The patient was perceived to have difficulty in breathing.

发现病人呼吸困难。

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He was going red in the face and breathing with difficulty.

他脸面发红，费力地喘着气。

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But how good is it, in terms of giving patients relief from the pain, breathing difficulty and fatigue of chronic sinusitis?

但是，这种手术在给患者减轻呼吸困难和慢性鼻窦炎的痛苦方面究竟有多大的好处呢？

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Venkateshwarlu ticks off the effects of overexposure: diarrhea, nausea, difficulty in breathing, convulsions, headaches and depression.

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That can be characterized by sort of an acute respiratory distress, such as difficulty in breathing, sweating, high temperature, and turning blue, basically, from lack of oxygen.

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The entry records that the deceased suffered for more than a year from "intermittent difficulty in breathing" and adds that he was bedridden and "totally paralyzed for two months" before his death.

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