district for chamber addresses.

Breathlessness

For breathlessness, see chest specialists first.

Feeling unable to get enough air. Causes include asthma, lung infection, long-term lung disease, anaemia and a heart that is not pumping well.

Also searched as: শ্বাস নিতে কষ্ট, শ্বাস নিতে পারছি না, shash koshto, swas kosto, shash nite koshto

Go to hospital now

Struggling to breathe, blue lips, or too breathless to speak

Call 999

Who to see: Chest Specialists

A chest (respiratory) specialist tests the lungs; a cardiologist if the heart is the cause.

See a doctor today

New unexplained breathlessness or breathing that is worse than usual, even without the emergency signs above

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Which doctor should I see for breathlessness (shash koshto)?: See chest specialists first. A chest (respiratory) specialist tests the lungs; a cardiologist if the heart is the cause.
When should you go to hospital straight away?: Struggling to breathe, blue lips, or too breathless to speak. Emergency number: 999.
Where can I find chest specialists?: Most chest specialists are listed in Dhaka (237), Chattogram (46), Cumilla (45), Barishal (31), Faridpur (28). Pick your district for chamber addresses. Dhaka Chattogram Cumilla Barishal Faridpur