Shortness of breath after running for a few minutes may be a normal phenomenon caused by lack of exercise, and may also be caused by exercise-induced asthma, heart failure and other diseases.
1. Physiological factors: If people lack exercise on a daily basis, running for a few minutes may accelerate breathing and heart rate, resulting in panting and shortness of breath.
2. Asthma: patients with high airway hyperresponsiveness may be induced to asthma after running for a few minutes, with the manifestation of shortness of breath, and the patients may also have symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, and chest rales.
3. Heart failure: this disease can lead to a decrease in cardiac output, when the patient runs for a few minutes, because the cardiac output is not enough to maintain the metabolic needs of the tissues, so the performance of shortness of breath, the patient may also have chest tightness, dyspnea and other symptoms.
After eliminating physiological factors, if the symptoms of shortness of breath after running for a few minutes continue unabated, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to identify the cause and ask the doctor to deal with it.