Dr Jazib Atta Gunjial on Instagram: "Normal vs. Abnormal Breathing: What Is the Body Telling You? 🫁 In clinical practice, a patient's breathing pattern is often the first "early warning sign" of distress. While we often focus on the rate (breaths per minute), the rhythm and depth are just as important in diagnosing underlying issues like heart failure, brain injury, or metabolic crisis. 📂 1. The Normal Baseline: Eupnea Characteristics: Quiet, effortless, and rhythmic. Rate: 12–20 breaths per m

As an oncology provider, I don’t wait for cancer to show up on imaging before paying attention. I look for patterns in blood work that often appear years before a diagnosis. Most routine labs are read as: “normal” or “abnormal” But cancer risk lives in the trends, ranges, and relationships between markers — not a single flagged value. Some of the things I pay close attention to: • metabolic markers (fasting insulin, insulin resistance) • chronic inflammation (hs-CRP) • iron balance (ferritin iro