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.
Agonal respiration is a medical term used to describe a person who is no longer breathing in a normal pattern, but instead breathing in short, sporadic gasps of air. This abnormal breathing pattern often occurs in patients suffering from terminal illnesses or cardiac arrest and may be a sign that death is near.