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Why do we become short of breath?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Your muscles use oxygen that's extracted from the air by the lungs and transported to the muscles by the blood. When you begin to move your muscles will need more oxygen, so you need to breathe faster in order for the lungs to be able to pick up more oxygen from the air.

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