breathe

Infrared cameras monitor patients while they are in their bedrooms, and the technology is designed to measure a pulse, breathing rate and movement to confirm a patient is safe, meaning fewer one-to-one observations are needed.

Whether people are athletes or not, the human body is constantly losing water through normal human functions such as sweating, urinating and even breathing.

"And it is slowly getting into my lungs, I think - it's hard to know but I am finding it more difficult to breathe now."

It makes my stomach clench and I can breathe and feel a little bit better.’

For example, lower levels of sleep apnoea – when breathing stops and starts while slumbering – is thought to be down to losing weight around the tongue and throat, which can block the airways.