Bendopnea

[Prada47]

Hello

Anyone know about this with regards to Heart Failure it would appear that it is the name for being short of Breath whilst bending forward. I have discussed this with my Heart Nurse but never had a name for it until now. One thing that Heart Failure prevents me from doing is to tie my shoe lace. I can't bend forward or down without becoming very short of Breath anyone else experiencing this ??

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[Palpman]

I have thankfully no physical problems with my heart other than electrical misfires.

Now that you mention it, I too get breathless when bending over especially when I weed the garden. I have to use a stool to do so.

My breathlessness is thought to be related high red blood cell count.

[Sunnie2day]

I've never heard the name used but when I'm in an acute flare with my recurrent pericarditis, I experience the condition and I hate it - when it happens to me it's a sign the effusion is increasing and I need to see the nice people at A&E. I'm at a point now I bend two or three times a day just to see if it makes me breathless.

[siouxbee19]

I've never heard the term till now, but I certainly suffer from this! I haven't been diagnosed with heart failure yet, but have many related symptoms. I do have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and it can lead to CHF as well as exhibit many of the same symptoms. Thanks for sharing!

[cowparsley]

That`s interesting Prada cos I`m the same but never knew there was a name for it.

[Crt-dman]

Hi. I have recently started to experience this. Seems to be happening a lot more often. I'm getting very nervous about it.