DISTANT SPREAD OF TOXIN EFFECT. Postmarketing reports indicate that the effects of DYSPORTÂ® and all botulinum toxin products may spread from the area of injection to produce symptoms consistent with botulinum toxin effects.
Not to be confused with Agonal heart rhythm. Agonal respiration, gasping respiration or agonal breathing is an abnormal pattern of breathing and brainstem reflex characterized by gasping, labored breathing, accompanied by strange vocalizations and myoclonus. Possible causes include cerebral ischemia, extreme hypoxia or even anoxia.
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND) is a sensation of shortness of breath that awakens the patient, often after 1 or 2 hours of sleep, and is usually relieved in the upright position . Two uncommon types of breathlessness are trepopnea and platypnea. Trepopnea is dyspnea that occurs in one lat-eral decubitus position as opposed to the other. Platypnea