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Helping patients with symptoms other than pain 3: Breathlessness

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CASE STUDY

John is a 54 year old man who had surgery for a carcinoma of the colon. Despite liver metastases he has been managing well until he was found to have a pleural effusion.

He has become increasingly breathless over the past few weeks and contacts you because his breathing has got worse.