You can try to get rid of dyspnea (shortness of breath) by practicing a breathing technique. The following techniques can be helpful: - Count while breathing - you can say in mind one, two while breathing in, and three, four while breathing out. - Breath through your nose - this may sound simple, but is useful, because breathing through your nose, slows breathing down and prevents shortness of breath (or hyperventilation), - Breath through your abdomen - put your hand on your chest, and the other on your stomach, then while breathing, try not to move your hand that is on chest, and move only the one on your stomach. - Breathing into your abdomen makes your midriff stretched, which relaxes the muscles that tighten, making you feel like it is difficult to breathe.