What is the difference between dyspnea and hypoxia. What is worse. Why?!
Question:
What is the difference between dyspnea and hypoxia. What is worse. Why?
Answers:
Dyspnea or short of breath (SOB) is perceived difficulty breathing or painful breathing. It is a common symptom of numerous medical disorders.
Hypoxia : a shortage of oxygen in the body. Hypoxaemia is the reduction of oxygen specifically in the blood; anoxia is when there is no oxygen available at all.
You can't compare which is worse because :
Dyspnea is symptoms, hypoxia is the result (of dyspnea/apnea).